Finance Officer Job Opportunity at Impala Terminals

 Finance Officer

Impala Terminals , Dar es Salaam

Main Purpose

The Primary function of this role is to support the Finance Manager, with the statutory accounting & reporting function, including

Treasury

Manage petty cash

Prepare payment requests to TRA & other statutory payments, payroll account funding, inter account transfers

 

Receivables

Review of import and export projects to ensure accuracy

Preparation of sales invoices

Preparation of inter company cost recharges

Review of Work in Progress account to ensure all projects invoiced on time & all completed projects have been applied and removed from WIP

Preparation & distribution weekly statements of accounts

Inventory

Monthly stock reconciliations and review

Fixed Assets

Manage Fixed Asset Register

Payables & Accruals

Preparation of purchase orders

Manage vendor queries

Review of auto accrual accounts to ensure all vendor invoices received on time & all completed projects have been applied and removed from WIP

Liaise with shared services to ensure that all invoiced processed correctly and on time

Assist finance manager with identifying & managing accruals

VAT & WHT

Process sales invoices through the EFD machine

Work with advisors to prepare monthly VAT returns & payments to TRA

Prepare monthly WHT returns and payments to TRA

 

Monthly reporting

Assist finance manager to

prepare journal entries for month end close

monthly PnL analysis

prepare monthly volumes report

monthly management reports

Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations

Compliance

Perform KYC processes to onboard new customers and vendors

Assist with regular compliance reviews/ updates on customers & vendors

Other

Assist finance manager with

preparation of annual budgets

Monthly cashflow forecasts

Annual audit process

Knowledge Skills And Abilities, Key Responsibilities

University degree in Finance, post-graduate certificate is an added advantage

A minimum of 5 years of work experience in a multinational Organization – most preferably Freight Forwarding and warehousing

Broad understanding of financial reporting requirements.

Proficient in using MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Highly organized

Key Relationships And Department Overview

Customers

Vendors

Operations managers

Regional finance team

Shared Services department

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