Corporate Staffing Senior Accountant Treasury Job

Reporting to: Chief Finance Officer

Industry: Insurance

Location: Nairobi

Gross Salary: Competitive

Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Accountant Treasury to join their team. This pivotal role involves monitoring and managing the company’s cash flow, creating accurate financial reports, verifying financial figures, approving payments, and preparing financial forecasts. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing a team and ensuring the company’s financial operations run smoothly and efficiently.

Responsibilities:

• Managing the bank reconciliation process
• Investments placement and management of the custodial relationship for the securities in place. 
• Payments approval
• Monitoring and managing the organization’s bank relationships and liquidity management.
• Managing foreign currency exposure and foreign currency payments.
• Leadership in the AP/AR project and the subsequent integration with the banking platform. 
• Cashflow management and forecasting.
• Follow up and closure of all audit matters within the unit.                
• Ensuring processes and controls within the unit are working effectively to deter/detect fraudulent activity.                                  
• Ensuring compliance with all business and regulatory requirements that fall within the unit.                                      
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis, reports, and guidance as and when requested.
• Team management
• Provide leadership & supervision of the Treasury employees.
• Responsible for the Treasury employee’s performance appraisals.
• Offering technical support to junior staff and orientation to new staff in the department when required.
• In charge of receipting, payments, and bank reconciliation tasks.   
• Preparing management and board reports.
• Supporting the month-end process.
• Preparation of Unclaimed assets report.
• Ensure bank reconciliations are prepared and reviewed by the 10th of every month
• Ensure prompt receipting
• Ensure prompt payment of suppliers and claims
• Ensure accounts are properly funded
• Investments placement
• Ensure regulator’s reports are prepared and submitted within the set deadlines.
• Ensure external audits and internal audits are facilitated by providing requirements in time and by offering explanations where required and clearance of audit queries within the agreed time.

Key Qualifications:

• Degree in Accounting and Finance or a related field.
• CPA (K) is a MUST.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar reporting role in a big and busy company.   

• Good team player.
• Organized, numerate, analytical, and computer literate.
• High levels of integrity, energy, drive, and diligence.
• Ability to prioritize work and with minimal supervision.

How to Apply

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Apply before 16th February 2024.