PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITES :

  • Ensure that the monthly general accounting processes of the entity are complied with.
  • Lead the month end closing of accounts for the entity
  • Review and sign off all accounts reconciliations
  • Monitors compliance with SYSCOHADA and company procedures
  • Work with both internal and external auditors during financial and operational audits.
  • Analyses key financial information to provide feedback that will aid managerial planning and commercial decision making that will ensure future growth and profitability of the company.
  • Maintains management information systems, combining the need for an incumbent with accounting and business management skills.

 

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

  1- General Ledger Accounting:

  • Record supporting information for all journal entries  ;
  • Enter all journal entries into the accounting software  ;
  • Ensure that reversing entries occur  ;
  • Create recurring journal entry templates  ;
  • Ensure that recurring entries are changed or terminated at appropriate trigger points  ;
  • Maintain detailed listings of the contents of all balance sheet accounts  ;
  • Assist auditors with journal entry examinations  ;
  • Assist in providing documentation from archives  ;
  • Assist in the production of financial statements  ;
  • Ad hoc assignments  ;
  • Compliance  ;
  • Adheres to internal and external deadlines ;
  • Part of the team for ICS (Internal Control System) compliance ;
  • Assist in the tax compliance requirements.

2- Budgeting

  • Preparing the Divisions Budgets for consolidation  ;
  • Preparing the Divisional forecast for consolidation ;
  • Creating financial statements for internal and external company requirements  ;
  • Providing financial analysis and forecasting  ;
  • Reviews the requisitions for cost control  ;
  • Follows up and issues a monthly report on Capital expenditure commitment and expenditures.

3- Analytical reviews

  • Runs a pivot of journal entries and reviews analytical codings used are accurate (Business, cost center, activity, asset code…etc) ;
  • Run reports to check for unallocated accounts and send alerts to Chief accountant ;
  • Ensure there are no asset accounts with a credit balance at month end or no liability account with debit balance ;
  • Ensure there are no liability accounts with a debit balance at month end ;
  • Run reports to check for unallocated accounts in the Accounts Receivable ;
  • Ensure all accounts reconciliations are saved in a clean folder. Issues reminders to Chief accountant ;
  • Runs the aged payables and ensure that all suppliers are paid on time (issues reminders) ;
  • Prepares the business case for all business opportunities being assessed ;
  • Prepares all Management presentations.

4- Reporting

  • Collects the monthly comments from Division managers on revenue, expenses and reports timely to Finance Manager ;
  • Review the ledgers on a weekly basis to assess analytical coding (Cost centers, Business, Activity, FCode and others) for completeness and accuracy ;
  • Issues a weekly report to Chief accountant and Finance Manager on corrections to be done  ;
  • Prepares Management presentation timely upon request  ;
  • Reports on Capex projects status (works with Operations and Procurement)  ;
  • Reports on Actual vs Budget for Capex and Opex monthly.

5- Audits

  • Supporting auditing projects  ;
  • Assist Chief accountant in coordinating audits.

 6- Compliance

  • Follows up on ICS action plan implementation and reports to Finance Manager on the status  ;
  • Follows up on Risk Management action plan implementation and reports to Finance Manager on the status. Reviews the Controls matrices and ensure evidences are filed and controls documented for Finance Division  ;
  • Providing assistance during tax audits Monitors compliance with SYSCOHADA and company procedures. Good knowledge of Cameroon /CentrafriqueTax Code and Finance Laws updates  ;
  • Adheres to internal and external deadlines. Part of the team for ICS (Internal Control System) compliance. Work with both internal and external auditors during financial and operational audits ;
  • Ad hoc assignments.

 

REQUIRED SKILLS:

  • Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint ;
  • Strong verbal & written communication and co-ordination skills ;
  • Strong sense of confidentiality, High integrity, willingly assumes responsibility and ownership ;
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills ;
  • Time management. Systems analysis. Mathematical and deductive reasoning. Critical thinking ;
  • Active learning. Able to work in team, Work well with all levels within the organization ;
  • Attention to detail, checks accuracy of information received before processing into the system ;
  • Must be able to work under pressure and meet the tight monthly deadlines. All documents ;
  • received must be processed within the month concerned and cannot be carried over ;
  • Ability to administer new applications (procurement and invoicing systems ;
  • Straight Priorities; People Person; Collaborative; Committed; Great Communicator ;
  • 1 to 2 years of practical experience in accounting in an international-multinational environment or accounting firm.

 

IDEAL CANDIDATE

  •  Education: Minimum Graduate/Bachelor level in Accounting
  • Certifications: ACCA, CIMA
  • Years of experience: 3+ years of accounting
  • Specific competences :
    • Good knowledge of SYSCOHADA and IFRS
    • Basic Math Skill: will be working with numbers while performing data analysis.
    • Budgeting and Financial Management.
    • Stay Up to Date on Tax Laws.
    •  Using Microsoft Excel Pivot tables, macros, lookup functions and subtotals
    • Can use SUN Systems, Advance Inquiry and Q&A (Vision). Oracle or any ERP

 

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