General account and Reporting manager Full Time

Purpose of the Job:

To build a reliable accounting and reporting system that enhances the financial decision-making process by ensuring timely preparations of financial reports and conducting a close follow-up on the Company’s compliance with all financial and regulatory obligations.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee effective implementation of the Company’s financial policies and procedures and ensure relevant government regulations are observed by all concerned parties.
• Update the Company’s chart of account whenever needed and facilitate opening of general and subsidiary ledger accounts.
• Monitor the compliance of all the approval processes and procedures of the Company’s payment obligations with the Company’s policies and procedures.
• Review transactions to ensure they are properly recorded, and books of accounts are balanced.
• Check all reconciliations are properly and timely prepared.
• Supervise the investigation and follow up of all outstanding items on reconciliation statements with responsible persons and various organization.
• Follow up timely preparation and submission of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly interim financial statements reports.
• Review financial reports produced by subordinates and monitor the timely submission of tax and statuary reports to regulatory bodies.
• Develop external relationships with appropriate contacts, e.g. auditors, bankers and statutory and regulatory bodies.
• Facilitate external auditing and follow up the timely completion of the Annual Audit Reports.
• Manage monthly closing of financial records and posting of month end information and ensure accuracy of financial statements.

Generic Duties of the Position:

• Develop and implement the Department’s plans and objectives.
• Develop, approve and monitor the Department’s budgets.
• Identify human resources requirements of the Department and develop plan for meeting the requirements.
• Develop, implement and review relevant departmental policies and procedures.
• Review, approve and submit departmental reports to relevant organs.
• Support the development of subordinates through periodic performance evaluations, coaching, mentoring, ongoing performance dialogue and feedback.
• Manage disciplinary concerns of the department’s staff.
• Represent the Department in internal and external relationships.
• Participate in group decision making process by forming part of different groups/committees.

Qualification and Experience:

• Master’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, qualified ACCA with 6 years of demonstrated experience out of which three (4) years in a supervisory position

  Or

  Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, with eight (8) years of demonstrated experience of which four (5) years in a supervisory position.