Finance Assistant at Caritas MFB

JOB PURPOSE

• To support the Head of Finance and strategy in financial reconciliation to ensure financial effectiveness of the bank operations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Verification of goods received.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with new and existing vendors
• Reconciliations of allocated ledger accounts and follow up for closure of the issues therein.
• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Management of Finance related records - filing and custody.
• Filing of statutory returns (Customer/suppliers)
• Staff operational claims processing – Imprest
• Managing accounts payable using core banking system
• Handling accounts payable for separate entities and vendors
• Ensuring bills are paid in a timely and accurate manner while adhering to departmental procedures.
• Processing due invoices for payments
• Verification of vendor documents: purchase orders, prices, terms of payment and other charges on documents.
• Processing transactions and performing accounting duties such as account maintenance, recording entries and reconciling Payable Ledgers
• Maintain vendor statements and daily financial transactions.
• To perform any other duty as assigned in line with the organization goals and objective.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Education -University degree in Accounting, Commerce, Economics or Business Management/Administration or related business degree (MUST)
• Certified Chartered Accountant/ Certified Public Accountant.(MUST)
• CPA Intermediate Level or CPA Section IV qualification (MUST)
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in finance or accounting
• firm/financial institution
• Proficiency in Advanced Excel spreadsheet