Job Purpose

The Accounts Assistant will responsible for banking of cheques and the cash received and cash paid books. Maintain both cash received and cash payments book and update them on a regular basis by printing online bank statements. Perform monthly bank reconciliations at month-end, assist in the preparation of monthly payroll journal and payments to pension schemes.

Summary of Key Responsibilities;

• Assist the Accountant by ensuring that all filing is done accurately and on a regular basis
• Provide assistance to the monthly management accounts processes
• Receive, record and process all purchase invoices
• Request and manage petty cash
• Ensure all purchase invoices have been authorised and coded before entering them onto the purchase ledger
• Assist the Accountant with the preparation of statutory payments
• Daily Posting of all sales invoices to the sales ledger and chasing up non-paying customers on a weekly basis
• Receive and process all expense claim forms and requests for payments
• Be responsible for filing, data entry, answering phones
• Processing transactions, issuing checks, and updating ledgers, budgets, etc.
• Help the Accountant to gather data for the Preparation of financial reports.
• Assisting with audits, fact checks, and resolving discrepancies

Required Skills & Personal Attributes

• Absolute attention to detail
• Good Analytic Skills
• Good oral and written communication skills, with the ability to explain information in a clear and understandable way to non-finance professionals
• Strong team player, with a willingness to assist and learn from colleagues
• Ability to work in a changing and flexible organization
• Ability to learn

Primary Areas of Accountability:

Qualifications and Experience

• Full Grade 12 School Certificate (with good grades)
• Diploma in Accountancy/ Finance or Part CA Zambia, ACCA or CIMA
• Computer literacy with MS Office packages (ability to work with excel required for report compilation & presentation)
• A minimum of 2-3 years experience in Accounting with a well-established organization
• Working for Travel Agency or Courier Company in the same capacity will be a plus
• Must be ready to work in a multicultural environment

QUALIFIED & EXPERIENCED FEMALES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION

• Assist the Accountant by ensuring that all filing is done accurately and on a regular basis
• Provide assistance to the monthly management accounts processes
• Receive, record and process all purchase invoices
• Request and manage petty cash
• Ensure all purchase invoices have been authorised and coded before entering them onto the purchase ledger
• Assist the Accountant with the preparation of statutory payments
• Daily Posting of all sales invoices to the sales ledger and chasing up non-paying customers on a weekly basis
• Receive and process all expense claim forms and requests for payments
• Be responsible for filing, data entry, answering phones
• Processing transactions, issuing checks, and updating ledgers, budgets, etc.
• Help the Accountant to gather data for the Preparation of financial reports.
• Assisting with audits, fact checks, and resolving discrepancies

• Absolute attention to detail
• Good Analytic Skills
• Good oral and written communication skills, with the ability to explain information in a clear and understandable way to non-finance professionals
• Strong team player, with a willingness to assist and learn from colleagues
• Ability to work in a changing and flexible organization
• Ability to learn

• Full Grade 12 School Certificate (with good grades)
• Diploma in Accountancy/ Finance or Part CA Zambia, ACCA or CIMA
• Computer literacy with MS Office packages (ability to work with excel required for report compilation & presentation)