ACCOUNTING OFFICERS x2 – NATIONAL RAILWAYS OF ZIMBABWE 155 views

ONE HEADQUARTERS AND ONE REVENUE,

FINANCE BRANCH, BULAWAYO
The Incumbents will report directly to the Financial Accountant and will be responsible for preparing financial reports (periodic, year-end and interim financial statements), ensuring internal controls and maintaining records of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenditure, payments and other financial activities.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and management reports (e.g. Profit and Loss, Balance sheet, Performance reports, Tax returns, budgets, and other periodic reports).
2. Maintaining chart of accounts, creating and updating master data in SAP for General Ledger Accounts, Sub-ledger accounts and implementing period and year-end close processes.
3. Coordinating Accounts Analysis for all General Ledger and sub-ledger balances, resolving misposts and addressing general ledger technical issues.
4. Authorising/processing outgoing payments, payroll processes and payroll reports.
5. Analysing costs to identify cost saving opportunities, optimising resource allocation, improving profits and managing costs within budgets.
6. Timely billing, producing and distributing customer invoices and statements to facilitate revenue collection.
7. Updating customer accounts in liason with stations to ensure they are up-to-date.
8. Reconciling customer accounts, liasing with the customers for their review, sign off and addressing customer queries for efficient revenue collection.
9. Preparing bank reconciliations for revenue and expenditure bank accounts, reconciling creditors, customers and debtors accounts.
10. Initiating and implementing internal controls to safeguard company resources and ensuring compliance with laws, policies, accounting standards and procedures.
11. Developing staff, sets up performance standards and managing performance of subordinates.

Applicants for the post must have:
a) A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, CA, CIS, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent
b) At least 3 years’experience working in an accounting/finance environment at supervisory or management level in a large organisation.
c) Demonstrable intermediate to advanced skills and knowledge of Excel, as well as other Microsoft Office applications.
d) Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential information.

N.B: A clean Class 4 Driver’s licence and proficiency in SAP will be added advantages.

BENEFITS
Competitive salary and the normal NRZ non-cash benefits will apply.