Finance - Senior Accountant at Tropical Heat

Tropical Heat was established in 1973 as a small ethnic snack cottage industry. Today, we are one of the leading manufacturers of spices and snacks in the East African region and our brand Tropical Heat is a household name in Kenya. With our very strong and expert technical team, we manufacture a vast range of spices and snacks. The spices include pure sp...

 

Finance - Senior Accountant

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience5 - 8 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldFinance / Accounting / Audit 

Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee day-to-day accounting operations across multiple business units
  • Manage monthly closing process and ensure timely, accurate reporting
  • Lead reconciliations - bank, debtors, creditors, inventory and inter-company
  • Strengthen working capital control - debtors, creditors and stock
  • Oversee statutory compliance - VAT, PAYE, corporate tax coordination
  • Support audit processes - internal and external
  • Maintain strong cost accounting discipline within manufacturing
  • Improve finance processes, controls and documentation
  • Partner with operations, supply chain and sales to ensure financial accuracy
  • Assist in automation initiatives and system improvements
  • Support the Commercial and Sales teams on margins, pricing, trade spend and joint business planning
  • Partner with Sales on credit control discipline, customer limits and collection performance
  • Improve finance processes, controls and documentation
  • Assist in automation initiatives and system improvements

What We Are Looking For

  • ACCA or CPA(K) qualified - fully certified
  • 5 to 8+ years accounting experience, ideally within FMCG or manufacturing
  • Strong understanding of stock, cost of production and margin analysis
  • Experience managing high transaction volumes
  • Excellent reconciliation and control mindset
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving, growth environment
  • Strong Google Sheet / excel skills
  • Extremely comfortable with technology, software, ERP and platforms like 'sage pastel'
  • High integrity and strong attention to detail

Personal Attributes

  • Structured and disciplined
  • Calm under pressure
  • Proactive problem solver
  • Commercially aware, not just technically strong
  • Team player who supports leadership

Check how your CV aligns with this job

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Tropical Heat on snapstartalent.com to apply

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