Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Cytonn Investments is an investments and real estate company, with offices in Nairobi - Kenya and DC Metro area - U.S. We are primarily focused on offering alternative investment solutions to global institutional investors, individual high net-worth investors, local institutional investors and diaspora investors interested in the East-African region. Our alt...

Responsibilities or duties

• Accounts Payables: Preparing payments with correct supporting invoices and documents, for all expenses
• Records Keeping: Detailed and organized record keeping in both soft & hard copies filling records in an orderly manner for ease of retrievals with relevant documentations
• Treasury: Assist in daily, weekly and monthly treasury operations and track key treasury operational benchmarks
• Accounts Receivables: Track all sales are accurately billed and work with the sales team for timely collections
• Cash Management: Keep a weekly record of all cash movement for programs funding in various locations & ensure up to date recording of reconciliations with accurate supporting documents
• Modeling: Review program pricing and competitive packaging to ensure the program remains competitive in its programs pricing to attract clients
• Compliance: Ensuring compliance with taxation and any other financial legal requirements, including filing of all statutory deductions; PAYE, Tourism Levies, SHIF, NSSF, HELB and VAT, among others
• Monthly management accounts reporting
• Work with auditor to bring all the audits up to date
• To work closely with business development team and avail strategic support
• HR and administrative assistance to the entity, including Contracts Management, and Leave Management
• Any other duties that may be assigned to you from time to time for the business

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or other related courses in business with a minimum of second class honors upper division; Minimum B+ in KCSE
• Completed professional accounting papers: CPA or ACCA or an equivalent
• Understanding of financial reporting and accounting standards
• Must be well versed Microsoft applications, working with any accounting system
• Attentive to details, results oriented & ability to work independently.
• Willing to work for long and odd hours
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Experience needed

At least 1-2 years work experience

• Accounts Payables: Preparing payments with correct supporting invoices and documents, for all expenses
• Records Keeping: Detailed and organized record keeping in both soft & hard copies filling records in an orderly manner for ease of retrievals with relevant documentations
• Treasury: Assist in daily, weekly and monthly treasury operations and track key treasury operational benchmarks
• Accounts Receivables: Track all sales are accurately billed and work with the sales team for timely collections
• Cash Management: Keep a weekly record of all cash movement for programs funding in various locations & ensure up to date recording of reconciliations with accurate supporting documents
• Modeling: Review program pricing and competitive packaging to ensure the program remains competitive in its programs pricing to attract clients
• Compliance: Ensuring compliance with taxation and any other financial legal requirements, including filing of all statutory deductions; PAYE, Tourism Levies, SHIF, NSSF, HELB and VAT, among others
• Monthly management accounts reporting
• Work with auditor to bring all the audits up to date
• To work closely with business development team and avail strategic support
• HR and administrative assistance to the entity, including Contracts Management, and Leave Management
• Any other duties that may be assigned to you from time to time for the business

• Microsoft applications
• Accounting systems
• Attentive to details
• Results oriented
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent communication skills
• Interpersonal skills

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or other related courses in business with a minimum of second class honors upper division
• Minimum B+ in KCSE
• Completed professional accounting papers: CPA or ACCA or an equivalent
• Understanding of financial reporting and accounting standards