Accounts Payable at Kuehne + Nagel

Your Role

Making of payments while ensuring they are accurate & timely with an aim to satisfy and fulfill the contractual obligation of Kuehne Nagel with the agents, airlines, clients, consultants, shipping lines and other suppliers to ensure continuity of a good relationship and fulfilling our end of bargain

Your Responsibilities

• Ensure that cheque book requisitions are authorised by signatories, and that the cheque books are available and well kept/stored safely.
• Transferring of funds to the National bank account to ensure that funds are available for payment of customs fees, duties, bonds, IDF fees and concession fees, and issue cheques for customs department and follow up returns for these payments.
• Index all incoming invoices / credit notes into the Acon system, and reconcile and pay creditors accounts allocated for this function.
• Writing all the cheques and ensuring that they are signed by the signatories.
• Payment of all the utility bills, telephone and internet bills, and writing of all the local purchasing order on a daily basis.
• Computing and deducting the WHT from payments that are subjected to this Tax.
• Reimbursing the Mombasa office petty cash float.
• Handle queries as and when needed and any other duties within the scope of the role as may be assigned
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Your Skills and Experiences

• Bachelors / First University Degree business related (Minimum)
• 2 to 5 years’ experience in the Logistics Industry.
• Experience in working with KRA I-Tax system is an added advantage.
• Should have done CPA 2 or ACCA or its equivalent
• Good knowledge of Air Logistics /Logistics Industry.
• Proven and sound technical understanding and application of accounting practices
• Excellent organizational skill and ability to manage your work
• Able to work in a diverse environment, both locally and internationally.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, highly proficient in Excel and able to manipulate all data for reporting purposes, strong sense of responsibility, integrity and a focus on costs are essential, and highly self-motivated, able to work as part of a team yet deliver independently