The Receivable Accountant will assist in ensuring that the company receives payment for goods and services offered to
clients and records these transactions accordingly.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain the Receivable Aging Analysis of debtors and produce monthly reports to ensure that BSK does its collections on time as per the agreed terms and conditions
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of receivables and journals of data into the accounting system i.e. receipts both cash & cheque
- Ensure income accounts are captured within the budgeted lines to avoid many reconciliations issues
- Drafts correspondence for standard past-due accounts and collections, identifies delinquent accounts by
- reviewing files, and contacts delinquent accountholders to request payment.
- Ensure customer statements are sent in a timely manner when required to speed up the collection process
- Ensure banking of receipts is done on a daily basis to avoid the risk of holding cash and also avail cash in the
- bank for expenditures
- Keep reconciled customer accounts and review them regularly for proper reporting and good decision making by management whenever needed.
- Ensure sales documents are properly documented and filled for ease of retrieval and reference.
- Ensure proper reconciliation of the amount paid against the invoices
- Investigate, sort out and resolve customer queries with respect to outstanding issues
- Manage debtors and other reports and present the relevant, timely, and insightful information with commentary and recommendations to senior management for decision-making.
- Inform and give report to the resource mobilization office of donations and members recruited.
- Participate in the internal audit reviews as required in accordance with the audit plan through provision of the required information
- Assists Lead Accountant in reconciling revenue accounts each month
- Billing of tenants
- Budget preparation
- Payroll preparation
- Correspondence with tenant agents
- Compliance to statutory requirements
- Monthly reconciliation of GL with other receivables
- Perform any other duty as assigned by the General Secretary /CEO or any an authorized official of Bible Society of Kenya
Minimum Requirements
- A Bachelors’ degree Finance/Accounting/Economics or a Business-related field
- CPA Section 4 or ACCA part II
- At least 2 years’ experience in Accounts Department
- Experience in Accounts Receivable will be an added advantage
- Good understanding of the internal controls necessary to safeguard the Company’s assets
- Good understanding of local taxation rules.
- Good understanding of IFRS and local Generally Accepted Accounting Policies.
- Computer literacy with knowledge in accounting softwares.
- Must be a born-again Christian.
