JOB DETAILS:
Key Responsibilities:
• Prepare tax provisions schedules, returns, payments, reports and maintain a company’s tax database.
• Find tax solutions to complicated tax issues or errors from incorrect tax filings.
• Identify legal tax savings and recommend ways to improve profits.
• Make sure that Kijani complies with local tax regulations.
• Advise management about the impact of tax liabilities and corporate strategies or new tax laws.
• Accurately prepare quarterly and annual tax reports.
• Process Purchase Enquiries for purchase requisitions from the User Departments
• Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Summarizes the current financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements , income tax and other reports.
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Ensuring compliance with Company Secretarial and Statutory Requirements, including accounting standards and policies.
• Ensuring Group Accounts and performance reporting deadlines and requirements are met. Providing financial and non-financial metrics to the business.
• Maintenance of the Internal Control Environment and liaison with external auditors and other relevant external parties. Ensuring financial infrastructure and systems are maintained.
• Understand and monitor key financial and control risks and ensure mitigations are in place.
• Tax administration & optimization.
• Guides accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Secures financial information by completing database backups.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Prepares payments by verifying documentation and requesting disbursements.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.

Qualifications:
• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, economics, finance, or a similar major is required
• A master’s degree is an added advantage
• Must be a certified public accountant (CPA)/ACCA
• A minimum of five years’ experience in accounting/finance is required

skills:
• Knowledge in use of data management and analysis software (STATA, R, Python).
• Demonstrated skills in rigorous quantitative and qualitative research and analytical methods.
• Excellent ability to articulate oral and written technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven experience in research/study design and implementation, including design and data analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies, rapid appraisals, etc.
• Demonstrated hands-on practical experience setting up and managing M&E systems.
• Excellent data analytical skills coupled with proven ability in using data innovative approaches and data presentation visuals like graphs, charts, maps, and GIS.
• Excellent report writing, and communication skills, including oral presentation skills.
• Experience in knowledge management and dissemination of research findings.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and the ability to communicate cross-culturally and be sensitive to other cultures.