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• Provide input into the Strategic Planning
  process.
• Provide input into the Budgeting Process,
  especially with respect to costs that do not relate to a specific
  department.
• Record approved budget in Accounting
  Software.

• Support and implement an internal control
  systems that safeguards company assets.
• Review all payment requisitions and
  supporting documents for completeness, accuracy and authenticity before
  preparing payment vouchers.
• Record all company financial transactions
  in the Accounting Software accurately, timely and efficiently to enhance
  reliable financial reports for decision-making.
• Ensure that financial transactions are
  filed appropriately, both physically and electronically, to enhance easy
  retrieval.
• Follow up and review staff operational advance
  accountabilities to ensure that they are timely, reasonable and well
  supported.
• Receive client advances appropriately in
  Accounting System and prepare accurate Tax Invoices against them for
  income recognition.
• Prepare timely and accurate bank reconciliation
  statements to ensure that errors or irregularities in the cashbooks or
  bank accounts are handled appropriately.
• Ensure that the financial transactions in
  the accounting software are backed-up regularly.
• Carry out fixed asset accounting including
  managing the fixed assets register.

• Prepare and present analyzed monthly
  financial reports to management
• Prepare and present analyzed quarterly
  financial reports to Finance Manager for release to the Board
• Ensure that expenditure is in accordance
  with the budget.

• Prepare and monitor monthly cash flow
  forecasts.
• Follow up clients for payment.

• During payroll preparation, ensure correct
  deductions are made including the non-statutory and statutory (PAYE, LST
  and NSSF).
• Correctly maintain PAYE, WHT, LST and NSSF
  Control Accounts in the Accounting Software and reconcile them monthly.
• Ensure timely submission and timely
  payment of PAYE, WHT, LST and NSSF returns to the relevant authorities.
• Prepare and submit WHT Certificates to
  parties from whom taxes are withheld.

• Prepare company financial statements for
  statutory external audit.
• Adequately prepare for external and
  internal audits and offer the required support during the exercise.
• Follow up and resolve issues raised from
  external and internal audits.

• Manage performance of staff supervised
  including goal setting, regular feedback sessions and appraisals.
• Understand and address the training needs
  of staff supervised.
• Ensure discipline within the staff
  supervised.

• Undertake reasonable requests made by
  company including flexible hours, location and responsibilities.
• Ensure knowledge of and compliance to all
  policies of the company.
• Adhere to company values of excellence,
  integrity and professionalism.

• Monthly Bank Reconciliation completed and
  available for review by 5th date of the following month.
• Monthly Statutory returns filed by 10th
  date of the following month and payment by the 14th of the following
  month.
• All staff operational advances properly
  reconciled with outstanding advances not exceeding 30 days or else,
  escalated.
• Monthly finance report submitted by 13th
  date of the following month
• Facilitate annual external audit and close
  with unqualified audit report opinion by 30th October of every year.

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s
  Degree in Accounting or related field
• 2nd stage of full ACCA/CPA qualification
• Proficiency in use of QuickBooks
  accounting software.
• Three years of accounting experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication
  skills.
• Experience in the hospitality sector is an
  added advantage.
• Highly organized and disciplined.
• High attention to detail.
• Leader of self and others.
• Personable and good team player.
• Committed to learning and to training
  others.

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