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      KPMG is a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. Our purpose is to inspire confidence and empower change. We have a notable Africa Footprint serving clients across the continent. Our East Africa practice comprises Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda. The Nairobi office serves as the regional coordinating office providing the required networking to facilitate delivery of services on a timely basis to meet and exceed our clients’ expectations.


      Roles

      Provide bookkeeping and accounting support to organizations that need to supplement their in-house experience or address resource constraints, providing the organization with greater latitude in addressing more pressing or non-routine issues. This includes the provision of payroll administration and accounting services.
       

      Responsibilities

      Accountancy (55%) Provide bookkeeping support and prepare financial statements for clients

      • Prepare supplier payment schedules
      • Prepare clients’ books of accounts
      • Carry out monthly bank and supplier reconciliations
      • Prepare monthly management accounts
      • Prepare annual Financial Statements according to IFRS
      • Provide audit support assistance
      • File monthly VAT and withholding tax returns
         

      Payroll Administration (30%). Processing client salaries and remitting the required statutory and payroll-related deductions

      • Process new payroll data and carry out necessary computations.
      • Verify accuracy of payroll reports
      • Make required statutory i.e. PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, HELB, WCF and other payroll related remittances.
      • Assist clients in NHIF / NSSF company registration.
      • File monthly NSSF, WCF, PAYE and SDL returns.
      • Timely updating the Fund tracker as and when cash is received to the bank and payments been made.

      Risk Management (5%) Ensure adherence to KPMG risk management processes

      • Ensure adherence to KPMG risk management processes.
      • Carry out risk procedures for clients at the start of each engagement.
      • Ensure every client file complies with KPMG’s global standards.
      • Confirm deliverables are as per engagement letter.
      • Document all correspondences, accounting and payroll related documentation and all necessary information relating to the assignment.

      Other (10%)

      • Carry out regular filing of working papers.
      • Assist in proposal writing for potential clients.
      • Participate in client reporting and presentations.
      • Develop new connections with other BUs and use these relationships to cross-sell to while considering independence and risk management requirements.
      • Timely Clients bank accounts reconciliations (fund tracker) for the assigned clients. Update fund tracker upon receipt of funds and payment promptly.
      • Perform any other related work as directed by the Manager.
         

      Skill set

      • Pragmatic Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to handle and resolve unstructured problems, flex and adapt in new environments to create order and stability and provide effective solutions.
      • Personal and Professional Ethics: Must operate and practice within the professional code of conduct, be honest, with self and colleagues.
      • Interpersonal Skills: Must be a people’s person, good with people but firm and fair with ability to manage people with diverse personalities.
      • Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills both written & verbal presentations.
      • Goal Driven and Results Oriented: Enjoys being measured, and being judged by performance results.
      • Multicultural Skills: Must be able to operate and interact in a multicultural environment and uphold cultural diversity.
      • Resilience and Tenacity: Must be able to sustain motivation and commitment to goals in good and bad times, ability to contain and absorb stressful moments and issues.

      Education and Work Experience Requirements

      • A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or other related Studies.
      • Professional qualifications e.g. CPA.
      • International Financial Reporting Standards: Excellent knowledge of IFRS’s and their practical application.
      • Income Tax Legislation: Knowledge of Tax laws applicable in Tanzania.
      • Technology Skills: Proficiency in MS office applications and knowledge of accounting packages.
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      If your career aspirations match this exciting opportunity, please send your CV and academic certificates to tz-fmrecruitment1@kpmg.co.tz, quoting the title of the position you are applying for by 31st April 2026. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.