Overview
Job Title: Branch Accountant
Function of Job: Sales and Distribution
Type of employment: Contract
Level of experience: Supervisory level
Type of workplace: Onsite
Location of Job: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
East Africa Fruits Company Limited
The required Skills/ Essential abilities:
- Focused on deadlines (Deadline oriented).
- Well-prepared (Organized).
- In control (Disciplined).
- Focused on details (Detail oriented).
- Ability to work with numbers and quantitative abilities.
Job Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree or diploma in finance, accounting, or a similar discipline.
- A strong knowledge of English and Kiswahili both in writing and speaking.
- Familiarity with general accounting concepts.
- Knowledgeable about pertinent computer programs.
- Familiarity with legal requirements and norms for compliance.
- Two or more years of experience in finance or accounting, or a similar discipline.
Position:
- Carry out daily tasks such as making payments, keeping track of all cash, check, and bank transfer transactions, monitoring field expenses and cash advances, and maintaining cash and bank ledgers, among other relevant reconciliations.
- Create balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements for the branch office’s finances.
- Ensuring that all transactions have been accurately recorded by reconciling sales accounts with bank statements and other financial documents.
- Bank accounts, accounts payable, and accounts receivable should all be reconciled.
- Control the flow of cash and make sure the branch office has enough money to pay its debts.
- Create the branch office’s budget.
- Prepare reports and analyze financial data for the Branch Manager.
- Verify adherence to rules and accounting standards.
- Help with inspections and audits.
- Assist other branch employees with their financial needs.
- As allocated, carry out additional tasks.
