Job purpose

 Responsible for ensuring proper management of all white fuel physical inventories held in pool facilities at the Nairobi Joint Depot, while ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Joint Venture Agreement

Responsibilities

The role reports to the Pool Accountant. The Pool Assistant Accountant will be responsible for the following:

 Key Duties

• Maintain strict quality and quantity controls on stocks and deliveries including losses/gains and continually monitor the stock ownership position.
• Control operational loss/gain targets by product within approved limits.
• Ensure product lost/gained during in transit is correctly and timely accounted for and compiled for claiming.
• Ensure daily, weekly, and monthly physical stock reconciliations are performed and reconciled against accounting records.
• Ensure stock adjustments of gains/losses are be booked with proper investigation and delegated authority.
• Assist the Depot Manager in dealing with other bordering OMCs and Regulatory bodies, Factories, Inspectorate and Local Councils.
• Ensure all licenses for the depot are updated and paid for annually and operation running in line with license conditions.
• Ensure depot operational objectives are achieved and consistent with quality standards/requirements and operating costs including overtime are consistent with budgetary constraints Academic

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics and or related fields
• Professional Accounting certification (CPA, ACCA).

Skills, Experience & Attributes

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in an accounting position within a Commercial organization.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
• Experience in preparing financial reports in MS Office applications, particularly MS Excel

Working Conditions.

• May from time to time be required to work outside normal working hours.

Physical Requirements

 The person may be required from time to time to perform stock take that requires climbing up tanks and standing for some time