Avenue Healthcare is one of the leading private healthcare groups in East Africa running 3 Hospitals, and 18 medical centres across Kenya, and a Homecare business. With over 25 years in the healthcare industry, Avenue Healthcare runs 300 hospital beds with over 1,000 staff members, and more than 400 specialists and serves over 400,000 patients annually, offering primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare services.
Position: Accounts Payables Officer
Position Type: Permanent
Location: Head Office
Department: Finance/Accounts
Reports To: Accounts Payables Manager
JOB OBJECTIVE/PURPOSE
Timely, accurate reconciliation and payments of accounts payables.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Posting of supplier’s invoices in financial system.
- Ensure supplier invoices are fully supported (3 way marching of documents) ie. LPOs, GRNs, delivery notes, ETRs, job cards and fully authorized for payment.
- Reconcile and analyze supplier statements, obtain sign offs of outstanding amounts per month and providing information for accruals.
- Make payments and send remittance advices to suppliers and doctors as per payments terms.
- Maintain supplier’s relations and resolve any disputes that may arise on a timely basis.
- Advise the Accounts Payable Manager of outstanding issues with payments and suggest ways to resolve them.
- Filing of all documents related to accounts payables eg. invoices and payments
- Retrieving and providing audit information
- Assist in coming up with audit and statutory schedules.
- Any other duties assigned by your supervisor.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- CPA Part II
- 2 years’ working experience
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player
