Rispins International School

Position: Accountant

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Permanent

Place of Work: Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Posted date: 2 minutes ago

Application Deadline: Jan, 15/2022 (5 days left)

Detail Duties and Responsibilities

Routine Financial tasks

• Planning the periodic accounting work and record keeping tasks of the company
• Maintaining records of financial transactions mainly petty cash transactions according to GAAP.
• Implementing the financial recording and reporting
• Verifying of disbursements for conformity to policies and rules
• Authenticating of supporting documents for payments
• Check and prepare CPV/PCPV is made for all payments
• Effecting of legal payments and government obligations like VAT, Withholdings, Personal income tax etc
• Following up the timely collection of receivables and reporting to immediate supervisor on default periodically
• Preparing all necessary inputs for the payroll tax, pension, VAT payment and make sure that all reconciled with financial record before forwarding it.
• Posting of CPV and PCPV,
• Accumulating all costs of operation at all cost centres and determine cost of projects and operations.
• Reconciling of accounts with creditors and debtors.
• Maintaining effective internal control system for cash and cash equivalent assets;
• Prepare and compile all files

Cashier related tasks

• Handling petty cash/maintain and replenish
• Deals with all issues surrounding petty cash payments and reimbursements
• Provide monthly summary for petty cash expenditures including coding transactions as per program budget
• Prepare check payment vouchers
• Prepare checks and get them signed and distributed.
• Ensure petty cash replenished regularly
• Collect bank advice for necessary action and documentation and deal with any other financial transaction outside of the office
• Collect receipts for tuition fee
• Collect bank statements
• Prepare petty cash payment vouchers
• Effect and electronically record petty cash payments
• Reconcile petty cash book for review by supervisor in the middle and end of each month resolving any discrepancies
• Record office expenditure

Reporting and auditing

• Support in preparing periodic financial reports
• Support in getting financial reports audited by an independent auditor

Filing

• Maintain financial documentation for all payments (petty cash, check payments, payroll etc)
• File all supporting documentation related to payments in a timely and standardized manner
• Maintains all financial documents, including source documents, check requests, receipts memos, contracts, and reports

Other

• Operate the cash receipts machine, does not receive receipts without issuing appropriate VAT receipts
• Perform all tasks assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Competencies and skills

• Ability to multi-tasked
• Robust understanding of Ethiopian tax, audit, corporate and accountancy regulations
• Fluency in written and oral English is mandatory as it is an international school
• Knowledge in reconciliation and analysis of various balance sheet accounts
• Computer (MS office: word, excel, Peachtree)
• Knowledge in preparing reports, facilitating meetings, and other correspondence, processing accounts payable and receivable and handling inquires from customers or supervisors
• Honesty and commitment

Education and experience

• BA Degree in Accounting
• Requires minimum of 3 year of experience

How to apply

Interested and qualified applicants who fulfil the above requirements are invited to send their updated CV and application letter through: rakebdessie224@gmail.com