Job Vacancy For Accountant Assistant
VIS Ghana
- Sunyani, Bono Region
- Permanent
- Full-time
Report to: Administrator Manager
Report to (functional): Accountancy Manager
Area: AdministrationMain Purpose
- Control the daily cash/check management, by checking the data reliability, tracking invoices and submitting monthly accounts in accordance with the Finance Manager's instructions and VIS protocols, to provide accurate and updated financial information.
- Maintain and update cashbook movements, record all IN and Out transactions, ensure that cashbox balances always reflect the actual amount of money kept in the cashboxes and investigate any discrepancy.
- Perform currency exchange operations in accordance with the country's exchange rate policy.
- Ensure strict compliance with cash control procedures for each cashbox / currency (daily cash control, weekly cash inventory, reconciliation with double entry system, together with the manager, to ensure reliable and updated financial information.
- Monitor cash advances by ensuring that VIS rules and protocols are followed and the amounts advanced will be duly refunded.
- Keep track of bills/vouchers and other running costs and analyze the related information (costs, service contracts ...) to give reliable information about the mission functioning.
- Ensure all receipts meet VIS requirements (deadlines, information, signatures ...).
- Ensure a monthly accounts report in accordance with VIS procedures, checking individual entries and preparing the necessary administrative documents (originals) as a basis for justification and explanation of payments and receipts made.
- Check the quality of the receipts for check payments
- Inform supervisors of any issues / problems that may arise in their job performance.
- Make the payment of taxes within legal datelines.
- To support the on-going operations of the office.
- Operate office equipment such as scanner, fax machines, copiers, and phone systems.
- Order and dispense supplies. To ensure that all consumables needed are available at any time.
- To answer telephone calls and give information to callers, take messages, or transfer calls to appropriate individuals.
- To maintain the Outgoing/ Incoming Letters folders numbering them progressively.
- To make copies of correspondence and other material.
- To be responsible for the office cleaning.
- Education: Essential diploma or professional qualification in accounting / finance / business administration.
- Experience: In administration and accountability (minimum 1 year).
- Languages: English and local language essential.
- Knowledge: Essential computer literacy (word, excel)
- Competences: Team work, flexibility
- 1 year contract with 3 months probation period
- Starting 1 march 2019
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