Assistant Accountant Lusaka South Multi Facility Economic Zone Limited

Job Title: Assistant Accountant

Nature of Job: Temporary Employment

Duration: 6 months

Department: Finance

Job Purpose : To assist manage financial activities and apply accounting principles to analyse financial information in order to prepare accurate and timely financial reports.

Accurately preparation and submission of financial reports to facilitate decision making

Updates cash books on a regular and timely basis and ensure petty cash is properly secured and approving payments vouchers

Ensure that all payments made are backed by funds in cash book and make follow ups for payments from Customers

Ensure that reminders are sent to members of staff with pending retriable   Imprest and adequate supporting documents are attached.

Ensure all outstanding retriable Imprest if any are receipted and deposited in the company account within forty-eight hours.

Ensures that all payments made are backed by funds in cash book, as well as payment follow – ups from customers

Conducts bank reconciliations every month

Undertake timely the receipt and recording of revenue to enhance accountability

Effectively undertake the banking of revenue to safeguard company funds

Effectively undertake the issuance of payments to meet company obligations

Provide any management accountancy issues to ensure that managers and staff understand financial and budgetary requirements

Petty Cash disbursement and accounting thereof, makes payments, reconciles debtor’s ledger and reconciles accounts payables ledger.

Qualifications & Experience:

(a) CA Diploma / ACCA II / CIMA II or equivalent.

(b) Fully paid-up Technician or Licentiate Member of the ZICA

(c) 3 years in work experience in similar role

(d) Interpersonal skills

(e) In- depth understanding of accounting and management principles

(g) Analytical skills

(h) Knowledge of accounting packages

(i) Good communication skills