Senior Accounts Clerk

The Senior Accounts Clerk is responsible for overseeing the accounting for inventory and general ledger reconciliations. This includes reviewing work completed by the inventory clerk, working as a team to resolve inventory variances, ensuring that reports are submitted accurately and timely, performing reconcilaitions such as intercompany reconciliations, fixed asset reconciliations, loan reconciliations and gain or loss on handling reconciliations. The Senior Accounts Clerk will be required to laise with our external auditors.

Skills and Qualifications

• Completion of CAT or currently pursuing Level 2 two ACCA

• Strong problem-solving and time-management abilities.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook) and administrative software.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Attention to detail and accuracy in financial and inventory records.

 Key Competencies

•     Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

•     Commitment to working as part of a team

•     Ethical and professional approach to all accounting activities

Experience

• 2-3 years of accounting / auditing experience

• Experience in accounting for inventory will be an asset

Job Description – Accounts Clerk

·        Review Good Received Notes (GRN) and Product Transfer Notes (PTN) submitted by warehouse to ensure that the correct product codes and quantities are recorded.

·        Verify data processed for all PTN’s, GRN’s, Rejects, Samples, Transfers and Miscellaneous Issues

·        Utilize various resources such as container tracker to ensure that all GRN’s were received and recorded within the correct accounting period.

·        Perform sequence check on PTN’s and GRN’s to ensure that all information is entered

·        Verify goods issued to ensure Sales persons are accurately charged for items received

·        Maintain up to date costings on the systems (SMS and Mapics)

·        Prepare standard handling charges journals for imported goods.

·        Calculate and Journalise Stock revaluation

·        Perform Inventory and sales interfaces from offline files

·        Co-ordinate and perform monthly stock counts and enter physicals

·        Manage gain/loss on handling reconciliations and ensure accuracy in records.

·        Prepare monthly stock reconciliation and Collaborate with internal teams to resolve discrepancies in inventory and financial records.

·        Co-ordinate weekly stock and sales report generation

·        Co-ordinate and assist in daily bin and delivery checks

·        Verify CIF price as per import invoices to pricing structure

·        Maintain records of all Credit notes due and track whether they have been received

·        Check bins daily

·        Perform reconciliations as required

·        Perform any other related functions consequential and incidental to the position