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Accounts Payable Accountant

  1. Finance
  2. Full-time

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Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

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Rentokil Initial:

Rentokil Initial is a global services company that employs over 54,000 colleagues across 84 countries. Our company is constantly pushing the boundaries of technology and innovation to protect people and improve their lives. We specialize in pest control and hygiene improvement. Our expertise in these fields is backed by our commitment to training, science, innovation, and technology.

We believe in providing our employees with opportunities for growth and development, and we value their feedback. Equality and fairness are fundamental rights that we uphold for all our colleagues. Our company culture is built on the values of service, relationships, and teamwork, which have been identified by colleagues across the world.

For more information about our company and career opportunities, please visit Rentokil Initial Careers 

Our family of businesses includes:

  • Rentokil Pest Control: The world's leading commercial pest control company, providing the highest levels of risk mitigation, reassurance and responsiveness to customers. Across the world, businesses and homeowners trust Rentokil to solve their pest problems. We offer a complete range of pest control services from rodents to flying and crawling insects, to other forms of wildlife management. Different countries have their own individual challenges from snakes in South Africa to termites in America.
  • Initial Hygiene: The world's leading hygiene services company, offering the widest range of hygiene services, including the provision and maintenance of products such as soap and hand sanitizer dispensers, hand dryers, air care and purification, cubicle and surface sanitizers, feminine hygiene units, Medical waste, and toilet paper dispensers, our solutions are specifically designed to help businesses mitigate risk of liability, reduce illness from germ and virus transmission and increase engagement levels. Our people provide dedicated and expert hygiene services in the washroom and throughout entire premises. 

We have central support functions of Human Resources, IT, Finance, Legal and Marketing & Innovation in the Rentokil Initial Head Office locations and in country.
You would be supporting the Business Nairobi branch Finance department.

Reporting to the Finance Manager ,East Africa you will be responsible for day to day transactional processes, with

functional responsibilities for accounts payable and fixed assets.Responsibilities also include timely payment of taxes and

statutories and supporting both external and internal group audit.You are expected to maintain utmost confidentiality on

matters pertaining to Company performance, wages and reports and handle your work with high integrity, maturity and

honesty.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

● Ensure payments are made to suppliers consistently, accurately and within credit terms. Verify invoices against

contract terms and other agreements

● Review transactions for completeness and accuracy including proper authorization for payment processing.

● Prepare payment vouchers.

● Set up, monitor and perform reconciliations and accruals on a monthly basis for major suppliers paid by standard

voucher

● Support the monthly accounting closing process to ensure accurate and timely financials.

● Review accounting controls and processes, suggest improvements and help implement and support any changes.

● Ensure all corporate and normal business and ethical standards are closely adhered to and correct any deviations

encountered and ensure appropriate controls are administered.

● Ensure that all documentation relating to payments are in accordance with all regulations and maintain a very

high level of vigilance

● Answer supplier queries on invoices & payments

● Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.

● Reconcile Accounts Payable on a monthly basis (including Down payment Requests)

● Maintain the vendor/supplier files and monitor the accounts to ensure payments are up to date.

● Prepare and Process tax and statutory cheques/payments timely to avoid penalties

● Prepare and disburse accounts payable cheques

● Perform reconciliation of balance sheets accounts

● Strong involvement in the physical receipt of deliveries by suppliers before being transferred to the store

● Participate actively during stock taking

● Filing of supplier invoices and vouchers and answering all queries relating to payables activity

● Liaison with Credit control colleagues on cheque swap

● Review supplier payments periodically to note any changes in pricing, query the same to ensure any variances in

costs for same items, quantities and liaise with procurement to verify the same prior to payment confirming

reason to the variances

● Assist in the accounts receivables analysis and modeling

● Participate in the interim/year end and the internal audit processes

● Maintain fixed assets register, process additions and disposals in the system to ensure the GL and the fixed assets

register are reconciled monthly and variances adequately explained to the FM.Recommend Assets for writeoff.

● Participate in fixed asset tagging and bi-annual fixed asset verification exercise, including P&M and EFR. Allocate

tag numbers to fixed assets to effectively track them from time to time

● Record fixed assets by creating and supervising a system of procedures, forms, and controls

● Recommend any updates to accounting policies affecting fixed assets to management

● Participate and being in constant liaison with the managers on capex requirements

● Agree the inter-company balances with the group entities.

● Record in the accounting system newly acquired fixed assets and those disposed

● Track, compile, and record project costs in fixed asset accounts; close out the accounts at the completion of the

projects

● Perform reconciliation of fixed asset subsidiary ledger balance with summary-level account in the general ledger

● Perform depreciation calculation for all fixed assets

● Perform revision and update on the detailed schedule of accumulated depreciation and fixed assets

● Find out fixed assets’ obsolescence potential and recommend for writeoff

● Carry out periodic reviews on intangible assets’ impairment

● As may be requested by management, perform fixed asset related analyses

● Track Company’s fixed asset spending in relation to its capital budget, as well as management authorizations

● Ensure consolidation of fixed asset information to enable a complete and accurate record of the identification,

location and value of RI East Africa fixed assets.

● Carry out the revaluation of fixed assets as required to comply with applicable standards.

● Any other duty that may be allocated to you by the FM


Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance or CPA(K)

Five years of working experience

Experience with month-end and quarter-end close processes.

Proven capability to excel in a fast-paced environment

High level of critical thinking

strong quantitative skills

Ability to think strategically while managing the details

Desire to go above and beyond what is required

Ability to apply independent judgement and discretion as appropriate.

Detail-oriented, analytical and highly organized.

Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to organize and prioritize work and meet critical deadlines.

Ability to make arithmetical calculations with speed and accuracy, preparing clear, accurate and concise reports and correspondence

Benefits:

Are you interested? Here's what you can expect when you join us...

  • Opportunity for Growth and Development

Employment Equity

Rentokil Initial believes in supporting all employees to provide equal opportunities

and avoid discrimination. We also place emphasis on workplace diversity which

means that we are serious about creating an inclusive environment that accepts

each individual's differences, embraces their strengths and provides opportunities

for all colleagues to achieve their full

Do you love to provide a valued professional service throughout your community? Do you feel like you could do the job well? Apply for the role today!

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