Accounting Officer (West Africa) at Committed To Good (CTG)

Vacancy ID: VAC-8634
Start date: 01-Nov-2022
Number of vacancies: 2

Overview of the Position

• We are seeking to hire a qualified Accountants to support our Regional Accounting (RA) team.

The ideal candidate will be:

• Highly experienced in areas such as payroll, invoicing, taxes, local audit & processing annual returns & management of purchase order systems.
• Client facing to assist with debt collection, local banking & other financial relationships.

Role Objectives    

• Raising financial quotations for clients.
• Preparing client Purchase Orders (PO) - Call Off Orders (COO).
• Cashbook management & PO's.
• Reviewing monthly bank statements.
• Posting cashbook to Sage accounting system.
• Assisting with payroll preparation.
• Raising schedules for pension remittances, national housing fund remittances, health care remittances, etc.
• Other financial & accounting related objectives to be determined.

Invoicing:

• Generate timely & accurate invoices for clients, either system generated or manually as required.
• Ensure all invoices are recorded correctly in Sage.
• Reconciliation of invoices against payroll & COOs.
• Manage receipt of local supplier invoices, checking against POs, upload to Sage & issue client reimbursable invoice as required.

Accounts receivable:

• Ensure timely payment of invoices by client.
• Support Credit Controller with chasing clients for unpaid invoices.
• Resolve any queries / issues with invoices to ensure swift payment.
• Direct reporting to Credit Controller.

Payroll:

• Oversee timesheets timely receipts with local AM's.
• Ensure procedures & timelines are met.
• Prepare payroll system generated or manually as required as per policy.
• Reconcile payroll with Sage, COOs, contracts of employment & local tax laws.
• Direct reporting to Finance Project & Payroll Manager.
• Production & issuance of payslips.

Tax:

• Calculation of Personal Income Tax (PIT) & Social Security (SS) & any other applicable local salary withholding taxes.
• Responsible for timely payment of PIT, SS & other withholding taxes to local tax departments / authorities.
• Complete annual tax returns, payment of corporate & other business taxes & other local filings.
• Manage any local audits for taxation & other jurisdictional requirements.
• Responsible for timely payment of all taxes to governing bodies.
• Posting of tax payments to Sage.
• Work with our legal team to ensure CTG adheres to local tax laws, responsible for keeping CTG in good standing & up to date with local tax laws.
• Represent CTG at local governing bodies (including ministry & tax departments).

Banking:

• Manage local bank account(s) where applicable.
• Management accounting.
• Manage local budgets & actuals variance analysis for Regional Director.
• Prepare brief monthly report to summarise performance & highlight any areas of concern.
• Prepare savings schemes and analytical support on OPEX expenditure to enable local decision making.
• Provide visibility on financial business positioning to ensure effective regional management.
• Prepare local management accounts & work with local auditors as required.
• Project reporting.

Project Reporting:

• This role reports to the Regioanl Accountant.

Required Experience / Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting (required).
• Certification in ACCA, CPA or equivalent (required).
• Minimum of 5 years sector experience in a finance & accounting role (required).
• Experience with an accounting software system such as SAGE (highly desirable).
• Minimum of 5 years West Africa experience (required).
• Fluency in French & in English (required).
• Desirable to have experience in govt. departments.
• Extensive experience in working with Sage, SAP, Oracle or similar accounting system.
• Desirable to have experience in generating management accounts & profit / loss financial statements.
• Good knowledge of local tax laws in multiple West African countries.
• Geographical experience in any of the countries listed is an advantage Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Ghana & Bukina Faso.
• Required competencies:
• Self starter.
• Ethical, trustworthy & confidential.
• Time management.
• Team player & good relationship builder.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Resilient & positive.
• Applicant must be fully fluent in French & English.
• Applicant must have advanced capabilities in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Team management:

• This role has no team management responisbiity.