Job Purpose – Accounts Assistant

The Accounts Assistant will be responsible for banking and capturing financial transactions into the system. Maintain both cash received and cash payments book and update them on a Weekly basis, Perform monthly bank reconciliations at month-end, assist in the preparation of monthly payroll journal and payments to statutory bodies.

Summary of Key Responsibilities.:

• Assist the Accountant by ensuring that all filing is done accurately and on a weekly basis
• Provide assistance to the monthly management accounts processes
• Receive, record and process all purchase invoices
• Request and manage petty cash
• Ensure all purchase invoices have been authorised and coded before entering them onto the purchase ledger
• Assist the Accountant with the preparation of statutory payments
• Weekly Posting of all sales invoices to the sales ledger and chasing up non-paying customers on a weekly basis
• Receive and process all expense claim forms and requests for payments
• Processing transactions, issuing checks, and updating ledgers, budgets, etc
• Help the Accountant to gather data for the Preparation of financial reports.
• Assisting with audits, fact checks, and resolving discrepancies

Required Skills & Personal Attributes

• Absolute attention to detail
• Analytic Skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to explain information in a clear and understandable way to non-finance professionals
• Strong team player, with a willingness to assist and learn from colleagues
• Ability to work in a changing and flexible organization
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends

Qualifications and Experience

• Diploma holder in Accountancy ACCA/CIMA/ZICA Licentiate
• Must have a minimum of at least 1+ years hands on Accounting
• Experience in a busy and well-established organization in a similar capacity.
• Must have basic knowledge of any accounting Package
• Must be a member of ZICA
• Must be based in Chipata