Accountant

Key Accountabilities

• Posting all daily transactions into the respective cashbooks and ledger accounts
• Supervising and reconciling bank accounts and ensure that these are concluded on a daily basis
• Ensuring that all loan disbursements/customer refunds are duly paid and submitted to the respective banks for processing timely
• Dealing with all bank queries and liaising with the bank
• Ensure all documents/records for daily accounting transactions are properly filed and stored in a secure manner
• Tax return completion and assistance with ZRA matters

Fixed Asset Management 

• Label all Assets for the company and record them in a Register.
• Update/Monitor the Fixed Assets register with costs and depreciation. Ensure that this matches with the records per the General Ledger.

Petty Cash management

• Reconcile and replenish petty cash floats for all branches ensuring that all the required documents are available prior to presentation and ensure that this is posted in the accounting system
• Whenever necessary, conduct the review of petty cash maintenance and utilisation in all the branches
• Stores/Inventory management
• Supervising Accounts clerks assigned to assist in
• Filing management/control
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents
• Secures financial information by completing database backups
• Guiding/Supervising accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures
• Preparing financial reports when required to do so
• Any other duties as assigned

Qualifications/Key Skills/Experience

• CIMA/ACCA/ZICA Finalist/doing final level;
• Computer literate;
• Proficient in Excel and other Microsoft products;
• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics or any other accounting package;
• 3 to 6 years relevant working experience;
• Has interpersonal skills and requires less supervision;
• Ability to work long hours whenever necessary to meet deadlines;
• Can/is able to multitask;
• Has experience of preparing financial statements/management accounts/trial balance;
• Budgeting/Projections skills; and
• Good knowledge of the Zambian Taxation System.

Send through a motivation letter and CV only, other documents will be requested at a later stage. Only those shortlisted will be contacted, if you are not contacted by November 2018 month-end it means your application was unsuccessful.

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