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Senior Accountant

AGL- Africa Global Logistics Nairobi, Kenya Full Time Posted 2026-09-11
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AGL Africa Global Logistics is hiring a Senior Accountant in Nairobi to support accurate financial records across Yuesen and AGL-Special Economic Zone businesses. The role covers journal posting, month-end reporting, tax filing, VAT reconciliation, bank reconciliations, inventory support, and audit preparation. Candidates need a business degree, CPA/ACCA/CFA or equivalent, SAP knowledge, and at least three years of finance experience.

  • Senior finance role reporting to the Financial Controller in Nairobi
  • Covers month-end reporting, tax, VAT, bank reconciliations, and audit support
  • Requires CPA (K), ACCA, CFA or equivalent professional qualification
  • SAP experience and at least 3 years in a busy finance environment required
  • Supports multiple business units including Yuesen and AGL-SEZ

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  • RequiredAvailability to work in NairobiThe vacancy is associated with this location.
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Original source description

  • Mission Description
  • The roles exist to ensure that the organization maintains accurate books of accounts. One will support Yuesen business and another will support AGL-Special Economic Zone.Based in Nairobi and reporting to the Financial Controller ,the specific

Responsibilities

  • will be to:-
  • Post general accounting Journals
  • Ensure proper classification and posting of expenses into correct GL accounts.
  • Review completeness of accruals, provisions, and prepayments monthly.
  • Ensure supporting schedules for allocated accounts are prepared and shared on time.
  • Review accuracy of standing charges.
  • Conduct full trial balance review and maintain up-to-date supporting schedule
  • Ensuring journals are properly approved before booking
  • Matching general ledgers
  • Month-End, Annual Reporting, Audit & Budgeting
  • Ensure accurate cost allocation for assigned accounts monthly.
  • Prepare and share accrual and prepayment reports monthly.
  • Ensure all provisions are accurate, reviewed, and posted on time.
  • Provide supporting schedules during month-end, budget preparation, tax audits, and internal/external audits.
  • Support Financial Controller (FC) on reporting, including Net Working Capital (NWC) and Forex impact analysis.
  • Tax Filing & General Ledger Management
  • Follow up on supplier invoices rejected on iTax and ensure resolution monthly.
  • Ensure matching of VAT accounts and timely resolution of discrepancies.
  • Ensure monthly upload and reconciliation of auto-populated VAT.
  • Investigate and resolve inconsistencies between iTax and local books with clear explanations and timelines.
  • Ensure VAT and WHT are filed in good time
  • Prepare and submit payroll byproducts. Eg Nssf, Nhif, AHL,Nita and other payroll related deductions
  • Ensure clean tax accounts in SAP
  • Approval of Disbursement Costs and general expenses
  • Ensure all invoices are fully supported by relevant documentation (RCNs, POs, Delivery Notes, Payment Passes, Inbound Sheets, Billing).
  • Confirm that cost recovery has been done before invoice approval; Any Variances document.
  • Raise disputes with operations and follow up for timely resolution within agreed deadlines.
  • Ensure proper coding of General expenses in SAP
  • Ensure proper allocation of costs.
  • Inventory Management
  • Provide reports on cyclical and year-end stock counts.
  • Support business control in inventory reconciliation and variance analysis.
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Prepare monthly bank reconciliations
  • Review and resolve reconciling items in bank reconciliations
  • Liaise with treasury to close outstanding items in the bank reconciliations
  • Profile
  • Business Degree
  • CPA (K), ACCA, CFA or equivalent
  • Working knowledge of SAP
  • Three years

Experience

in a busy Finance environment

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