Assistant Accountant – Payables & Receivables

  • Full Time
  • Lusaka, Zambia
  • Applications have closed

Website Yalelo Limited

Zambia's #1 Fish

Yalelo is seeking a highly motivated, energetic, and hard-working individual to work as an Assistant Accountant – Payables & Receivables.

The Assistant Accountant – Payables & Receivables will provide support to the finance department by ensuring smooth cash flow management through timely processing of receivables and payables. The Assistant Accountant will play a vital role in maintaining accurate financial records, reducing outstanding debts, and ensuring vendors and suppliers are paid on time.

The Right-Fit candidate will:

Payables:

  • Ensure that payables accounts are reconciled weekly
  • Review and verify supplier invoices
  • Track payments and investigate outstanding payments
  • Ensure supplier payments are processed within agreed terms
  • Ensure that all proof of payments are sent to beneficiaries
  • Resolve problems concerning all payables accounts
  • Ensure effectiveness and efficiency of Adhoc reports
  • Ensure proper accounting records are kept for all payments and invoices
  • Ensure month-end close journals/postings are correct and on time. These include prepayments, revaluations, and accruals
  • Ensure payment vouchers are signed and authorized by supervisor and authorized signatories
  • Ensure the work is executed in accordance with accounting principles, policies, and processes regulated by IAS/IFRS (Accounting standards).

Receivables:

  • Process all customer invoices in the accounting information system based on fully signed-off confirmed deliveries accurately and timely.
  • Prepare and ensure customer statements are accurate and send to customers for payment processing and agree on statements to customer remittance advice
  • Maintain accurate AR age analysis
  • Verify the status of delinquent accounts and solicit payments on overdue accounts
  • Prepare monthly customer reconciliations
  • Prepare monthly Sage reconciliations and get sign off from the Lead Accountant.
  • Adherence to credit management policy
  • Cash flow projection and achievement of weekly cash inflow targets
  • Ensuring customers pay in line with agreed credit terms
  • Plan adequate time to produce reports and information requested on invoicing.
  • Prepare and send to customers monthly receivable statements and reconcile revenue across all platforms & sage by ensuring all invoices for the month are posted and filed accurately
  • Deliberate effort to expand job knowledge

The Essentials:

  • Sound knowledge of Accounting Principles, Sage Evolution, Data Entry, Vendor Relationships
  • In-depth knowledge of Standard Operating Procedures and General Accounting Procedures
  • Good understanding of statutory compliance issues and the Business Environment
  • Minimum of 2 years of related experience
  • Financial Accounting Experience is an added advantage
  • Tertiary Accounting qualification- Level 2 ZICA or ACCA, Degree in Finance/Accounting – verified by ZAQA
  • Grade twelve (12) Certificate – verified by ZAQA
  • Must be a fully paid ZICA member

Desired Skills:

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Excellent attention to details
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Data Entry Skills

If this is YOU, Yalelo wants to hear from you today!!!

This is a full-time position and the successful candidate must be available to work weekdays and weekends.

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