Job Opportunities at Kyosk Digital Services

Job Purpose

• We are looking for a talented person to join our team as an Inventory Accountant
• The role holder will be responsible for managing Inventory including merchandise and material at hand
• He/she will be responsible for developing and implementing various accounting methods, developing & analyzing inventory reports and monitoring all inventory transactions in the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Stock Management: Lead physical Inventory counts in the warehouses and post the weekly & monthly stock count numbers
• Reconciling inventory accounts to the general ledger and report on any variances
• Monitoring inventory prices, track and analyze stock usage on a weekly basis and advice the Finance Manager accordingly
• Determine inventory costs and work closely with the purchasing and finance teams to advise the selling prices for good procured by the business
• Review and resolve issues with inventory transfer orders between warehouses while providing support and guidance as needed. 
• Inventory Analysis: Review and analyze inventory at hand relative to actual consumption levels, supplier lead times, and logistical efficiencies. Provide accurate inventory metrics by SKU and provide solutions to improve inventory management without impacting customer fulfilment rates.
• Reconciliation: Ensure all inventory, manual inventory schedule and cost of sales transactions are processed and reconciled to General Ledger on a monthly basis as per laid down SOPs. Lead the reconciliation of inter warehouse transfers, landed costs and discounts; prepare monthly journal entries as needed.
• Financial Management: Undertake daily vetting and posting of purchases & invoices in the accounting system. Prepare the budget for all overhead spending and track actual spending on a line item basis every month.
• Policy & Compliance: Ensure proper procedures are in place, clearly documented and updated regularly. Assist in the improvement of internal controls related to inventory and spearhead their implementation within the organization.
• Reporting: Develop inventory analysis reports capturing inventory balances, stock movement, prices, cost and variances providing weekly internal inventory reporting. Analyse and prepare reports on key trends to advice business decisions. Track and report actual daily product consumption for each production line and summarize weekly variances and yielded profits or losses per product. Bring to the attention of the Finance Manager any issues or concerns in a timely manner to allow for a quick resolution.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting required.
• A minimum of 5 years experience as an Inventory or Cost Accountant in an FMCG background;
• A professional qualification in accounting – CPA (K) or ACCA is preferred;
• Demonstrated experience in accounting, costing, financial analysis, forecasting and reporting;
• An understanding of the FMCG business model and dynamics from an accounting and inventory perspective;
• A good understanding of GAAP in relation to inventory;
• Is flexible and able to work as part of a team;
• Proficient in MS Excel, advance excel preferred;
• Experience with Inventory management systems, preferably ERP.

Competencies and Key Skills:

• Strong Financial Acumen;
• Problem Solving Skills;
• Analytical Thinking;
• Detail Orientation;
• Planning & organization skills;
• Tech Savvy.

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Job Summary

• We are looking to hire youth corpers/interns who have a degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or any accounting-related field. The role is a 6-month renewable contract.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Timely processing of daily invoices.
• Timely confirmation of daily payment in the bank statement.
• Perform reconciliation of account receivable and payable.
• Report on daily revenue reconciliation.
• Escalation of any pending reconciliation.
• Perform any other assigned duty.
• Work in compliance with company accounting standards and guidelines.
• Use software applications for company accounting operations.
• Identify and resolve outstanding balances monthly.
• Perform record keeping of all financial operations.
• Create and distribute monthly invoices based on contract and reporting data.
• Review and interpret contracts for proper billing terms and assist in management aspects of the revenue process.

Requirements  

• Preferably Youth corpers.
• A Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or any related field.
• Proximity to Jabi is an advantage
• Knowledge about MS Office, excel-Advance excel a plus.
• Able to work in a team and produce quality output under tight deadlines.
• Strong verbal and oral communication skills.
• Self-motivated and strong analytical skills.
• Attention to detail, prioritization skills, and time management.
• Quick learner with a positive attitude.
• Must be highly organized and able to deal with a high volume of data
• Able to work proactively and independently with a team in a fast-paced environment.

Desired Competencies:

• Business Acumen;
• Strategic Alignment;
• Change Management;
• Stakeholder Management;
• Problem-Solving Skills;
• Decision-Making Skills;
• Tech Savvy.

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Job Purpose

• We are looking for a talented person to join our team as an Inventory Accountant. The role holder will be responsible for managing Inventory including merchandise and material at hand.
• He/she will be responsible for developing and implementing various accounting methods, developing & analyzing inventory reports and monitoring all inventory transactions in the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Stock Management: Lead physical Inventory counts in the warehouses and post the weekly & monthly stock count numbers. Reconciling inventory accounts to the general ledger and report on any variances. Monitoring inventory prices, track and analyze stock usage on a weekly basis and advice the Finance Manager accordingly. Determine inventory costs and work closely with the purchasing and finance teams to advise the selling prices for good procured by the business. Review and resolve issues with inventory transfer orders between warehouses while providing support and guidance as needed. 
• Inventory Analysis: Review and analyze inventory at hand relative to actual consumption levels, supplier lead times, and logistical efficiencies. Provide accurate inventory metrics by SKU and provide solutions to improve inventory management without impacting customer fulfillment rates.
• Reconciliation: Ensure all inventory, manual inventory schedule and cost of sales transactions are processed and reconciled to General Ledger on a monthly basis as per laid down SOPs. Lead the reconciliation of inter warehouse transfers, landed costs and discounts; prepare monthly journal entries as needed.
• Financial Management: Undertake daily vetting and posting of purchases & invoices in the accounting system. Prepare the budget for all overhead spending and track actual spending on a line item basis every month.
• Policy & Compliance: Ensure proper procedures are in place, clearly documented and updated regularly. Assist in the improvement of internal controls related to inventory and spearhead their implementation within the organization.
• Reporting: Develop inventory analysis reports capturing inventory balances, stock movement, prices, cost and variances providing weekly internal inventory reporting. Analyse and prepare reports on key trends to advice business decisions. Track and report actual daily product consumption for each production line and summarize weekly variances and yielded profits or losses per product. Bring to the attention of the Finance Manager any issues or concerns in a timely manner to allow for a quick resolution.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting required.
• A minimum of 5 years’experience as an Inventory or Cost Accountant in an FMCG background;
• A professional qualification in accounting – CPA (K) or ACCA is preferred;
• Demonstrated experience in accounting, costing, financial analysis, forecasting and reporting;
• An understanding of the FMCG business model and dynamics from an accounting and inventory perspective;
• A good understanding of GAAP in relation to inventory;
• Is flexible and able to work as part of a team;
• Proficient in MS Excel, advance excel preferred;
• Experience with Inventory management systems, preferably ERP.

Competencies and Key Skills:

• Strong Financial Acumen;
• Problem Solving Skills;
• Analytical Thinking;
• Detail Orientation;
• Planning & organization skills;
• Tech Savvy.

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Job Profile

• Provision of business partnering and financial analysis, information and insights which enable the various departments of Kyosk Digital Services to make appropriate business decisions.
• Act as the strategic finance Business Partner for operations and commercial teams. Perform a variety of controlling, consulting and administrative tasks to support Kyosk Digital Services Kenya operations and its satellites.

Key Responsibilities
Business Analysis:
Performance Measurement:

• Make sure that all deadlines are respected working closely with Reporting and Accounting team and interlocking with operations and commercial teams w.r.t the close process and requirements.
• Production and reconciliation of key month end reports regarding Volumes, Revenues, Profit, Variance Analysis and P&L by region, by warehouse, by category, by product, by sku, by sales agent, by duka etc
• Provision of reliable figures and in-depth knowledge of the relevant business metrics.  Analysis ranges from top-level review to detailed research
• Prepare ad hoc reports to analyse any variances against targets e.g., volume and mix analysis
• Own the periodic (weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual as well as ad hoc) business review needs i.e., prepare and generate reports, templates, slides etc required for business review to track performance against KPIs.
• Prepare and distribute key business reports and analyses (Revenues): daily, weekly, monthly, YTD, quarterly, bi-annual, annual against targets.

Budget / Forecasts:

• Engage with management in the top-down budget and forecast setting process and cascading agreed targets to inform bottom-up budgeting and forecasting with the operational teams.
• Coordinate the bottom-up budgeting and forecasting process and provision of information to the commercial and operations departments as and when it is needed

Business Partnering:

• Support the country finance manager, general manager and operations and commercial teams with finance need
• Perform ad hoc and structure analysis on a variety of business projects/initiatives

Ad hoc Tasks:

• Best Practices: Collect and share best practices on Business Partnering
• Support Missions: Identifies weaknesses and organize relevant support missions to Kyosk Digital services satellite operations, to help remediate any potential issues across country.
• Value Adding Projects: review of cost to serve, value chain and pricing analysis, establishment of key performance indicators.Being the interface between commercial and operations w.r.t business planning and financial analysis.
• Regular meetings with senior finance colleagues in Accounting and reporting and support them with all financial issues they might face.
• Regular contact with the Kyosk Management to provide them with business analysis insight and help them in monitoring the business internal growth and follow up performance indicators on a monthly basis
• Any other duties within the finance team as assigned by the Country Finance Manager.

Qualifications

• Formal education, professional qualifications or accreditations from industry bodies.
• Must be a Graduate from Accounting / Business / Engineering or equivalent school.
• Prefarably Qualified professional (ACA, CIMA or equivalent) 
• Postgraduate Degree in Finance.
• Excellent spreadsheet skills.
• Working Experience of ERP
• Previous knowledge of Management Reporting Tools
• Advanced knowledge of Business Intelligence Tools e.g., Power BI, Tableau etc
• Advanced knowledge of excel analysis and data modelling skills e.g., Power Query, Power Pivot
• Advanced knowledge of data wrangling/cleansing tools - ETL (Extract Transform Load) techniques such as Get and Tranform in ms excel.
• Additional knowledge of MySQL would be an advantage but not a requirement.

Experience / Preferred Background:

• 3-5 years in a leading Audit Consulting Firm or 3-5 years as a financial analyst (in a multinational company).
• Multiple assignments in major industrial companies or experience in the FMCG sector
•  5 years (or more)  in business planning and analysis.

Competencies:

• Business Acumen
• Analytical Thinking
• Effective Decision Making
• Project Management
• Communication Skills
• Teamwork and Team Management
• People Development skills
• Customer Orientation
• Driving For Results
• Out of the box thinking / Innovative

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Job Purpose

• We are looking for a talented person to join our team as an Inventory Accountant. The role holder will be responsible for managing Inventory including merchandise and material at hand.
• He/she will be responsible for developing and implementing various accounting methods, developing & analyzing inventory reports and monitoring all inventory transactions in the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Stock Management: Lead physical Inventory counts in the warehouses and post the weekly & monthly stock count numbers. Reconciling inventory accounts to the general ledger and report on any variances. Monitoring inventory prices, track and analyze stock usage on a weekly basis and advice the Finance Manager accordingly. Determine inventory costs and work closely with the purchasing and finance teams to advise the selling prices for good procured by the business. Review and resolve issues with inventory transfer orders between warehouses while providing support and guidance as needed. 
• Inventory Analysis: Review and analyze inventory at hand relative to actual consumption levels, supplier lead times, and logistical efficiencies. Provide accurate inventory metrics by SKU and provide solutions to improve inventory management without impacting customer fulfilment rates.
• Reconciliation: Ensure all inventory, manual inventory schedule and cost of sales transactions are processed and reconciled to General Ledger on a monthly basis as per laid down SOPs. Lead the reconciliation of inter warehouse transfers, landed costs and discounts; prepare monthly journal entries as needed.
• Financial Management: Undertake daily vetting and posting of purchases & invoices in the accounting system. Prepare the budget for all overhead spending and track actual spending on a line item basis every month.
• Policy & Compliance: Ensure proper procedures are in place, clearly documented and updated regularly. Assist in the improvement of internal controls related to inventory and spearhead their implementation within the organization.
• Reporting: Develop inventory analysis reports capturing inventory balances, stock movement, prices, cost and variances providing weekly internal inventory reporting. Analyse and prepare reports on key trends to advice business decisions. Track and report actual daily product consumption for each production line and summarize weekly variances and yielded profits or losses per product. Bring to the attention of the Finance Manager any issues or concerns in a timely manner to allow for a quick resolution.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting required.
• A minimum of 5 years’experience as an Inventory or Cost Accountant in an FMCG background;
• A professional qualification in accounting – CPA (K) or ACCA is preferred;
• Demonstrated experience in accounting, costing, financial analysis, forecasting and reporting;
• An understanding of the FMCG business model and dynamics from an accounting and inventory perspective;
• A good understanding of GAAP in relation to inventory;
• Is flexible and able to work as part of a team;
• Proficient in MS Excel, advance excel preferred;
• Experience with Inventory management systems, preferably ERP.

Competencies and Key Skills:

• Strong Financial Acumen;
• Problem Solving Skills;
• Analytical Thinking;
• Detail Orientation;
• Planning & organization skills;
• Tech Savvy.