Senior Accountant
Kigali,
Rwanda
We are looking for a Senior Accountant with 2–5 years of accounting experience and proven team-management skills to lead and structure our accounting function, supervise accounting activities across several client companies, and build a strong accounting team around them.
The role requires someone who can combine solid accounting expertise with leadership, organization, coaching, and the ability to establish efficient processes and ensure high-quality results
Responsibilities
- Oversee the accounting activities of multiple client companies
- Organize and supervise bookkeeping, reconciliations, reporting, and closing activities
- Ensure accounting work is accurate, complete, and delivered on time
- Establish and improve accounting procedures, controls, and working methods
- Review the quality of work produced by the accounting team
- Build, organize, and manage a high-performing accounting team
- Assign tasks and responsibilities according to priorities and workload
- Train, coach, and support team members in developing their accounting skills
- Monitor accounting, operational, and management KPIs
- Ensure agreed targets, deadlines, and service standards are achieved
- Identify accounting issues and implement corrective actions
- Maintain strong communication with clients regarding their accounting activities
- Prepare and present regular management reports on performance, risks, and challenges
- Support management in improving the efficiency and quality of the accounting department
Must Have
- 2–5 years of experience in Accounting or Finance
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Good communication and organizational skills
- Proficient in Excel and accounting software
- Autonomous, responsible, and proactive
- Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple priorities
- Fluent in English and Kinyarwanda, with strong written and verbal communication skills in both languages.
- CPA certification is required, demonstrating strong professional accounting knowledge and standards.
- Track record on team management.
- Capacity to coach a team on soft skills and hard skills
- Team management
- Feedback culture
Nice to have
- ACCA, CPA, or other accounting certification
- Experience with tax reporting and compliance
- Experience in budgeting and financial analysis
- Knowledge of ERP systems
- Previous experience supervising accounting activities
What’s your mission as an Araka Accountant?
At Araka, accounting is more than recording numbers; it’s about giving the business a clear and reliable picture of its financial performance. As an Accountant, your mission will be to ensure accurate financial records, maintain strong financial controls, oversee reporting and compliance, and provide management with the information needed to make sound business decisions.
What’s in store for you?
You’ll take ownership of key accounting activities, from invoicing, payments and reconciliations to monthly reporting, budgeting and tax compliance. You’ll work closely with management and other departments to make sure financial processes are efficient, deadlines are respected, and the company’s finances remain well organized.
Numbers tell a story. Your job is to make sure it’s the right one.
Every month brings new priorities, decisions and challenges. You’ll analyze financial performance, identify discrepancies, improve accounting processes and help strengthen the way Araka manages its finances. Accuracy matters, but so do initiative, organization and the ability to see beyond the numbers.
Ready to take ownership of the numbers behind Araka’s growth? Let’s grow together. 🚀
