Job Title : Assistant Accountant

Job Type : Permanent and Pensionable

Location : Kasama

ERB Grade : ERB 6

Reports To : Senior Manager Northern Region

Background

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) is a Statutory Body established by the Energy Regulation Act No. 12 of 2019 to regulate the energy sector in Zambia. Its key functions include licensing enterprises, setting prices for energy products and services, monitoring the quality of energy products and services and handling complaints from energy consumers.

The ERB now seeks to recruit a suitably qualified and experienced person to fill the position of Accounts Assistant, who would be stationed at the ERB Regional Office in Kasama.

Purpose

To perform various accounting activities at the Regional Office in order to effectively and efficiently support operations

1. Performs payables reconciliations on a monthly basis
2. Prepare payments for goods and services received from suppliers, including retirable imprest payments.
3. Timely processing of all imprest retirements and ensure that all overdue amounts are deducted through payroll.
4. Make entries of all financial transactions in relevant books of account.
5. Conducts reconciliations on daily basis to reflect correct picture of such transactions.
6. Prepares monthly bank reconciliations.
7. Tracks expenses against budgets.
8. Prepares monthly and quarterly Management accounts for the regional Office.
9. Maintain a petty cash float to transact urgent business involving insignificant payments such as buying office items/consumables.
10. Organizes timely replenishment of petty cash by raising appropriate documents for superiors’ approval.
11. Ensuring all ERB Fixed Assets are captured in the Asset register as and when assets are procured.
12. Maintains fixed assets for the regional Office in line with the Fixed Assets policy
13. Any other duties as may be assigned

Minimum Qualifications/Skills

• Grade 12 Certificate or equivalent
• Degree in Accountancy, ZICA (CA) or Part qualified ACCA/ CIMA Advanced Diploma level
• Paid up Member of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA)
• At least two (2) years post qualifying work experience in a finance department
• ZAQA Verification of all qualifications is required

• Interpersonal skills
• Organisational skills
• Analytical skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Computations associated with balancing of cash books and verifying license fees