07/01/2022
Job Title: Accountant
Company: Rispins International School/ Bahirdar
Job Type: Permanent
Description: Detail duties and responsibilities
Routine Financial tasks
• Planning the periodic accounting work and record keeping tasks of the company
• Maintaining records of financial transactions mainly petty cash transactions according to GAAP.
• Implementing the financial recording and reporting
• Verifying of disbursements for conformity to policies and rules
• Authenticating of supporting documents for payments
• Check and prepare CPV/PCPV is made for all payments
• Effecting of legal payments and government obligations like VAT, Withholdings, Personal income tax etc
• Following up the timely collection of receivables and reporting to immediate supervisor on default periodically
• Preparing all necessary inputs for the payroll tax, pension, VAT payment and make sure that all reconciled with financial record before forwarding it.
• Posting of CPV and PCPV,
• Accumulating all costs of operation at all cost centres and determine cost of projects and operations.
• Reconciling of accounts with creditors and debtors.
• Maintaining effective internal control system for cash and cash equivalent assets;
• Prepare and compile all files
Cashier related tasks
• Handling petty cash/maintain and replenish
• Deals with all issues surrounding petty cash payments and reimbursements
• Provide monthly summary for petty cash expenditures including coding transactions as per program budget
• Prepare check payment vouchers
• Prepare checks and get them signed and distributed.
• Ensure petty cash replenished regularly
• Collect bank advice for necessary action and documentation and deal with any other financial transaction outside of the office
• Collect receipts for tuition fee
• Collect bank statements
• Prepare petty cash payment vouchers
• Effect and electronically record petty cash payments
• Reconcile petty cash book for review by supervisor in the middle and end of each month resolving any discrepancies
• Record office expenditure
Reporting and auditing
• Support in preparing periodic financial reports
• Support in getting financial reports audited by an independent auditor
Filing
• Maintain financial documentation for all payments (petty cash, check payments, payroll etc)
• File all supporting documentation related to payments in a timely and standardized manner
• Maintains all financial documents, including source documents, check requests, receipts memos, contracts, and reports
Other
• Operate the cash receipts machine, does not receive receipts without issuing appropriate VAT receipts
• Perform all tasks assigned by the immediate supervisor.
Competencies and skills
• Fluency in written and oral English is mandatory as it is an international school.
• Ability to multi-tasked.
• Robust understanding of Ethiopian tax, audit, corporate and accountancy regulations
• Knowledge in reconciliation and analysis of various balance sheet accounts
• Knowledge in preparing reports, facilitating meetings, and other correspondence, processing accounts payable and receivable and handling inquires from customers or supervisors
• Computer (MS office: word, excel, Peachtree)
• Honesty and commitment
2. Education and experience
• BA or BSC in Accounting
• Requires minimum of 3 year of experience
How to apply:
Interested and qualified applicants who fulfil the above requirements, must send your updated CV and application letter: [email protected] /
Should you require further information: +251902099055
Application deadline: January 15,2022
https://www.focusethiopia.com/
