Accounts Associate

Reports to: Manager, Financial Accounting.

Role Objective

The Accounts Associate reports to the Manager, of Financial Accounting. H/shes’ responsibility entails recording, verifying, processing, and paying vendor invoices accurately and promptly. H/She would also be responsible for the preparation of customer invoices and undertake any other administrative and clerical support to the Finance & Accounts unit.

Job Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include;

• Disburse, maintain, and monitor petty cash and float for petty expenses.
• Preparation and posting of payment vouchers, retirement vouchers & refund vouchers into QuickBooks.
• Reconciliation of creditors’ and debtors’ accounts on QuickBooks (accounting software) and posting supplier and consultant invoices on QuickBooks
• Managing supplier and consultant invoice records on SharePoint.
• Preparation of payment schedules and upload on the banking portal.
• Preparation of invoices to customers

Qualifications and Person Specifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or any finance-related field.
• Interested candidates should have 2 – 4 years of working experience as an Account Officer/Assistant.
• Knowledge of relevant accounting software (such as Sage, QuickBooks, etc) is compulsory.
• Demonstrate ability to meet deadlines, determine priorities, organize work to meet objectives, and identify and deal with problems.
• Outstanding attention to detail with an ability to reconcile complex accounts.
• Ability to maintain strong relationships with external parties and internal colleagues.
• ICAN or ACCA qualification would be an added advantage.