Accounting Officer

This role involves collaborating with various departments to facilitate smooth financial operations, ensuring timely processing of invoices, payments, and receipts, and assisting in audit preparations.

Louis Industrial Group (LIG)

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Accounting Officer

This role involves collaborating with various departments to facilitate smooth financial operations, ensuring timely processing of invoices, payments, and receipts, and assisting in audit preparations.

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate will:

1. Prepare monthly accounting schedules for submission to external auditors.
2. Prepare journal entries and bank reconciliations to be posted in the General Ledger.
3. Prepare payment requisitions along with supporting documents, requesting approval and payment.
4. Prepare vendor reconciliations monthly.
5. Maintain Fixed Asset schedules including the computation of monthly depreciation, ensuring the schedule is accurate and physical assets are labelled correctly.
6. Manage and monitor accounts receivable balances daily so that aged balances are within approved credit terms & limits. 
7. Prepare daily cheque/cash lodgement to include accounts receivable reversals and refund batches.                   
8. Prepare and maintain Goods in Transit schedule and reconciliation monthly.
9. Maintain filing systems (both physical and electronic) for the accounting department records.

QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE

The position requires the following qualifications and experience in the area:

1. BSc. Accounting/ Business Administration or related fields or ACCA Level II or equivalent professional qualifications from a recognized tertiary institution
2. Minimum of three (3) years’ practical working experience
3. High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office
4. Proficiency with Sage 300 or any other accounting software

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

The position requires the following knowledge/skills:

1. Effective and strong communication skills written and verbal.
2. Excellent organizational skills.
3. Good interpersonal skills.
4. Possesses strong research and planning skills.