Accounts Assistant at Mulungushi Intemational Conference Centre

The Mulungushi International Conference Centre invites applications from suitably qualified Zambians to fill the following position.

ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT (1)

Accountable to the Assistant Accountant

DUTIESAND RESPONSIBILITIES

Reconciliation ofledger accounts on a Monthly, Quarterly and Annual basis to ensure accuracy and reliability of the running balances and the integrity underlaying the transactions.

Management of Company fixed assets as delegated in line with applicable accounting standards and the law. In particular the job holder will be responsible forthe maintenance of system – based asset registerwhich should be periodically reconciled with existence, location and coding of the physical assets.

Liasing with both internal and external auditors on the general ledger accounts schedules and underlying support documentation.

OTHER ROUTINES

• Assist in developing and reviewing of internal policy documents such as accounting manual, debt management policy, fixed assets register and risk register.
• Initiate non routine journal entries such as provisions and accrual entries in the accounting system forfurther approval by a senior responsible officer.
• Verify that bank accounts presented by the final extracted monthly trial balance are reconciled to the bank statements by officers responsible
• Assist in the extraction Offully reconciled Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Trial Balances from the accounting system.
• Any other responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Must be a Zambia national
• Must have a grade 12 school certificate with a MERIT in Mathematics
• Must be in FINAL STAGE of either ACCA, CIMA, or CA Zambia
• Must have 3 years progressive relevant work experience,2 years of which must have been gained in an auditing firm at Audit Assistant level,

PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Works with minimum supervision
• Trainable with attention to detail
• Team player

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