Senior Accountant at The Confederation of African Football (CAF)

Location: Africa

Description / Duties
Senior Accountant who can contribute to CAF’s overall success by effectively handling the following duties:

• Carry out Journal Entries related to accruals, payments, and other accounting transactions
• Maintain continuous follow up and update on all Federations, Clubs, and Officials status on the Accounting system
• Follow up on settling all due amounts to clubs and Federations
• Conduct and maintain efficient, on time, and adequate communication with each federations and clubs, and with CAF different departments
• Promptly respond to business communication, and maintain an efficient communication channel
• Prepare value added and informative Financial analysis reports regarding federations/clubs, and other Accounts Payables
• Maintain a file supporting documents for all transactions
• Prepare invoices for all sponsors, and follow up on collection on set due dates
• Update periodic Revenues and collection Financial reports
• Follow up transfers related to the invoices, with related SWIFTs or Refunds, and update records accordingly
• Prepare the sponsors balances through the accounting system
• Prepare referees transfers of all CAF competitions from related fixtures
• Follow up with the banks & treasury, om transfers and refunds and update the accounting system
• Verify all referees bank details with Refereeing Department

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance and/or Business Administration
• 3-5 years of Accounting /Financial experience
• Fluent in English and/or French
• Endure Working under pressure and for extended hours
• Good self-confidence
• Adequate Communication skills
• Able to work in a team and independently
• Capable of adapting to different environments, flexible, patient, and resilient
• Proactive and solution oriented
• Strong sense of accountability, responsibility, and integrity
• High level of proactivity
• Organisational skills and ability to manage deadlines.