Accountant

Accounts – Roles & Responsibilities

• Ensure bookkeeping accuracy, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness.
• Uphold accounting principles of consistency, traceability, and timely postings.
• Perform daily bank reconciliations and execute three-way matching for Accounts Payable (AP).
• Enforce numbering conventions and adhere to document retention policies.
• Conduct Tax/VAT compliance checks before invoice issuance.
• Support the month-end close process, targeting completion within 5 business days, using exception-based reviews.
• Manage finance-related queries through shared services ticketing systems, ensuring SLA adherence by request type.
• Set up and maintain automated recurring journals with built-in validation rules.
• Handle payroll processing and invoice preparation as per defined protocols.
• Utilize reconciliation automation tools (e.g., Blackline-style) and OCR for invoice digitization.
• Monitor financial controls continuously, including duplicate payment detection.
• Follow approval workflow: Invoices prepared by AR, approved by Finance Manager.
• Prepare Payment Vouchers (PV) and Journal Vouchers (JV):
  Created by Accounts Officer
  Checked by Senior Accountant
  Approved by Finance Manager
• Enforce dual authorization for all master data changes.
• Maintain and manage key financial documents, including:
  Chart of Accounts
  Accounts Receivable (AR) Aging
  Accounts Payable (AP) Ledger
  Payment Vouchers
  Journal Vouchers
• Track and report on KPIs:
  Days to close
  Reconciling item count
  First-pass match rate
  Late fee incidents
• Participate in daily/weekly tiered stand-ups and pipeline/operations reviews.
• Contribute to monthly performance boards, using Red/Amber/Green (RAG) action tracking.
• Assist in quarterly strategy reviews and support resourcing plans.

Finance – Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead financial strategy, liquidity management, and corporate governance across the organization.
• Operate with principles of transparency, prudence, data integrity, and timely insights.
• Oversee monthly close process with comprehensive variance analysis.
• Prepare and review weekly cash flow forecasts led by Treasury and discussed in CFO reviews.
• Manage Capex Review Board, ensuring threshold-based approvals for capital expenditure.
• Enforce segregation of duties in all payments and bank access protocols.
• Drive rolling 12–18-month financial forecasts, incorporating scenario planning and risk mitigation.
• Execute a working capital optimization program across DSO (Receivables), DIO (Inventory), and DPO (Payables) owners.
• Build and maintain driver-based budgets and financial dashboards for business partnering.
• Implement Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) for periodic cost resets and Activity-Based Costing (ABC) for cost allocations.
• Support automated collections and dynamic discounting programs with key suppliers.
• Coordinate annual budgeting:
  Compiled by FP&A team
  Approved by CFO and Board
• Evaluate investment opportunities:
  Cases authored by Business Sponsors
  Reviewed by Finance and approved by the Board
• Manage and safeguard key finance documents:
  Annual Budget
  Rolling Forecast
  Cash Flow Report
  Investment Cases
  Board Pack
• Track and report on core financial KPIs:
  EBITDA margin
  Cash conversion cycle
  Forecast vs. actual accuracy
  DSO / DPO / DIO
• Participate in daily/weekly tiered stand-ups and pipeline/ops reviews alongside operations and finance peers.
• Lead monthly performance boards using Red/Amber/Green (RAG) status and action tracking.
• Contribute to quarterly strategy reviews and resourcing plans.