Assistant Accountant
JOB DESCRIPTION
This position
is responsible for reviewing, initiating, reconciling and closing
financial payment processes
Duties & Responsibilities
An Accountant Assistant
performs the following tasks:
- Receive
invoices and statements from the suppliers.
- Verification
of invoice supporting documents.
- Capturing
of supplier invoices and reconciling them in the accounting system.
- Preparation
of payment vouchers.
- Assist
the accountants in creation of payments in Popote Platform.
- Capturing
of bank and Popote transactions to the accounting system.
- Monthly
Bank and Popote Reconciliations.
- Support
in following up of clearing outstanding receivables.
- Scanning
documents for storage in soft copy.
- Ensuring
company financial documents are filed and properly archived.
- Retrieval
of documents on need basis.
- Receivables
and Supplier management.
- Preparation
and Filing of all transactions with relevant support documents.
- Support
internal and external auditors.
- Ensuring
that all company compliance certificates, statutory returns, and tax
filings is up to date.
- Keeping
safe custody of post-dated cheques and maintain a daily log.
- Capturing
all payments, invoices and receipts into the Accounting System
- Verifying
payment vouchers to ensure they are duly signed, coded, with correct
amount and properly filed.
- Proper
and reliable bookkeeping and maintenance of accounting records
- Undertake
any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications
- Qualified
CPA part II or equivalent in ACCA. OR
- Degree
in Commerce, economics, accounting or equivalent.
- ERP
knowledge
- Knowledge
in QuickBooks
- Analytical
skills
- Over
two years’ experience as an accountant assistant
Key Skills and Competencies
- Effective,
excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Should
have organizational and time management skills.
- Must
demonstrate high integrity and ethical practice
- Must
demonstrate ability to execute work assigned with minimum supervision
- Must
have the ability to communicate for both written and oral communication
- Must
be a flexible person, who is willing to learn and able to work flexible
hours to achieve goals
- Must
be able to deliver targets, and a good planner who pays attention to detail
Key Performance Indicators
- Bank
reconciliations
- Book
keeping
- Posting
transactions in system
- Records/
files keeping
- Timely
payments
- Verifications
of invoices
How to Apply
To be submitted before Friday 7th October 2022.