Background

AGL (Africa Global Logistics), the reference multimodal logistics operator in Africa, is part of the MSC family. With 23,000 employees in 50 countries, the company connects Africa to Africa and to the rest of the world. AGL relies on its 250 subsidiaries in Africa, Haiti, Timor and Indonesia to provide port, ocean, logistics and railway solutions.

Mission Description

The roles exist to ensure that the organization maintains accurate books of accounts. One will support Yuesen business and another will support AGL-Special Economic Zone.Based in Nairobi and reporting to the Financial Controller ,the specific responsibilities will be to:-

Responsibilities

• Post general accounting Journals
• Ensure proper classification and posting of expenses into correct GL accounts.
• Review completeness of accruals, provisions, and prepayments monthly.
• Ensure supporting schedules for allocated accounts are prepared and shared on time.
• Review accuracy of standing charges.
• Conduct full trial balance review and maintain up-to-date supporting schedule
• Ensuring journals are properly approved before booking
• Matching general ledgers
• Month-End, Annual Reporting, Audit & Budgeting
• Ensure accurate cost allocation for assigned accounts monthly.
• Prepare and share accrual and prepayment reports monthly.
• Ensure all provisions are accurate, reviewed, and posted on time.
• Provide supporting schedules during month-end, budget preparation, tax audits, and internal/external audits.
• Support Financial Controller (FC) on reporting, including Net Working Capital (NWC) and Forex impact analysis.
• Tax Filing & General Ledger Management
• Follow up on supplier invoices rejected on iTax and ensure resolution monthly.
• Ensure matching of VAT accounts and timely resolution of discrepancies.
• Ensure monthly upload and reconciliation of auto-populated VAT.
• Investigate and resolve inconsistencies between iTax and local books with clear explanations and timelines.
• Ensure VAT and WHT are filed in good time
• Prepare and submit payroll byproducts. Eg Nssf, Nhif, AHL,Nita and other payroll related deductions
• Ensure clean tax accounts in SAP
• Approval of Disbursement Costs and general expenses
• Ensure all invoices are fully supported by relevant documentation (RCNs, POs, Delivery Notes, Payment Passes, Inbound Sheets, Billing).
• Confirm that cost recovery has been done before invoice approval; Any Variances document.
• Raise disputes with operations and follow up for timely resolution within agreed deadlines.
• Ensure proper coding of General expenses in SAP
• Ensure proper allocation of costs.
• Inventory Management
• Provide reports on cyclical and year-end stock counts.
• Support business control in inventory reconciliation and variance analysis.
• Bank reconciliations
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations
• Review and resolve reconciling items in bank reconciliations
• Liaise with treasury to close outstanding items in the bank reconciliations

Qualifications

• Business Degree
• CPA (K), ACCA, CFA or equivalent
• Working knowledge of SAP

Experience

• Three years experience in a busy Finance environment

• Post general accounting Journals
• Ensure proper classification and posting of expenses into correct GL accounts.
• Review completeness of accruals, provisions, and prepayments monthly.
• Ensure supporting schedules for allocated accounts are prepared and shared on time.
• Review accuracy of standing charges.
• Conduct full trial balance review and maintain up-to-date supporting schedule
• Ensuring journals are properly approved before booking
• Matching general ledgers
• Ensure accurate cost allocation for assigned accounts monthly.
• Prepare and share accrual and prepayment reports monthly.
• Ensure all provisions are accurate, reviewed, and posted on time.
• Provide supporting schedules during month-end, budget preparation, tax audits, and internal/external audits.
• Support Financial Controller (FC) on reporting, including Net Working Capital (NWC) and Forex impact analysis.
• Follow up on supplier invoices rejected on iTax and ensure resolution monthly.
• Ensure matching of VAT accounts and timely resolution of discrepancies.
• Ensure monthly upload and reconciliation of auto-populated VAT.
• Investigate and resolve inconsistencies between iTax and local books with clear explanations and timelines.
• Ensure VAT and WHT are filed in good time
• Prepare and submit payroll byproducts. Eg Nssf, Nhif, AHL,Nita and other payroll related deductions
• Ensure clean tax accounts in SAP
• Ensure all invoices are fully supported by relevant documentation (RCNs, POs, Delivery Notes, Payment Passes, Inbound Sheets, Billing).
• Confirm that cost recovery has been done before invoice approval; Any Variances document.
• Raise disputes with operations and follow up for timely resolution within agreed deadlines.
• Ensure proper coding of General expenses in SAP
• Ensure proper allocation of costs.
• Provide reports on cyclical and year-end stock counts.
• Support business control in inventory reconciliation and variance analysis.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations
• Review and resolve reconciling items in bank reconciliations
• Liaise with treasury to close outstanding items in the bank reconciliations

• Working knowledge of SAP

• Business Degree
• CPA (K), ACCA, CFA or equivalent
• Working knowledge of SAP