Assistant Accounting Manager
To co-drive the accounting team and bring experience and knowledge to increase the level of the Team
The main duties include but are not limited to:
- Ensure the adherence to the accounting policy by all relevant Departments
- Co-driving accounting team, ensure that monthly and yearly closing period are correctly managed
- Ensure that Receivables, Payables, Fixed assets, leases, Cash & Bank are correctly
- processed and accounted by the team
- Ensure the coordination with controlling team and all relevant operational departments
- Work closely with the team managing the ERP in Senegal to ensure reconciliations of
- accounts and balances
- Prepare of interim and yearly Financial Audit of OBW and OM accounts
- Establish and maintain Financial Accounts for OBW on monthly and yearly basis
- Organize the Receivables, Payables, Reporting and Cash & Bank department to deliver
- clean accounts and reconciliation with ERP
- Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on the accounting and payment processes.
- Monitor cash through receivable and payables and working capital
- Provide analysis requested by controlling on monthly accounts
- Work closely with other financial departments to manage accounts and financials
- Make sure that all Purchase Orders are processed timeously within the Company and
- payments made in time and reconciled with ERP System
- Communicate any delay or potential delay on payments with relevant stakeholders
- Manage reconciliations on accruals and related parties with relevant external and internal companies
- Manages leases updates.
- Operate with the highest standards of integrity.
- Follow all the Company’s policies and procedures.
- Perform any other duties required by your designated manager
Skills:
- Strong Accounting skills: Strong experience in accounting position in a big company. Having managed ideally Payables, Fixed Assets and Leases
- Closing period long experience: experience in managing monthly and yearly closings with all accounting departments as well as controlling departments to align and prepare the financial audit period
- Management Skills: ability to coordinate and manage a team, to monitor their work, to advice and challenge them
- Analytical Thinking: Strong capability to assess financial issues within accounting and with other departments such as controlling
- Capacity to work with other departments; operational departments as well as financial departments
- Attention to Detail; Ensuring accuracy in documentation, specifications, and procurement processes.
- Technical Proficiency; Familiarity with ERP systems, and digital tools.
- Audit skills: being able to manage internal audit and external audit assessments and answer questions from auditors
- Initiative and ability to work independently and as a team
- Good knowledge of the business and external environment
- Project coordination and organisational skills.
- Customer Orientation
- Quality Focus
Qualifications and Experience:
- Master’s degree and ideally BICA or ACCA degree or equivalent
- At least 10 years’ experience in Accounting and Finance
- Financial Reporting & Analysis: Expertise in preparing and analysing core financial statements, including balance sheets and income and cash flow statements.
- Operational Accounting: Hands-on experience with managing the general ledger and overseeing daily operations like accounts payable and accounts receivable.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: The ability to assist in creating budgets, monitor performance against them, and develop financial forecasts.
- Auditing & Compliance: A deep understanding of accounting principles like GAAP or IFRS, with experience in both internal and external audits to ensure regulatory compliance.
Interested candidates who meet the minimum requirements can submit their applications, updated CV and certified copies of their academic certificates to: jobsbw.obw@orange.com
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