BACKGROUND:

EthioChicken is a leading distributor of chickens to rural farmers in Ethiopia. We are a rapidly growing Company that believes in investing in our employees and offers them opportunities for career advancement. Ethiochicken is an Ethiopian based company.

OUR VISION:

Our vision is to bring a chicken to every family in Ethiopia in 2021, and a chicken to every person in Ethiopia in the future, transforming the Ethiopian poultry industry, making it a model of inclusive growth.

Job Summary:

The Accountant, under the supervision of National finance manager, is responsible for overseeing preparation of payments, production receive and issues, company tax issues and additional finance projects.

 Duties and responsibilities

• Check existence of budget for each payment requests before payment preparation

• Prepare and Pay withholding taxes from payments in compliance with the Income Tax Proclamation

• Prepare company’s taxes payments to be settled correctly and timely

• Prepare bank payment transactions  

• Handle petty cash payments and ensure compliance with internal control set out

• Submit bank instruction letters issued to the banks and follow-up their status

• Prepare cheque payment vouches and cheques for only approved fund requests on time as per agreed upon terms and conditions, if any

• Responsible to record and follow up all Goods Receiving Notes, Store Issue Vouchers and Goods Return Vouchers in excel sheet.

• Record and follow up Settable Egg receiving note from breeding and Issuance of the settable Egg to other sites.

• Ensure all costs are properly accumulated & assigned to proper stock.

• Ensure all production costs are correctly accumulated & allocated properly.

• Ensure all required purchase, issue and production documents are collected & completed before sending to HO.

• Prepare & follow up outstanding GRN, SIV, DO & purchase invoice documents & report on weekly basis.

• Follow and collect all required source documents for the site on weekly basis & report any Missed documents to cost division head HO immediately.

• Ensure regular physical count of stock of raw materials, finished goods, Vaccines Medicines and Eggs and reconcile against stock cards.

• Prepare stock and finished goods reconciliations and variances analysis

• Report slow moving and dead stocks of raw materials and finished goods

• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor

• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures and other duties assigned by immediate supervisor.

Competences

• Must be able to work under pressure, meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service

Qualifications and Requirement

• BA Degree in Accounting/Finance

• Knowledge of Peachtree accounting

Experience

• 2 Years work experience