Job Purpose:
Maintain
treasury accounting function for AKUH, N. by ensuring efficient use of
available cash flow, maintaining bank reconciliations, and investment
management, assist finance manager in internal and external audits.
Key Responsibilities:
Bank
reconciliations:
- Ensure accurate and timely preparation of bank
reconciliations to be submitted for review as per KPI.
- Ensure that all reconciling items are followed
up and closed on before the following months’
Recording
of cash/direct transfers
- Daily download of direct banking receipts
(incoming payments through bank transfers) and sharing with account
receivables (Debtors)
- Record and reconcile Direct payment transactions
(Receipts paid through bank transfers) accurately and promptly in MT
system. Preparing reconciliations for any unrecorded miscellaneous
transactions in the GL control accounts.
- Perform regular reconciliations of Direct
banking control accounts to ensure accuracy and identify discrepancies.
- Investigate and resolve any variances in a
timely manner, collaborating with relevant departments or external parties
when necessary.
- Make follow-up with debtors on any unreceipted
directs resulting from the daily banking reports shared to the debtors and
escalate to Treasury coordinator and Finance manager over a week old
unreceipted directs as per the escalation matrix.
- Prepare reports summarizing reconciliation
results for management review.
- Ensure the Meditech facility-wide report is
fully accounted for weekly.
- Liaising with accounts receivable to adequately
plan for cash collections and cash flow planning.
Audits:
- Prepare audit schedules and ensure these are
ready for annual audits
- Retrieve files for review by auditors as may be
requested by the audit tea
- Respond to audit queries asked by the auditors
during the field audit
Payment
processing:
- Process and initiate payments (Cheque writing)
including wire transfers, transactions, and checks.
- Verify accuracy of payment documentation and
ensure compliance with internal policies.
- Ensure all payments are approved as per the
payment approval matrix.
- Assist treasury accountant in LC documents
preparation.
- Negotiate for spot deals
Other
duties:
- Fixed deposits: Facilitate renewal/liquidation
of matured FDR and posting of interest provisions for FDR
- Daily update the currency files in People Soft
Financials system.
- End month GL closing activities: assist the
Finance Manager in active participation of end month closing activities
relating to Treasury by ensuring that all JVs and transactions are
accurately recorded by closure of the month.
Qualifications and skills requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance
- Professional training ACCA / CPA II
- More than 3 years of professional experience
- Excellent computer accounting skills
- Excellent organizational, communication and
interpersonal skills
- Technical skills in accounting applications and
MS Excel
- Excellent in analytical skills
- Excellent Excel and spreadsheet skills.
- A person of high integrity with a positive
attitude towards work.
- Able to work flexible/long hours as and when
required, with minimal supervision, has initiative and is proactive
- High self-drive\A team player who is Solution
oriented
How to Apply
