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- Tax Advisor
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- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience3 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldFinance / Accounting / Audit 
The opportunity: your next adventure awaits.
We are looking for an individual to join our Finance team that provides complete, accurate, consistent, timely and insightful financial and operational information that helps Build a Better Working World and achieve our NextWave ambitions.
Your Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial analysis and reports for strategic and operational meetings for the business at Service lines and Country level.
- Make presentation of the financial performances to the service lines leaders and managers at the weekly, monthly, or quarterly meetings
- Manage and monitor the day-to-day financial operations within the Firm (payroll, invoicing, banking’s, and other transactions)
- Prepare and/or review various financial statements support schedules and balance sheet reconciliation of various accounts.
- Track project costs and review Inventory reports periodically for various management decisions
- Carry out business analysis, engagement metrics reviews and advise on business process re-engineering and operational improvement.
- Budgeting and planning – prepare budgets and key project plans, review and monitor KPI’s, review project plans and analysis, validation of plans, and various ad-hoc requests from Firm leaders.
- Prepare various adhoc executive reports
- Ensure compliance with accounting policies and regulatory requirements.
- Train and mentor Finance & operations staff as per Firm’s metrics.
Skills and Attributes for success:
- Strong accounting and analytical skills with ability to develop and maintain costs tracking methods of budget performance and variances.
- An excellent team player with sound knowledge to assist in delivering the best services to the firm.
- Ability to work and effectively communicate with senior-level business partners.
- Excellent business judgment, analytical, and decision-making skills
- Strong work organisation, coordination, and execution skills.
To qualify for the role, you must have:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a Business-related field with a minimum of second-class upper honours or equivalent
- Qualified Accountant from recognized institution (CPA / ACCA)
- A minimum overall grade of a B in KCSE and B in both English & Mathematic
- Excellent IT skills particularly in excel, Word, PowerPoint and with hands on experience in SAP or any ERP system.
- Minimum of three years relevant working experience within a busy, computerised environment finance department
What working at EY offers:
- Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
- The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience3 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldFinance / Accounting / Audit 
The opportunity
We are looking for experienced tax advisor to join our Business Tax sub service line.
Your key responsibilities
You will be part of a team based in the Kenya office advising our clientele of large and medium sized multinational and local companies;
- Articulating our clients tax issues to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) with ease;
- Preparing accurate and timely tax workings for the client;
- Assisting in preparation of tax training materials for clients;
- Preparing well researched and thought-out tax opinion for our clients
- carrying out tax reviews/health-checks for clients
Skills and attributes for success
How your skills and experience will make an impact, followed by sub-headings:
To qualify for the role you must have:-
- A Bachelor’s degree in either Economics/Business/Finance or legal field or another relevant field with a minimum of upper second-class honours or its equivalent
- A minimum overall grade of a B and B in both English & Mathematics at Secondary School level
- Professional qualification in accounting (ACCA, CPA or CA)
Ideally, you’ll also have
- At least 3 or more years’ experience in the field of tax preferably with a professional services firm handling tax compliance and advisory. Experience in dispute resolution specific will an added advantage.
What we look for
- Is self-driven, pro-active and focused;
- Takes responsibility for performing high quality work;
- Is exceptionally committed to team success; and
- Excellent communication and social skills.
Method of Application
Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.