Accountant

Job Summary:

Under the supervision of the Admin and Finance Manager, the Accountant follows up budget requisition, consolidation, endorsement and implementation matters of the branch are in accordance with pre-established regulatory framework; verifies payment orders and purchasing transactions are duly approved as per delegated authority; verifies and follows up on the timely collection of revenues and settlement of disbursements; verifies journal entries and checks payment requests against support documents for the preparation of checks or other mode of payment; analyzes records of present and past operations, trends and costs, estimated and expenses incurred to project future operation results, and prepares interim and end of year financial reports.

Educational Qualification:

• Second/First Degree in Accounting & Finance.

Experience Required:

• 2/4 years related work experience.
• Knowledge of Accounting Software is mandatory.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in planning and formulating internal control policies and procedures for administration and finance matters of the zonal branch.
• Review, verify, check, and finalize activity outputs of subordinate staff.
• Ensure that books of accounts are maintained in accordance with IPSAS and internal as well as external regulatory requirements.
• Inspect and test books of accounts for clerical and arithmetic accuracy and perform advanced general accounting tasks or postings.
• Follow up on budget requisition, consolidation, endorsement, and implementation matters in accordance with pre-established regulatory frameworks.
• Facilitate the preparation of annual budgets for income and expenditure and annual forecasts of cash inflow.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, biannual, and annual financial reports, including Balance Sheet and Statement of Income and Expenditure and provide analysis for management decisions.
• Verify references and cross-references of postings and source documents.
• Ensure bank statements are reconciled with branch records.
• Verify expenditures are justified, properly approved, and charged to correct accounts.
• Check agreement of subsidiary ledger balances with control accounts and verify trial balance accuracy.
• Check the correctness of petty cash payment vouchers and account coding.
• Prepare, check, and verify payroll accuracy.
• Prepare schedules of payables and receivables and submit reports to the Finance and Admin Manager.
• Maintain and update purchase register books with all necessary data.
• Examine and check registers for correctness and general ledger posting.
• Prepare periodic and end-of-period financial reports and statements.
• Ensure financial books are up-to-date, timely closed and audited.
• Execute audit review feedback related to accounting practices and books of accounts.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities assigned by the Admin and Finance Head.

Skills Required:

• Accounting / Finance