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- Nairobi, Kenya
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About the role
The Accounts Assistant is responsible for the day-to-day accounting of the property management and CBRE Excellent entity portfolios in SAP. The role ensures accurate debtors and creditors records, timely reconciliations, tax compliance and effective audit support.
Responsibilities
Debtors management: Issue tenant invoices for rent, operating costs and utilities. Receipt tenant and management-company payments daily, post withholding tax certificates and maintain fully reconciled tenant accounts.
Credit control and arrears: Follow up collections weekly, prepare customer statements and monthly collection schedules, and report arrears to property managers.
Creditors management: Raise purchase orders where required, capture supplier invoices, process supplier payments and withholding tax, and reconcile supplier accounts monthly.
Journals and month-end: Post and reconcile prepaid income (rental schedules), prepaid expenses, accruals and general ledger journals in SAP.
Banking and cash: Bank cheques, reconcile all bank statements monthly and prepare the collection schedule.
Tax compliance: Prepare and file monthly VAT and withholding tax returns, and support responses to KRA queries (including VAT inconsistencies).
Reporting: Prepare the monthly finance management pack for Property Management and supporting schedules for the Country Finance Manager.
Audit support: Provide schedules, reconciliations and responses to queries for the annual external audit.
Data integrity: Maintain accurate SAP master data and postings, and identify process improvement opportunities (e.g. journals that can be automated or require Property Manager approval).
Qualifications, Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Accounting or Finance; CPA (K) or demonstrable progress towards qualification.
Minimum 3 years’ accounting experience, preferably in property management or real estate.
Working knowledge of SAP FI (AR, AP, GL) and strong Microsoft Excel skills.
Solid understanding of Kenyan VAT and withholding tax, including KRA iTax and eTIMS.
High level of accuracy, strong time management and the ability to meet monthly deadlines across multiple entities.
Clear and professional communication with tenants, suppliers, property managers and auditors.
Minimum qualifications
BA/BSc/HND , Professional Certificate
How to apply
Interested and qualified? Go to CBRE Excellerate on cbreexcellerate.simplify.hr to apply
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