Assistant Accountants

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Requirements:
* Diploma such as CAT or LCCI is the preferred entry qualification
* At least 5 years relevant experience with at least 2 years in credit control function.
* Ability to carry out duties and responsibilities with limited supervision
* Able to make decisions and establishes work priorities on essentially procedure oriented operations

The Job
* responsible for evaluating credit risk, document credit analysis and recommend credit limit acceptable within company’s risk profile
* manage credit exposure and ensure effective credit control functions
* monthly planning and reporting on credit performance and customers’ profile
* support and partnering with sales team on credit management, controlling while at the same time optimizing business opportunities within approved risk level
* monthly planning and optimization of cash inflow
* preparation of Monthly Statement of Accounts
* release of Order Profitability Report
* preparation of daily sales reports, sales performance by salesman, monthly highest and lowest sales, monthly collection planning
* preparation of salesman commissions
* preparation of customers’ rebates
* reconciliation of Accounts Receivables Ledgers to General Ledger
* inter-companies reconciliations – Sales and Receivables
* create, maintain and update customers’ master file
* assist on other related management and financial accounting tasks, such as month end closing and reconciliation, business margin analysis, cost effectiveness review, budget and forecasting
* any other ad-hoc projects and assignments as assigned by the Financial Controller
* nventories Control
* review and postings of inventories data entries
* monitor and control of inventories’ accounts
* weekly reconciliation of inventories accounts
* review and update of goods in transit
* assist in stocktakes and monthly cycle counts
* Petty Cash Management
* In-charge of office’s petty cash
* preparation of petty cash claims
* Bank Reconcilitions
* Weekly cash collections reports
* Review of bank reconciliations for all bank accounts
* monitor and control of plant and equipment listing
* review of monthly journal entries of depreciations charged
* monitor and control of assets purchased (CAPEX approval forms)
* monitor and control of disposal of assets
* Monitor and control of accruals accounts
* review of journal entries for accruals accounts
* Assist in IT support issues