Junior Accountant

AI overview

The Junior Accountant will be pivotal in managing financial records, supporting tax compliance, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure operational efficiency.

At CloudFactory, we are a mission-driven team passionate about unlocking the potential of AI to transform the world. By combining advanced technology with a global network of talented people, we make unusable data usable, driving real-world impact at scale. 

More than just a workplace, we’re a global community founded on strong relationships and the belief that meaningful work transforms lives. Our commitment to earning, learning, and serving fuels everything we do as we strive to connect one million people to meaningful work and build leaders worth following.

Our Culture

At CloudFactory, we believe in building a workplace where everyone feels empowered, valued, and inspired to bring their authentic selves to work. We are:

  • Mission-Driven: We focus on creating economic and social impact.
  • People-Centric: We care deeply about our team’s growth, well-being, and sense of belonging.
  • Innovative: We embrace change and find better ways to do things together.
  • Globally Connected: We foster collaboration between diverse cultures and perspectives.

If you’re passionate about innovation, collaboration, and making a real impact, we’d love to have you on board!

Role Summary

The Junior Accountant will handle daily financial tasks, including recording transactions, reconciling accounts, and preparing reports. They will also assist with tax and audit processes to maintain accurate financial data and ensure compliance.

Key Stakeholders:

  • Senior Accountants: They will provide guidance and support for accounting tasks.
  • Finance Managers: They oversee the finance team and ensure financial operations run smoothly.
  • Internal & External Auditors: Collaborate during audits to ensure compliance.
  • Tax Specialists: Work together for accurate tax filings and compliance.
  • Department Managers: Collaborate on budgeting and tracking departmental expenses.
  • Suppliers/Vendors: Handle accounts payable and payment processes.
  • HR: Coordinate payroll and benefits accounting.
  • Banks: Assist with reconciliations and payment processing.
  • Regulatory Bodies (e.g., KRA): Ensure tax compliance and filing requirements.

Responsibilities:

  • Bookkeeping: Ensure correct invoices for customers have been raised and correct vendor bills have been processed within the credit terms/contract vendor payment
  • Financial Reports: Support the preparation of weekly, monthly, and annual financial statements.
  • Accounts Payable & Receivable: Manage invoice processing, and payments, and reconcile accounts.
  • Bank Reconciliation: Regularly reconcile bank statements with accounting records and resolve discrepancies.
  • Tax Preparation: Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards, regulations, and company policies, and prepare and file tax returns accurately and on time.
  • Auditing: Support internal and external audits by organizing financial documents.
  • Administrative Support: Perform general administrative duties such as filing, organizing documents, and responding to inquiries on the support ticketing system, including petty cash management.
  • Internal Controls: Support the organization in maintaining the reliability and integrity of financial information through adherence to established policies, procedures, and controls by understanding and actively participating in internal control processes.
  • Assisting Senior Accountants: Provide backup and support for senior accounting staff.

Requirements

Skills Required:

  • Accounting Software: Proficiency in Accounting tool- NetSuite
  • Attention to Detail: Accuracy in financial transactions and account reconciliation.
  • Kenyan Tax Knowledge: Understanding of VAT, WHT, PAYE, corporate tax laws, and KRA processes.
  • Bookkeeping: Ability to manage and record financial transactions and maintain ledgers.
  • Analytical Skills: Review and interpret financial data to spot discrepancies.
  • Time Management: Ability to meet deadlines, especially during key periods.
  • Communication: Strong verbal and written skills for interacting with team members.
  • Organization: Manage large volumes of financial data efficiently.
  • Problem-Solving: Identify and resolve issues in financial records

Skills in Google Sheets for data analysis, creating spreadsheets, and generating reports is a must.

Experience Required:

  • Education: Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance; CPA (Kenya) certification is a prerequisite.
  • Work Experience: At least 3 years of experience in accounting with experience in accounts payable/receivable, bank reconciliation, reporting, and payroll.
  • Accounting Standards: Familiarity with IFRS and Kenyan financial standards.
  • Auditing: Exposure to internal or external audits.
  • Tax Knowledge: Experience with VAT, WHT, PAYE, and KRA tax filings.

Benefits

  • Great Mission and Culture
  • Meaningful Work
  • Market competitive salary
  • Quarterly variable compensation
  • Hybrid Working Model
  • Comprehensive medical cover 
  • Group life insurance
  • Personal development and growth opportunities
  • Office snacks and lunch
  • Periodic team building and social events

At CloudFactory, we believe that work should be more than just a job—it should be a platform for growth, impact, and community. Here, you’ll earn with purpose, learn every day, and serve a mission that truly matters. If you're looking for a career where you can develop professionally, contribute meaningfully, and be part of a global movement, we’d love to have you on this journey!

Join us today and be part of our mission to connect people and technology for a better world! Apply now and bring your whole, authentic self to work—we can’t wait to meet you!

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical cover
  • Team building and social events: Periodic team building and social events

CloudFactory is a global leader in combining people and technology to provide a cloud workforce solution for machine learning and core business data processing. Our managed teams have experience hundreds of AI projects and can process data with high accuracy using virtually any tool. As an impact sourcing service provider (ISSP), CloudFactory creates economic and leadership opportunities for talented people in developing nations. Trusted by 170+ companies, we enrich data for 11 of the world’s top autonomous vehicle companies and process millions of tasks a day for innovators including Microsoft, Hummingbird, Ibotta, Luminar and nuTonomy. We’re on four continents, with offices in the U.K., U.S., Nepal and Kenya.You will enjoy CloudFactory if creating meaningful work for 1 million people in the developing world excites you. Also if you value building relationships, can be described as both humble and courageous in the same sentence, and you are passionate about pooling individual talents to win as one unified team. You have developed your own engine for personal growth, and help others grow by giving both constructive and encouraging feedback. You love to do the crazy hard work upfront to make things simple for others and your approach is often thinking big, starting small and then scaling fast. If any of this resonates, it is likely you will enjoy and thrive at CloudFactory like nowhere else on earth! 5 Reasons You Should Work at CloudFactory!!Join us and make a difference in the world!After submitting your application, all of our communication will be via email, so please check your inbox and spam folders regularly. CloudFactory will at no stage of this process ask candidates to make payments or pay fees of any kind.

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