Job Description – Accounts Officer
SolarNow aims to be client-centric, a leading brand & have happy staff.
In Accounts we ensure financial health by providing insights through 1) timely, transparent, timely, accurate information on costs and 2) with (internal) control, reports, budgeting & analysis.
Responsibilities
Input: Execute your assigned work in a diligent and structured manner. This is an indication of how hard your
Satisfaction: Offer excellent (internal) client care. This indicates if your work is appreciated by receiver.
Efficiency: By minimizing wrong posting impacts and by creating insights to the company on financial health, to allow others to influence.
Tasks
Your SOP’s (standard operational procedures) are described in your Desk & Staff Manual. Note the requirement for a daily team meeting, providing client cards, do regional meetings and go on a monthly Client Field visit.
Payables You post payments to customers’ accounts, verify and file bank statements.
You reconcile client balances, staff advances, prepayments & prepare bad debt provisions.
Receivable Once a potential client demonstrates concrete interest, you give the best advice possible for that client.
Tax/Audit Managing Audit: You prepare/provide audit info; enforce internal controls & compliance
Taxes: You file TAX returns (PAYE, WHT, VAT, NSSF, NHIF) and correspond with authorities
Stock You manage average cost prices, correct VAT on Vatable stock items, carryout physical stock counts and reconciliations with the stock listing as per SAS.
Financial Management Bank & Cash flow: You prepare bi-weekly cash flow plan. Correspond with banks. Maintain accurate bank balances. Reconcile cash received through MM on behalf of SNUG and SAFI.
Budgeting: Keep track of company budget & desk expenditure reports. Do SWOT on the internal controls surrounding the budgetary process
Assets: Book assets in SAS; maintain fixed asset register; do asset verification & disposal
Reporting: You prepare the balance sheet, income statements, statement of changes in Equity and notes to the financial statements. Prepare internal and external monthly reports. Maintain balance sheet schedules for cash/salary advances, security funds & prepayments. payments.
