Assistant Accountant at Astro Mobile Zambia Limited

Role Summary:

The Accountant is responsible for helping organise the goals of the organisation by developing and maintaining the solid financial systems, planning and directing accounting activities. They should be able to provide financial advice and support to enable the company to make sound business decisions. The role of the Accountant is to manage the accounting processes and procedures, forecasting cash flow positions and suggesting company borrowing needs, provide enough funding to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements. They must have a grasp of the financial systems and the future strategy of the business. They should also have the ability to come up with Finance related functions to suit their territory while preserving the organisation’s core values.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Skills/Competencies:

• Commercial acumen
• Confidence in making sound finance decisions.
• Should be persistent and assertive.
• Excellent team management skills.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and analytical skills
• Demonstrates a proactive and innovative approach
• Analytical with excellent reporting abilities
• Problem solver and with strong project management skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Capacity for innovation.
• Problem solving skills.
• Dual Focus with the ability to merge bottom up and top down interests
• Executing strategic activity.
• Excellent financial reporting skills.
• Excellent Financial forecasting skills.
• Ability to manage both linear and lateral reporting lines.

Professional Experience:

• Extensive knowledge in Accounting & Finance Management.
• Knowledge and proven track record in Accounting & Finance Management functions.
• Clearly demonstrated experience in the planning, development, implementation and management.
• A degree in Finance/Accounting
• 4 years progressive accounting or finance responsibility.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties and Responsibilities

• Financial accounting and reporting.
• Developing and maintaining timely and accurate financial statements and reports that are appropriate for the users to facilitate timely and accurate decision making on business operations and investments.
• Develop, implement and ensure compliance with internal financial and accounting policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all statutory requirements of the organisation are met including corporate taxes, statutory returns, Income tax, Registrar of the Companies returns.
• Prepare all supporting information for the annual audit and liaise with the Boards audit Committee and external auditors as necessary.
• Document and maintain complete and accurate supporting information for all financial transactions.
• Develop and maintain, financial accounting systems for cash management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit control, stocks and petty cash.
• Maintain and reconcile bank and General Ledger accounts.
• Review monthly results and implement monthly variance reporting.
• Manage the cash flow and prepare cash flow forecasts in accordance with policy.
• Management of fixed assets and ensure that assets are properly recorded, amortized and disposed of as appropriate.
• Monthly Intercompany accounts reconciliation

Budget preparation

• Managing the preparation of the company’s budget for your territory of operation and variance analysis.
• Assist in mobilising resources to support the budgetary operations of the organisation.
• Overseeing the formulation of the overall business strategy.
• Monitoring the implementation and success of the budget

Tax management

• Ensure compliance to appropriate tax controls so that all statutory obligations are fully met on a timely basis.
• Tax planning to ensure the company optimises its operations in a tax efficient matter.

Stock Management

• Ensure the proper management and existence of an effective Stock management system.
• Oversee and manage the stock take process.

Financial Analysis

• Engage in ongoing cost reduction analyses in all areas of the company.
• Engage in benchmarking studies to establish areas of potential operational improvement.
• Interpret the organisations financial results to management to recommend improvement.
• Review company bottlenecks and recommend changes to improve the overall level of company output.
• Assist in the determination of product pricing in relation to features offered and competitive pricing.
• Create additional reports as requested by management.

Administration

• Develop and maintain company asset register.
• Ensure all company assets are maintained in good working order.
• Coordinate periodic audit of all company assets.
• Oversee the acquisition, distribution and storage of company assets, equipment and supplies.
• Oversee the stock management cycle.
• Review procurement process and procedure and recommend improvements
• Write a monthly report and give recommendations were necessary

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