Accountant at Ritepak

To perform routine accounting assignments involved in the preparation of financial statements and reports. Responsible for work assignments and operation of an accounting office including maintaining accounting records.

Responsibilities

• Verify invoices in Odoo ERP and issue ETR receipts corresponding to the Invoices and ensure both are reconciled daily.
• Prepare monthly customer statements and send out by the due date.
• Prepare weekly statement of overdue customer accounts and distribute to sales team.
• Work with the sales team in following up on overdue payments on all accounts.
• Document customer receipts via all payment channels and input into Odoo ERP. Ensure branch offices collection reports are prepared and sent to head office weekly to update consolidated collection report. Send consolidated collection report to directors’ end of each week.
• Input all vendor bills into Odoo ERP and prepare list of monthly supplier payments. File invoices accordingly and update monthly VAT schedule.
• Prepare monthly VAT schedule indicating Output VAT, Input VAT and net amount and file returns with Kenya Revenue Authority, Tanzania Revenue Authority and Uganda Revenue Authority by the due dates. Follow up on
  any open issues related to VAT filings.
• Prepare monthly payroll including summary of all statutory deductions, present to Managing Director for verification, sign off, and thereafter submit in a timely manner. File all statutory returns by the respective
  due date.
• Perform month end bank reconciliation for all Ritepak Ltd Accounts.
  Support Ritepak branch offices in Tanzania and Uganda with payments and collections. Manage cash flow in branch accounts to ensure only the required minimum amounts are held in branch accounts and excess balances
  transferred to head office account.
• Prepare Company budget by collating and consolidating budget information from the various departments necessary to prepare annual Company budget and monthly budgets.
• Prepare relevant schedules in support of annual Company audit and support audit to completion.
• Prepare monthly management accounts.

Job Requirements

• Required education: Bachelor’s degree, CPA certification.
• Required relevant work experience: 3-4 years
• Required skills: ERP systems use, budgeting, financial planning, Accounting.
• Required languages: English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)