Job vacancy Accounts Assistant- Dar es Salaam

Job Title : Accounts Assistant-Dar es Salaam

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Industry: Solar and Energy

Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Type Contract: 2 years

Gross Salary: Tshs. 1.4M-1.8M

Job Purpose:

Our client seeks to hire an accounts Assistants who is a CPA (T) Holder. The successful candidate will be based in Dar es Salama , Tanzania . You will assist the accounting department with data entry, processing, and recording transactions, assisting with audits or fact-checking, and preparing budgets, reports and other accounting duties assigned.

Key Responsibilities:

• Validate sales revenue; manage invoicing within established deadlines including posting collections, drawing up records, auditing invoices and performing end-of-month closings

• Timely receivables and collections reporting. Processing payments and invoices accurately

• Verify financial statements, ledgers and accounts and making corrections where appropriate

• Prepare financial documents such as invoices, bills, and accounts payable and receivable

• Managing Petty cash and maintaining the necessary records and support

• Reconciliation of the daily sales at the close of each business day ascertaining that the sales and the cash/cheque received are timely posted Carry out regular physical stock taking and handle any discrepancies between physical stock and the balances on the accounting

• Manage accounts receivable, accounts payable, goods in transit and balance sheet accounts

• Prepare inputs into the monthly management accounts and originate the necessary journals

• Responsibility for the preparation and submission of periodic statutory deductions and filings before the set deadlines

• Maintain and update various expense and balance sheet schedules

• Produce actionable and accurate internal reports on a daily, monthly and periodic basis within defined reporting deadlines

• Inventory control and management

• Prepare audit schedules for monthly Management Account reporting and year-end financial audits

• Management of inter-company transactions and balances

• Assist with tax audits and tax returns

• Handle administrative roles of the office

Required Qualifications and Competencies:

• Should hold Bachelor of Commerce Finance or Business-related degree.
• Should be CPA (T) holder.
• Must have 3 years experience in a busy accounting environment
• High attention to details
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems
• Communication and interpersonal skills