Application Deadline: 30 November 2024
Department: Finance
Location: Kenya
Description
For more than 20 years, Globeleq has been a long-term investor, developer, owner and operator of diversified power projects in Africa, where the company is one of the largest Independent Power Producers., With nearly 1900MW of generation capacity in operation across 17 power plants in 7 countries, 485MW of new power projects in construction and >2,000MW in development, Globeleq is one of the largest independent power producers solely focused in Africa. Globeleq is 70% owned by British International Investment and 30% by Norfund, the development finance institutions of the UK and Norway, and has a proven track record for supporting the ongoing development of the African power sector.
Globeleq’s various generation technologies include gas, wind, solar PV, battery energy storage (BESS), and geothermal. The company is also actively pursuing new opportunities which are emerging from the energy transition, including desalination projects powered by renewables, as well as green hydrogen and ammonia projects.
To support the Finance team and the company’s growth across Africa, Globeleq is now seeking to recruit an Accountant. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing and supportive team and is now implementing transformational projects across the African continent.
The Accountant will cover accounts payable, accounts receivable, PR/PO, month end and year end related duties. More specifically, to co-ordinate the timely and accurate settlement of business expenses, invoices and inter-company settlements, monitor and record cash levels and to record cash receipts and payments, as well as provision of accurate and timely financial analysis of the accounting records. The Accountant will provide support to the Country Finance Manager and team in respect of the activities of the company and participate in ad-hoc project work to streamline working processes and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
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- Ensure all supplier invoices are coded and signed off in line with the approved expenses and authority levels.
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- Process supplier invoices and employee expense claims promptly and in line with the approved authority levels and terms and conditions agreed with the suppliers.
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- Create Purchase requestions and orders on behalf of budget holders where required. Potentially work on the project workstream to implement the PR and PO process.
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- Manage the various bank payment runs and ensure timely and accurate input of transactions onto IFS (ERP system) system with relevant controls and reconciliations.
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- Follow up on and solve any queries raised in respect of supplier and customer invoices received or sent.
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- Run month end closing routines as per the month end closing instructions; be responsible for month end reconciliations from payments in IFS, aged debtor and creditor reporting, and bank reconciliations for all accounts maintained in the Kenya office.
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- Liaise with any external service provider used by the company in the delivery of accounting and tax preparation and advisory services to support both internal and statutory requirements.
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- Continually improve the settlement processes to improve efficiency or effectiveness of business information, promptly resolving any settlement queries and maintaining full procedural documentation in respect of settlement journals and other transactions.
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- Maintain accurate and timely banking records, and proper filing of purchase ledger documents.
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- Process month end accruals, raise any intercompany sales invoices, intercompany purchase invoices and run the revaluation process to an accurate month end timetable. Assist in preparing bank reconciliation and month end reporting.
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- Review and clear intercompany differences at the month end with all entities. Liaising as necessary with other finance teams around the Group to resolve queries.
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- Support Country Finance Manager with interim and year end audit and preparation of the financial statements and Tax returns, where necessary.
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- Participate in any ad-hoc project work undertaken by the Accounts team to improve working processes, eliminate inefficiencies, and formalize working procedures.
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- Be an active team member and provide back-up support to the rest of the Accounts team when required, to ensure all working deadlines are met.
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- Review and resolve any intercompany variances, working closely with the wider finance teams.
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- Assist with revaluation processes through IFS and closing IFS period(s) for various entities.
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- Work with our dedicated external auditors to prepare information for them. This may require some ad-hoc analysis from time to time.
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- Financial statements – assist in the draft of financial statements for our various entities. This may include but not limited to reviewing disclosure requirements.
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- Build strong cross departmental relationships.
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- And any other duties, as assigned by Country Finance Manager in line with the role
Skills and Competencies
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- Communication
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- Creativity and innovation
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- Diversity and ethical behaviour
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- Planning and Organizing
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- Teamwork
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- Ability to be discreet and maintain confidentiality.
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- Maintain a high level of professionalism when dealing with all levels within the organisation.
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- Self-motivated
Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications
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- Three (3) years of experience in a busy accounting field.
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- Experience of accounts payable and reconciliations with exposure to general accounting is preferred.
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- Fully qualified towards a recognised accounting qualification.
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- High Level of IT literacy with good experience of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and Outlook.
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- Experience in ERP systems (such as SAP or IFS) required.
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- Experience in inter-company reconciliation would be beneficial.
- Previous experience working in a global organisation using multi-currencies would be beneficial.
