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Accountant Job Nutreco

Job Title: Accountant
Date Posted: 27/10/2026
Job Type: Full Time
Job Level: Middle
Employer: Nutreco
Industry: Accounting
Salary: Open
Location: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Deadline: 31/10/2026

Accounting Jobs, Nutreco Jobs. Accountant manages bookkeeping, taxation, and financial reporting, requires a Finance/Accounting degree, CPA(K) qualification (ICPAK preferred), and 4–6 years accounting experience in a growing company. Full-time role in Nairobi.

Key Responsibilities include:

Accounts Payable

  • Post vendor invoices accurately and on time in SAP
  • Post accruals and prepayments at month-end
  • Process vendor payments in line with approved payment schedules
  • Post and reconcile staff imprest
  • Reconcile Goods Received Not Invoiced (GRNI)
  • Reconcile freight outward accounts
  • Post and reconcile corporate credit card expenditure
  • Compute and remit statutory deductions (PAYE, NSSF, SHIF, Affordable Housing Levy and NITA) by the statutory deadlines

Treasury Management

  • Post all receipts and incoming funds in SAP
  • Post bank charges and other bank-initiated entries
  • Act as the company’s bank agent, liaising with banks on mandates, online banking and payment authorisations
  • Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and clear reconciling items promptly
  • Manage petty cash, including imprest controls, replenishments and periodic cash counts

Fixed Asset Register Management

  • Capitalise assets in line with the company’s capitalisation policy
  • Tag assets and maintain an accurate, up-to-date fixed asset register
  • Run the monthly depreciation journal
  • Lead the annual physical asset verification and resolve any differences

Stock Management

  • Coordinate the monthly stock count
  • Investigate and resolve stock variances, and prepare variance reports for management

Taxation

  • Compute, withhold, remit and pay withholding tax (WHT) through iTax within statutory deadlines
  • Support VAT and other tax compliance as required, ensuring filings agree to the general ledger

Payroll Accounting

  • Reconcile monthly payroll costs to the general ledger and to iTax filings and statutory remittances

Compliance, Reconciliations and Audit Support

  • Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations
  • Prepare specific audit schedules and support internal and external audits
  • Ensure adherence to company policies, internal controls and applicable Kenyan statutory and regulatory requirements

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field and is a qualified CPA(K); ICPAK membership is an added advantage.
  • 4-6 years’ experience in a comparable accounting role, ideally in a growing company, with practical skills in bookkeeping, taxation and financial reporting.
  • Hands-on ERP experience and advanced Excel are mandatory, along with working knowledge of KRA iTax, PAYE, WHT, VAT, IFRS and the Companies Act.
  • They are organised, detail-oriented, solutions-focused and quick to learn, communicate excellently, and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders while ensuring accurate records and timely statutory compliance

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