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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT

  • Full Time
  • Nairobi
  • November 26, 2024

PURPOSE:

To provide the financial support on budgetary controls and cost leadership.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Preparing of consolidated budget reports, tracking monthly analytical variances and ratios.
  • Provide inputs, information and statistics for all stakeholders’ periodic operating expense, capex and intercompany
  • Preparation and analysis of monthly Holding company management accounts and quarterly board reports.
  • Preparation, reconciliation and sharing of monthly expense reports across the Group and Departmental expenses including budget variance analysis
  • Assist in the preparation of annual financial statements and returns for statutory audit.
  • Updating Revenue accounts with budgets and prior year numbers on a monthly basis
  • Ensure data, information and reports remains clear and are consistent across the Group entities (single source of truth)
  • Approve purchase requisitions in line with budgets and ensure that all accounting transactions are posted to the correct cost centers
  • Ensure proper expense TB mappings and update of expenses to the GL and subledgers and update of intercompany transactions and interest accruals
  • Ensure TB to GL reconciliations, including fixed asset register, tax recons
  • Plan, prepare and facilitate external and internal audits schedules and information as per Audit calendar
  • Liaison with all reporting entities (including Regions) to ensure timely and accurate reports as per set TAT’s and SLA’s.
  • Support in implementation of any financial reporting systems and tools.
  • Ensure all advances are recovered on a timely manner
Key Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Behavioural Competencies
These are defined as;

 Proficiency Level Description
Essential E
Desirable D

Academic and Professional Requirements

Particulars Detail Specific Field or Qualification  Need

Type

Education Bachelor’s Degree Minimum of Bachelors Degree in Business-related field from a reputable university E
Professional Qualifications CPA

Computer literate in MS Office and other office applications

ICDL

 

E

Experience Required:

 Description Required years of experience  Need Type
Relevant experience 2 E

Behavioural Competencies

These are defined as:

  Proficiency Level  Proficiency Definitions
Level 3

 

Basic (B2)

 

·      Applies the competency in somewhat difficult situations.

·       Requires frequent guidance

 

Core Competencies  Proficiency Required
1.    Customer Focus B
2.    Business Acumen B
3.    Driving Innovation B
4.    Driving Business Performance B
5.    Negotiation and Influence B
6.    Effective Communication B
 

Leadership Competency Proficiency Required
  1. Planning and organizing
B
  1. Accountability
B
  1. Quality Decision Making
B
  1. Building Partnerships
B
  1. Continuous Learning
B
  1. Emotional Intelligence
B
  1. Conflict Management
B
Special Position Requirements (Optional section: any travel, security, hazard or related special conditions which apply to the position)
·         The role holder may be required to travel to distant branches or wherever the Company has any interest.

·         Role holder may be required to work extended working hours to ensure jobs are completed on schedule and to specification.

CIC Insurance Values
CIC insurance Group is committed to providing excellent service, spur further growth and employees are required to align their behaviour to the following core values as critical to driving their performance;

  • Integrity- Be fair and transparent
  • Dynamism- Be passionate and innovative
  • Performance- Be efficient and results driven
  • Co-operation- Live the Co-operative spirit

Job Profile Sign-Off

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties, all employees are expected to conform to the following;

  1. Perform quality work within deadlines, right first time with or without direct supervision.
  2. Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
  3. Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
  4. Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and co-coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.
  5. Unconditional positive regard for customers.

 

If you have the aforementioned professional and academic qualifications and you are ready to execute the above mandate, strictly apply through:  https://careers.cicinsurancegroup.com/  clearly indicating the position being applied for.

The application should reach us by close of business on 26th November, 2024. Please note only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us by 13th December, 2024 consider your application unsuccessful.

 

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