At
Siginon Group, our determination to achieve our vision of being Africa’s world
class logistics company is the driver of everything we do.
We are
proactively designing systems and processes that ensure operations excellence
and peace of mind for our customers.
Block
by block, we are building a team of Qualified, Motivated, Competent and
Energized individuals with a Winning culture to drive this vision.
Accounts
Clerk
1
Position
Job
Purpose: Reporting
to Assistant Accountant, the job holder will be responsible for recording and
processing expenditures, receipts, issuing of ETR to customers and other
financial transactions.
Responsibilities:
- Receipting
all money received from customers. Verifying correctness of cash and
cheques received (amount in words should be the same as amount in figures,
should be of current date) before receipting.
- Verifying
accuracy of the invoice (correct chargeable weight used; correct number of
storage days applied) before receiving money from customers.
- Banking
all money received on a daily basis and maintaining a maximum allowable
limit in cash box by end of the day.
- Giving
correct change to the customers and maintaining various denominations in
the cash box.
- Ensuring
that all Siginon Cargo Centre customers’ cheques are closed by Fridays of
every week.
- Keying
in cargo spot receipts into SAP the same day the receipt is issued and
posting the same to correct bank account.
- Allocating
debtors’ receipts to correct invoices and obtaining remittance before
receipting.
- Filing
remittances, receipts, invoices and deposit slips and attaching deposit
slips to the remittances.
- Balancing
of petty cash general ledger and reimbursement of petty cash.
- Balancing
cash box on a daily basis and inform accounts assistant of any shortage or
overage noted.
- Raising
of cheques to suppliers and obtaining copies of supplier’ ID before
releasing payments to them.
- Releasing
of cargo from cargo spot once payment is received from SCC customers.
- Making
cash payments to staff while ensuring that staff are paid exact amount as
per the voucher.
- Issuing
ETR to customers against all receipts and approved invoices the same day.
- Raising
Head Office vouchers and informing suppliers when their cheques are ready
for collection
- Perform
any other duties and responsibilities as may be bestowed upon by the
management from time to time.
Education,
Professional Qualifications & Work Experience
- Diploma
in Finance or accounting field.
- At
least 1-2 years’ experience in an accounting field.
- Familiarity
with bookkeeping and basic accounting procedures.
- CPA
section 3.
- Minimum
KCSE C-
Skills
& Competencies
- Knowledge
of computerized accounting and auditing record keeping systems.
- Competency
in MS Office, databases and accounting softwares.
- Excellent
Planning & Organizing/Work Management Skills.
- Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills.
- Accuracy
and attention to detail.
- Excellent
analytical skills.