The Group Accountant is responsible for overseeing and managing the financial operations of the organization across multiple locations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, statutory compliance, and effective management of assets, liabilities, and cash flow. This role plays a key part in supporting strategic financial planning, maintaining robust financial controls, and ensuring timely and accurate accounting practices to uphold the company’s operational and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the Petty cash for the Group & ensure receipt of cashbook on a weekly basis for analysis.
• Check to ensure the station accountants raise invoices to clients on time.
• Ensure that the accountants send out invoices to clients next day after shipment date.
• Check to ensure that funds into the company accounts or cash received is adequately receipted & posted in the system on a daily basis.
• Oversee the Group’s Debtors management i.e. Ensure the station accountants raise all invoices on daily basis, send out on time statements to client, timely reconciliation of debtor statements, collection of debts and solve debtor queries.
• Check to ensure the Station accountants Prepare & settle the statutory Payments on the due dates I.e. VAT, With-holding taxes, Instalment Taxes, PAYE, NSSF, NHIF & any other company obligations.
• Group Payroll Management.
• Weekly check of bank accounts to ensure availability of funds for operational purposes for the Group.
• Ensure the Station accountants Maintain the Company’s Fixed Asset Register in their relevant countries.
• Review the Weekly Payment plan for the group for payment planning purposes.
• Check to ensure that Company’s contracts are in place and renewals are done on time.
• Oversee the Preparation of end month Management reports.
• Perform Quarterly internal Audit for group & assist in the preparation of the station’s yearly External Audit with the team.
• Oversee Creditors management i.e. ensure on time Posting of Creditor’s invoices, Reconciliations of creditor’s statements & Payments thereof.
• Ensure that the station accountants perform Monthly Bank Reconciliations.
• Maintain list of all company insured items & renewals.
• Ensure that each station has Renewed its Company’s business permits &/or Licenses on time.
• Ensure filing of the Annual Company & Director Returns is done for each country.
• Maintain a claims files for all countries & follow up on the progress.
• Check to ensure yearly filing of Company’s Tax Compliance Certificates.
• Perform any other duty as directed by the management.

Qualifications

• A relevant Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field and/or a Master’s degree.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in accounting and financial management, including experience leading accounting teams.
• Experience managing group-level accounting and financial management activities.
• Full professional qualification in ACCA or CPA-K (or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting standards, tax laws, and regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency in accounting software and financial management systems.
• Expertise in preparing and analyzing financial reports, statutory compliance, and audits.
• Skilled in debtors and creditors management, payroll processing, and reconciliation of financial records.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and manage accounting teams
• Capability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively within a broader team.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Responsible and accountable with a proactive approach to addressing issues.
• Strong time management and prioritization skills to meet strict deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interacting with internal and external stakeholders.