JOB TITLE: ASSISTANT FINANCE MANAGER – RECEIVABLES & INVENTORY CONTROL
About This Job:
Q-Sourcing Limited trading as Q-Sourcing Servtec is a manpower management solutions firm operating in the East African Region in the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and South Sudan.
On behalf of our client, we are looking for a competent, skilled, and experienced Assistant Finance Manager – Receivables & Inventory Control to work in Nairobi, Kenya.
Job Purpose
Maintaining a robust financial control environment for the organization, with primary accountability for accounts receivable, inventory control, financial reporting, statutory compliance, and working capital management.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Reporting & Record Keeping
- Maintain accurate financial records and deliver timely reconciliations, month-end schedules, management accounts, budgets, forecasts, and cash flow reports.
- Ensure compliance with IFRS, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), statutory, audit, and internal control requirements.
- Prepare timely returns, schedules, supporting evidence, and responses to audit queries.
- Accounts Receivable Management
- Lead accounts receivable management, ensuring accurate invoicing, disciplined collections, and credit control.
- Conduct timely customer reconciliations, effective dispute resolution, and follow-up of overdue balances.
- Inventory & Warehouse Controls
- Strengthen inventory and warehouse controls through timely stock reconciliations, goods received note (GRN) reviews, cycle and full stock counts, and variance investigations.
- Provide effective oversight of warehouse supervisors.
- Working Capital & Cash Flow Management
- Monitor working capital through cash flow reporting, bank reconciliations, and analysis of receivables, payables, and inventory movements.
- Promptly escalate risks and recommend corrective action.
- ERP & Process Improvement
- Improve ERP discipline and finance processes.
- Identify practical automation opportunities and maintain KPI dashboards that strengthen control, visibility, and decision-making.
- Team Leadership
- Supervise the accounts receivable, invoicing, and warehouse teams.
- Set clear expectations and build a culture of accountability, accuracy, confidentiality, and continuous improvement.
Qualification and Experience
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Professional qualification: CPA(K) preferred; ACCA or CIMA also acceptable.
Experience
- 3–5 years’ relevant experience in finance, accounts receivable, inventory accounting, or management accounting.
- At least 1–2 years in a supervisory role.
- Practical knowledge of the Kenyan regulatory environment, including KRA and other statutory compliance requirements.
- Experience working with external auditors.
- Strong hands-on experience in ERP-based transaction processing, reconciliations, reporting, and internal control monitoring.
Technical Skills
- Strong knowledge of IFRS-based financial reporting.
- Strong accounts receivable, credit control, and collections capability.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, XLOOKUP, and basic macros.
- Strong SAP experience is required; exposure to Sage is preferred.
- Strong understanding of inventory accounting and warehouse controls.
- Sound knowledge of statutory filing and remittance processes.
- Exposure to automation or AI-enabled finance processes is an added advantage.
Core Competencies
- High attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Clear communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain financial matters to non-finance stakeholders.
- Effective team leadership, coaching, and performance management capability.
- Ability to prioritize effectively, work under pressure, and meet strict deadlines.
- Professional judgment, composure, and discretion when handling sensitive information.
Interested and qualified applicants should submit their applications through the link below:
Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Q-SOURCING SERVTEC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ANY SOLICITATION WILL LEAD TO DISQUALIFICATION.
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