Senior General Accountant at GBfoods Africa

Department: Finance & Administration Africa
Contract: Permanent
Working day: Full time
Sector: Consumer goods

Role & Responsibilities
We are looking for a Senior General Accounting Specialist, that will join our Finance Administration department as a supervisor of the different teams, being responsible for:

Supervising the General accounting team tasks:

• Post the general ledger and cash accounting entries, thereby compensating according to the type of payment/collection to ensure that the accounting reflects the economic operations. The related transactions but not exhaustive are:
• Prepare and pay for the various taxes and social security charges, ensuring correct credit of the same in all managed companies.
• Ensure that all the taxes are declared and paid on time,
• Prepare and control the intercompany invoices and accounts to adjust the internal billing situation of services between companies of the GBFOODS.
• Reconcile on a monthly basis the inter company accounts
• Review all the differences noted and liaise with Corporate team
• Post all the relating adjustments

Supervising the Accounts Payable team tasks:

• Vendor Invoices reception (different flows)
• Posting for payment: validating the invoice with the Purchase Orders
• Initiate workflows for invoice differences / inconsistences / formalities
• Invoice archive
• Follow up of open purchase orders, and vendors accounts

Travel expenses:

• Accounting for payment: supporting document validation, and posting
• Technical support to procurement department (PO treatment).
• Authorization workflows maintenance
• Control the account balances of customers/suppliers to ensure the correct status thereof.
• Handle inquiries from internal and external customers regarding the billing generated and guarantee the validity of the information.
• Cash flow management

Supervising the Treasury team tasks
Main Tasks include:

• Banking map and banking pool
• Financial facilities management (M&A, CapEx and Working capital)
• Cashmanagement; daily position and forecast
• Payment management
• Online banking management
• Financial cost management and reporting
• Management of bank accounts
• Reconcile all the bank accounts on a monthly basis
• Ensure that all the transactions on the bank statements are correctly booked (accuracy and completeness)
• Ensure that all the outstanding items are investigated and duly adjusted
• Make all the cheques deposit on the bank accounts
• Make all the cash withdrawal for the petty cash replenishment
• In collaboration with Corporate team, ensure the relationship with the local bank
• Make the follow up of all the payments done

Supervising the Audit, Reporting team tasks:

• Audits and tax inspections
• Finance reporting
• Establishment of the annual financial statements

Requisitos

• Academic requirements: Superior level vocational training in accounting
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a similar position
• Previous experience in Accounts Payable, Tax, Treasury very desirable
• Tool/ Software: Good knowledge of SAP FI (General accounting, Account payables, Customers, Banks, ...)
• Ability to work under pressure with good communication skills
• Rigorous, autonomous, innovative and proactive
• Language: English