Accountant Hitachi Construction Machinery Zambia Co. Ltd.

Purpose of the role:

To manage debtors, creditors and general ledgers, to report on the Company financial performance in line with business strategy and plans, and to monitor Value Added Tax and other Statutory transactions, as well as the daily management of the finance department.

Reports to: Finance Manager

Branch: Lusaka

Key Responsibilities:

The Accountant will be required to perform the following tasks:

Financial and Accounts Management

• Supporting the development, implementation and continual audit of Accounting Policies and Procedures to ensure compliance with company requirements for Accounting Records and standards, Taxation and Asset protection and internal financial controls;
• Ensuring that the Organization’s accounting policies, procedures and standards are implemented effectively and, in a manner, consistent with the development of a cost-conscious culture in the workforce;
• Preparation of Cash Flow forecasts and ensuring effective Cash Flow management;
• Ensure Financial reporting of company performance is done effectively and efficiently;
• Manage Creditors, Debtors and Journals to ensure accuracy;
• Manage all Creditors, Debtors and General Ledger on a monthly basis;
• Confirm the reasonableness of ALL Sales, COS, and GP ratio;
• Prepare analysis detailing descriptions for all transactions by machine type – EX or DT and branch;
• Re-allocate all misplaced entries to the correct ledger account and appropriate branch.

Customer Relations

• Provide accurate advice that is aligned with customer’s needs/ expectations;
• Ensure queries are resolved quickly and effectively;
• Conduct Customer surveys and take necessary measures to ensure Clients are satisfied;
• Ensure continuous customer loyalty.

Administration

• Reporting to Japan Holding Company.
• Manage finance department on a daily basis to ensure the Finance team functions well;
• Handle communications with Creditors and Debtors;
• Handle monthly financial reports and ensure integrity of information;
• Ensure monthly statutory payments are done timeously;
• Perform month-end and year-end close processes;
• Ensure monthly GL and bank reconciliations are completed on time and are accurate;
• Assist department managers with the preparation of their Budgets.

Statutory Compliance

• Perform a reconciliation to ascertain the reasonableness of amount payable or claimable;
• Perform reconciliations and returns to clearly show exempt sales detail;
• Confirm Reverse VAT transactions for the month and fill returns accordingly;
• Confirm Withheld VAT transactions for the month and perform reversals by 20th of every month;
• Confirm Asset disposals for the month and fill returns accordingly;
• Reconcile Return Sales amount to the AX ledger accounts;
• Ensure Returns are submitted before due date – 16th;
• Make regular visit to ZRA to follow up on all outstanding issues such as refunds.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• Full Grade 12 School certificate.
• Degree in Accounting/Finance/Commerce or Part/Full ACCA, CIMA, ZICA or Equivalent.
• A member of ZICA.
• Minimum of 4 years in accounting and finance

Competences

• Analytical skills
• Ability to work with large volumes of data
• Expert knowledge of international financial reporting standards (IFRS)
• Up-to-date knowledge of relevant Zambian laws and regulations
• Proficiency in MS Excel and Word
• Accounting and Auditing
• Budgeting and forecasting