The Accounts Assistant is responsible for timely and accurate processing of transactions; accounts payable management; classifying, recording and reconciling transactions in NAV Microsoft Dynamics.

Main Duties:
• Financial processes
• Assists the Accountant to ensure that payments are processed on time.
• Completes weekly journals for posting.
• Files statutory returns on time.
• Verifies the accuracy and authenticity of accountabilities. Identifies appropriate general ledger codes for expensing accountabilities in NAV.
• Correctly apportions approved shared costs to different projects.
• Assists the Senior Accountant in the preparation of monthly bank and/or mobile money reconciliations.
• Reconciles accounts payable. Obtains vendor statements and compares with NAV transactions, identifies errors and passes journal entries for correction.
• Assists in the issuing and receiving of inventory and completing inventory journals.
• Performs periodic asset verifications, cash counts and stock counts at IDI and/or field offices
• Financial systems and security
• Identifies internal controls that require improvement and suggests appropriate policy and procedure modifications for improved internal control. Ensures that all financial systems provide adequate audit trail and documentation.
• Ensures that all documents are archived and maintained in a safe and secure manner for the time periods specified by IDI’s policies.
• Audits
• Assists the Senior Accountant obtain support documents, prepares analyses of accounts for audits.
• Ensures all paperwork is properly archived at the end of each audit.

Qualifications, skills and experience
• A minimum of Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting option) or Bachelor of Business
• Administration (BBA) (Finance/ Accounting), from a reputable Institution/University.
• ACCA or CPA qualification (or in the process of being certified, Level 2 minimum)
• At least 2 years of progressively responsible experience in professional accounting or auditing is required.
• Relevant skills in automated accounting software systems and database spreadsheets
• Good communication, organization and management skills
• Understands client confidentiality and exhibits a high level of ethical conduct
• Good interpersonal skills and can work in a team
• Has basic computer literacy including word processing, excel, the internet and PowerPoint.