Overview

Job Title: Accounts Assistant

Job type: Full time

Branch: Headquarter

Job experience: Entry – level

Directly answers to (reports to): Finance Manager

Job department: Finance

Job location: Dar es Salaam

Watu 

 

 

About WATU:

The WATU is a customer-focused organization that believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to be an entrepreneur and realize their life’s ambitions.

As Africa’s fastest growing Asset Finance Company, we recognize the continent’s bright and wealthy future and want to help make it a reality. Our objective is to provide asset finance for motorcycles and three-wheelers to those who recognize that with the appropriate tools, they can achieve their goals and meet the needs of their families and communities.

We empower entrepreneurs by providing the resources they need to move forward and improve their lives.
Our company is rapidly expanding, and with over 250,000 customers in Tanzania, we are looking for a motivated Accounts Assistant in Dar es Salaam.

We are searching for people that are willing to roll up their sleeves and make a difference in our communities through hard work and devotion.

As an Accounts Assistant, you will provide administrative support to the Finance Manager by completing clerical chores such as filing, receiving mail, making phone calls, dealing with petty cash, responding to emails, and basic bookkeeping.

A successful Accounts Assistant must adapt to the fast-paced culture of the firm, the market, and the consumers we serve.

Our consumers are entrepreneurs. As a company, we are devoted to assisting people in meeting their financial objectives.

It is critical that the Accounts Assistant be involved in the community they serve and equally committed to our clients’ and the company’s goals.

 

 

The Job Purpose:

The Accounts Assistant is responsible for assisting the finance team with basic bookkeeping and accounting tasks such as maintaining financial records, reconciling incoming and outgoing financial documents, managing fixed assets and tracking expenses, and generally improving the company’s accounting processes.

 

PRIMARY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • To monitor daily communications and respond to any inquiries.
  • To withhold tax deductions and putting them into the TRA system.
  • Ensure that payments, amounts, and records are right.
  • Working on spreadsheets, sales and purchase ledgers, and journals.
  • To record and filing cash transactions.
  • To manage and maintaining a fixed asset register.
  • To maintain accuracy in invoice processing and filing.
  • The Petty cash and expenses are reconciled on a daily and weekly basis.
  • To liaise with third-party providers, clients, and suppliers in a spending working environment, such as TRA.
  • Update and maintain procedural documentation.
  • Write and issuing cheques and TISS forms as needed.
  • Accurate reconciliation of dealership invoices and accounts.
  • Perform any additional duties as assigned by management.

 

THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 2-3 years of experience as an Accounts Assistant or Accounting Clerk, a Diploma in Accounting, or a degree in accounting, business administration, finance, or economics.
  • Understanding of basic bookkeeping techniques.
  • Understanding of financial regulations.
  • A good math abilities and the ability to identify numerical errors.
  • Practical expertise with Microsoft Excel and accounting applications.
  • Organizational talents.
  • Capability to manage sensitive, secret information.

 

WHAT WE PROVIDE (OFFER):

  • Join an international, vibrant, and driven team with great objectives.
  • Work hard to accomplish them.
  • The opportunities to learn and grow alongside us.
  • A competitive compensation package.
  • Health advantages (benefits).

 

Do you envision yourself being a member of the WATU team? Then please submit your CV and cover letter; we look forward to working with you!

**Please be aware that this vacancy does not need persons to pay for career opportunities.**

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