Accountant – Nairobi

About the role

A client of Summit Recruitment & Search is looking for a proactive, detail-oriented Accountant to provide day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting support across several entities in a group. The role covers accurate financial records, management accounts, statutory compliance, audit coordination and financial reporting, and suits someone who is highly organized and can manage many priorities.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain accounting records in QuickBooks Desktop, including supplier invoices, payments, receipts, journals, bank reconciliations and credit card transactions across multiple entities.
• Prepare monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and support month-end and year-end close.
• Manage treasury, cash flow, statutory compliance (VAT, withholding tax, corporation tax, payroll remittances, intercompany transactions) and ensure balances are reconciled.
• Coordinate annual audits by preparing schedules, answering audit queries and liaising with external auditors.
• Prepare monthly accounts for portfolio entities with consistent accounting policies and accurate period-end cut-offs.
• Maintain reporting calendars, standardize working papers and provide financial analysis, cost reviews and treasury reports for management.
• Support corporate and administrative finance tasks such as invoicing, loan schedules, bank account administration and board documentation.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• CPA (K), ACCA or active progress toward a professional qualification preferred.
• At least 3 years of hands-on accounting or bookkeeping experience, preferably with multiple entities or in an outsourced accounting environment.
• Experience with multiple legal entities, cross-border operations or group accounting is preferred.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of IFRS, Kenyan tax legislation, statutory compliance and financial reporting.
• QuickBooks Desktop and Microsoft Excel, including reconciliations and working papers.
• Jedox experience is an added advantage.
• Analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills, and good communication with management, auditors and external stakeholders.