Cassava Smartech is looking for a competent Accounts Officer to join its Finance team. The main purpose of the role is to ensure timeous payments to Service Providers as per Service Level Agreement by producing accurate and complete reports that feed into the various accounting systems and modules.

Key Responsibilities

Contributes to the preparation of monthly management accounts by preparing supporting schedules.

Prepares manual journals for approval and subsequent posting in Oracle.

Prepares operational (daily, weekly, monthly) financial and non _ -financial information to produce key performance indicators (KPI) for approval.

Prepares audit file on a monthly basis.

Attends to the findings of internal auditors and addressing any accounting systems deficiencies noted.

Initiates payments to Service Providers in Paynet and submits them to the Accountant or alternative Primary Authoriser

Issues out petty cash to staff upon requisition and approval.

Maintains a reconciliation of petty cash transactions.

Ensures posting of inventory transactions into Oracle EBS.

Prepares Trading and non-trading stocks reconciliations.

Performs stock count and cash counts and reconciles to accounting records.

Qualification, Skills and Experience

A Degree in Accounting.

CTA/CIS/ATA an added advantage

1-2 years’ experience in a similar position

Honesty & integrity is a must.

Ability to grasp concepts quickly.

Good interpersonal skills are important.