Assistant Accountant at Airtel

Job description

• Prepare and submit returns, process payments and update financial accounting records in compliance with management and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare daily sales returns and ensure they are balanced and follow up any delayed sales reports or discrepancies with sales office
• Update financial records, bank accounts, debtors ledgers, creditors ledgers for accuracy and completeness
• Reconcile daily cash sales to sales reports and follow up any discrepancies with sales offices to ensure all cash is accounted for.
• Raise cash receipts and bank daily sales to prevent loss and in compliance with Treasury policy.
• Verify supplier invoices(including petty cash claims) against supporting documents to ensure they are accurate and authentic
• Reconcile supplier statements balances to creditor’s ledger balances and follow up any differences with suppliers to avoid overpayments and delays in payments.
• In liaison with the sales offices, receive and process ticket refund requests and prepare payments vouchers to refund customers amounts due to them for unutilised tickets.
• Dispatch invoices to credit customers promptly for early collections while ensuring accuracy to avoid disputes
• Reconcile customer balances to outstanding invoices, send out periodic statements to customers and follow up payments from credit customers to ensure debts are promptly paid.
• Resolve credit and refund customer disputes to ensure prompt collection of debts and customer satisfaction

Requirements

• Bcom Accounting or related business degree from a recognised University
• CPA (K) or its equivalent
• 2 years relevant accounting experience
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Good review techniques