Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.

Job Requirements

• Accounting or related Finance bachelor’s degree from a recognized university with at least CGPA of 3.0 and above.

• 3-4 years’ experience accounting experience in a well-run company in a similar role

• Experience in Oracle or any other ERP

Reporting to the Manager – Dealer Management (Finance), the role holder will be responsible to efficient management of Safaricom Telecommunication Ethiopia PLC distributors orders and payments for all distributors in the company, Accounts receivable operations including distributor support and financial management ensuring the distribution channel is properly supported on all the financial aspects and ensure proper controls in the accounts receivable section, looking for opportunities to reduce manual operations whilst ensuring all transactions are reported as per accounting standards guidelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review all accounts receivable processes and ensuring they are frequently updated to address any emerging challenges.

• Ensure preparation of sub ledger to ledger reconciliation of all the accounts receivable and resolve any variances identified.

• Monitor dealer account statements daily confirming that they are operating within the approved credit limits

• Guide distributors in obtaining credit limit security documents and ensuring these instruments are enforced incase of any breach in the terms

• Provide regular performance reports to management on the sales movement to dealers calling out trends and insights

• Contact and follow up on the collection of debts from dealers

• Prepare accurate monthly revenue reports from accounts receivable section and ensuring they are properly supported and explained

• Investigate and resolve all finance matters raised by the distributors ensuring they are closed in minimum time.

• Reconcile daily sales to cash collections ensuring that all sales are supported by cash collected in the bank.

• Explore various ways of automating processes to reduce manual intervention while ensuring dealer get best in class experience.

• Implement & ensure adherence to AR policies.

• Ensure and monitor the adherence to the laid down procedures for approval of the transactions, dealer payments, checking, and transfer of the electronic files are strictly adhered to and report any breach of any part of the process to management.

• Report variances and explain them between forecast and actual cash flow to measure level of forecasting accuracy.

Place of Work: Addis Ababa

How To Apply:

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the career portal and then CLICK HERE. Remember to attach your resume. 

The closing date for receiving applications is Monday, August 7, 2023.