Twiga is a B2B e-commerce company that builds fair and reliable markets for agricultural producers, food manufacturers and retailers based on transparency and efficiency. Our mission is to provide affordable access to high quality food and grocery across African cities. Our ambition is to modernize Africa’s urban informal retail by using technology, to aggregate demand and help create an efficient supply chain that makes food and grocery more affordable.
We are looking for an experienced Accountant who will be responsible for analysing financial information and preparing financial reports to determine or maintain a record of assets, liabilities, profit and loss within the company.
Responsibilities of an Accountant include:
Inventory Management & Reporting:
Monitor and track timely postings of all inventory transactions in the area of responsibility; Intakes, dispatches, disposals, and interbranch transfers
Lead, coordinate and participate in the Weekly and Monthly stock take exercise in all facilities in the areas of responsibility
Develop a system of daily mass/gross checks on revenues and cost of goods sold (COGS) for assurance purposes and flag inconsistencies vs raw daily gross profit (GP)
Manage and report on consumable stores (Non-trading inventory) e.g. spares, stationery, PPE etc. Ensure adherence to company inventory policy
Credit Control:
Generate a daily report of all unbanked amounts or unaccounted stocks that went to the trade and report to the Group Credit control team
Generate a daily report of all outstanding amounts within customer accounts with corresponding ageing and limits
Participate in collection or recovery efforts of overdue debts and initiating ‘Stop Orders’ on a timely basis for customers who are over limit / overdue Ensure adherence to company receivables policy
Financial Reporting:
Report comprehensively on inventory quantities and valuation on a weekly and monthly basis, highlighting all variances and following up on remedial steps and any journal adjustments to be made Prepare and report on the weekly and monthly locational gross profit (GP) by-product, highlighting inconsistencies and collating all explanations from the business
Ensure proper costing & stock valuation, by accurately allocating all inventory-related cost and pick-ups (Rebates, trade discounts, credit notes, surcharges etc.)
Participate fully in all the assigned month-end close activities as per month-end close checklist Ensure adherence to all reporting deadlines
Fixed Assets Management:
Track plastic crates (dispatch versus returns) for the various location(s) and daily report on the losses/damages
Perform quarterly crate counts for the location(s) with subsequent reporting on losses/damages, initiating recovery process, and leading the book write-off/disposal process
Participate in regular fixed asset verification and tagging in the location(s)
The ideal background of an Accountant:
Be a qualified Accountant (CPA-K) Have at least 3-5 years of Accounting experience with considerable exposure to inventory accounting
Possess strong proficiency and working knowledge in Microsoft Excel
Have prior experience working with an ERP or substantial accounting software
Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
Twiga is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We champion equal treatment of all applicants. Twiga does not charge its applicants any fees whatsoever and has not authorized any agent to levy any fees on its behalf. If anyone requests you to make any payment with respect to this application, please report the incident to info @twiga.com or to our hotline on +254 (0) 709 258 000.
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