Industry: Finance & Accounting Sector
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
Job Schedule: Full-time
Salary: Open to Negotiation
Location: Mombasa
The Accountant is a critical hire; the person who ensures that every financial transaction is correctly recorded, every payment is properly authorized, and the business's financial position is transparent and audit-ready at all times. This role owns the integrity of the Xero financial ledger, the 'Data Fortress', and acts as the internal financial control function for the business. The Accountant also owns the relationship with external auditors and KRA, ensuring statutory compliance filings are accurate, timely, and defensible. Given the business's legacy position and ongoing regularization with KRA, this dimension of the role carries particular importance. The Accountant additionally gives functional direction to the Mombasa-based Junior Accountant, who keeps the Mombasa branch books in Xero.
- Meticulous and process-driven
- Sceptical by nature
- Quietly confident
- Proactive
- Discreet
- Commercially aware
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration; CPA Kenya Part III (finalist or qualified) strongly preferred, CPA Part II minimum
- Minimum 7 years' finance or accounting experience, with at least 5 years operating as the primary finance function in a small-to-medium business
- Minimum 5 years' demonstrated working knowledge of Xero or a comparable cloud accounting platform, proven through direct daily use rather than theoretical familiarity
- Minimum 5 years' processing Kenyan statutory payroll (PAYE, NSSF, SHIF, Housing Levy), to the point where it is second nature
- Demonstrated experience managing external audit processes and KRA compliance filings independently
- Experience in construction, engineering, project-based, or field services businesses strongly preferred, with a working understanding of purchase order workflows and project cost tracking, and statutory compliance experience is limited to basic PAYE, when this role requires full compliance ownership,
Qualified candidates, kindly send your resume to Maureen@exclusivepersonnelltd.com.
Deadline: Thursday 23rd July 2026.
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