Finance Officer Job Opportunity at Impala Terminals
Job Overview
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
