29 Jan 2025

Senior Accountant at LSG Sky Chefs Kenya

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Job Description

The LSG Group is the quality and technology leader in airline catering and onboard retail. It has two strong, independent expert brands: LSG Sky Chefs as a global catering and hospitality specialist with the highest hygiene, quality and culinary standards for airlines. Retail inMotion is specialized in onboard retail, offering product innovation, retail mana…

Senior Accountant

Ideally as a Senior Accountant your duties will entail the following;

  • Revenue analysis and reconciliation: Review revenue trends and reconcile recorded revenue with expectation as per various airlines. Give explanations to budget deviations and other expectations.
  • Inventory management: Track movements in inventory, ensure stock take reconciliation vs ledger is done monthly, identify slow moving stock and give recommendations on stocking levels.
  • Assist in Financial Reporting: Assist in preparation and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements i.e balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
  • Account Reconciliation: Reconcile bank statements, intercompany accounts, and other critical account balances to ensure accuracy.
  • General Ledger Maintenance: Ensure all general ledger accounts are updated in a timely manner and are accurate and reconciled monthly. Ensure that all prepayment and accrual balances as reflected in the GL are reasonable and supported.
  • Budgeting and Forecasting: Assist the financial controller in developing annual budgets and financial forecasts.
  • Statutory compliance: Ensure compliance with statutory requirements such as PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, amongst others.
  • Internal Controls: Implement and monitor internal controls to protect company assets and prevent fraud.
  • Receivables management: Ensure that all billed invoices are settled in good time and where there is a delay, management is advised to take action.
  • Preparation of departmental reports: Prepare internal reports to various HOD’s showing expenses incurred vs budget  and vs revenue so as to control costs incurred by departmental heads.
  • Management of fixed assets: Ensure all fixed assets are timely recorded and traceable to the fixed assets register. Ensure that fixed assets count is done quarterly.

Required Qualifications:

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field
  • Professional qualification: CPA (K) certificate.

Other requirements:

  • Technical Skills: Proficiency in various accounting softwares (e.g., QuickBooks, SAP)
  • Technical Skills: Excellent excel skills  and knowledge.
  • Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to interpret financial data
  • Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy and meticulous attention to detail
  • Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively present financial information to stakeholders
  • Compliance Knowledge: Understanding of relevant accounting standards and tax regulations
  • Supervision experience: Experience in supervision will be an added advantage.


Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: 

[email protected] 

using the position as subject of email.





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