Sunday, 6 November 2011

Senior Accountant Career in Kenya (KShs 100,000 - 150,000 p.m.)

Male Asian Gujarati Speaking Preferred.

This is a highly demanding role responsible for overseeing the company's financial accounting, monitoring and reporting systems; ensuring compliance of financial statements with IFRS and IAS policies and procedures and guidelines and professional ethics.

This role requires a high degree of self confidence and resilience to handle a high stress, high pressure environment which demands long working hours and constant crisis management.

The role holder is expected to perform undertake the following duties:
  • Compiling and preparing company annual budget and ongoing budget monitoring and reporting
  • Preparation of annual and management accounts;
  • Ensuring timely preparation of accurate monthly expenditure reports
  • Monitoring and interpreting cash flows and proactively managing the financial position of the company and predicting future trends
  • Researching and reporting on factors influencing business performance
  • Participate in internal audits as scheduled and provide auditors with accounting documents as requested and provide explanation on audit queries
  • Performance analysis and reporting
  • Supervising and appraising the performance of assigned staff
Minimum Criteria:
  • An undergraduate degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA(K) ACCA or its equivalent
  • Over 5 years post qualification experience in a similar or related position
  • Experience in a business/commercial environment with demonstrable entrepreneurial and business skills
  • Strong financial numeracy and analytical skills with ability to interpret financial data
  • Working knowledge of Kenyan tax laws and excellent knowledge of local and international financial regulations and legislation
  • Excellent technical knowledge of budgeting and financial analysis processes in a commercial set up
  • Excellent and effective communications skills, both orally and in writing and ability to effectively engage the business owners in matters pertaining the company
  • Well developed ability to multi-task and handle multiple ongoing issues concurrently
  • Ability to take charge and control over varied situations that emerge in the department and ‘think on their feet’ for solutions to problems
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and strong personal impact to command respect with internal and external stakeholders
  • High degree of honesty and integrity
If qualified send CV only to jobs@staff-kenya.com indicating the title on the subject line.

Do not attach certificates.

Corporate Staffing Services
Suite 3, 13th floor, Development House, Nairobi.
Email: jobs@staff-kenya.com

N.B. We do not charge any fee for interviews and neither for having your CV in our database

Senior Accountant Career in Kenya (KShs 100,000 - 150,000 p.m.)

Male Asian Gujarati Speaking Preferred.

This is a highly demanding role responsible for overseeing the company's financial accounting, monitoring and reporting systems; ensuring compliance of financial statements with IFRS and IAS policies and procedures and guidelines and professional ethics.

This role requires a high degree of self confidence and resilience to handle a high stress, high pressure environment which demands long working hours and constant crisis management.

The role holder is expected to perform undertake the following duties:
  • Compiling and preparing company annual budget and ongoing budget monitoring and reporting
  • Preparation of annual and management accounts;
  • Ensuring timely preparation of accurate monthly expenditure reports
  • Monitoring and interpreting cash flows and proactively managing the financial position of the company and predicting future trends
  • Researching and reporting on factors influencing business performance
  • Participate in internal audits as scheduled and provide auditors with accounting documents as requested and provide explanation on audit queries
  • Performance analysis and reporting
  • Supervising and appraising the performance of assigned staff
Minimum Criteria:
  • An undergraduate degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA(K) ACCA or its equivalent
  • Over 5 years post qualification experience in a similar or related position
  • Experience in a business/commercial environment with demonstrable entrepreneurial and business skills
  • Strong financial numeracy and analytical skills with ability to interpret financial data
  • Working knowledge of Kenyan tax laws and excellent knowledge of local and international financial regulations and legislation
  • Excellent technical knowledge of budgeting and financial analysis processes in a commercial set up
  • Excellent and effective communications skills, both orally and in writing and ability to effectively engage the business owners in matters pertaining the company
  • Well developed ability to multi-task and handle multiple ongoing issues concurrently
  • Ability to take charge and control over varied situations that emerge in the department and ‘think on their feet’ for solutions to problems
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and strong personal impact to command respect with internal and external stakeholders
  • High degree of honesty and integrity
If qualified send CV only to jobs@staff-kenya.com indicating the title on the subject line.

Do not attach certificates.

Corporate Staffing Services
Suite 3, 13th floor, Development House, Nairobi.
Email: jobs@staff-kenya.com

N.B. We do not charge any fee for interviews and neither for having your CV in our database

Thursday, 3 November 2011

Standard Chartered Graduate Programme Opportunities for Kenyans



About the Standard Chartered graduate programme


The Consumer Bank International Graduate Programme is an 18-month broad-based programme designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to quickly move into a leadership position. Whether it’s leading a
team, running a budget or delivering transformational change for our customers, we expect you to lead as soon as you graduate.


During the programme you’ll develop:

  • A broad understanding of every aspect of the Consumer Bank – from risk to products, and everything in between.

  • People management skills to equip you to lead diverse teams with an unwavering commitment to serving the needs of our customers.

  • Business management skills that enable you to see the big picture, and also give you the skills needed to dive into the detail if required.



To prepare you for a demanding role as a future leader we’ll teach you how a retail bank works – from how to identify and mitigate risk to product innovation, to aligning the operations of the business behind our strategic intent. By teaming you up with our best senior leaders, you will build the management skills necessary to run the business, shape our agenda and lead diverse teams in some of the world’s most dynamic markets.


And we’ll stand right behind you, supporting you to develop the necessary skills and knowledge covering every aspect of our Consumer Banking business.

Programme structure


The programme content changes each year to keep pace with our strategy and the current environment, though you can expect to take part in:
  • A demanding academic programme to learn the fundamentals of retail banking.
  • A programme of rotations in the core component parts of our business.
  • Technical training delivered by experts in-country.
  • An action learning programme solving real business challenges.

Countries

We are recruiting for this programme in the following countries:
  • Bangladesh
  • Botswana
  • China
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Kenya
  • Korea
  • Malaysia
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Singapore
  • Taiwan
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom

To apply and for more details. Please click here Standard Chartered Graduate Programme for Kenyans

Graduate Clerks Jobs in a Kenyan Bank


We are a Bank seeking to enhance our leadership position in the country as well as consolidate our market presence. We pride ourselves in being the home of excellent customer service as well as provide a rich, diverse and exciting working environment. We are looking for young graduates to join our team.


We wish to recruit dynamic, creative and results-oriented professionals for the following position:


Graduate Clerk Main duties:

  • * Telling duties
  • * Account opening
  • * Customer service
  • * Any other clerical duties assigned


Qualifications:
  • * Bachelors degree preferably in a business-related field
  • * KCSE mean grade C+ (Plus), with a C+ (Plus) in both Mathematics and English
  • * Computer literacy is a must.
  • * Age — 28 years & below


All selected candidates will be provided with extensive training by the Bank on all the above mentioned areas.


The candidates must be willing to work at any of the Bank’s branches countrywide.


Applications should be accompanied by copies of certificates, a detailed Curriculum Vitae, and testimonials.


A daytime telephone contact should be received through the voucher number shown here below by 31st August 2011.


DNA/1081
P.O. Box 49010-00100
Nairobi


We are an equal opportunity employer.


NB: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted

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