Accounting and Finance Operation Specialist
Green Africa
Remote
The role ensures that financial transactions are accurately recorded, properly supported, processed on a timely basis, and conducted in accordance with established accounting standards, internal controls, policies, and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
- Accounting Records & Financial Transactions
- Maintain accurate and complete accounting records, including general ledgers, journals, invoices, receipts, payment records, and supporting documentation.
- Review source documents to validate, classify, record, and process financial transactions accurately and in a timely manner.
- Record, identify, classify, and verify financial transactions in accordance with applicable accounting principles and company policies.
- Maintain organised and readily accessible financial documentation to support reporting, audit, and compliance requirements.
- Accounts Payable & Payment Operations
- Process and organise supplier and vendor invoices to ensure accurate, timely, and properly authorised payments.
- Manage payment processing activities, ensuring transactions are adequately supported and comply with established approval and internal control requirements.
- Post payment transactions and maintain accurate accounts payable records.
- Liaise with vendors and suppliers to validate invoices, resolve billing discrepancies, and ensure payments are processed within agreed timelines.
- Bank & Account Reconciliations
- Perform regular bank reconciliations and investigate and resolve reconciling items promptly.
- Investigate discrepancies between accounting records, bank statements, sales records, and supporting documentation.
- Ensure reconciling items are appropriately documented, followed up, and cleared within agreed timelines.
- Financial Reporting & Month-End Activities
- Support daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close activities.
- Prepare account schedules, reconciliations, financial summaries, and supporting analyses as required.
- Provide accurate financial information and management summaries to support decision-making.
- Assist with the preparation and review of balance sheet accounts and supporting schedules.
- Ensure financial transactions are recorded in the appropriate accounting period.
- Tax, Audit & Regulatory Support
- Support the preparation of tax-related information, schedules, and documentation.
- Assist with internal and external audit activities by providing accurate records, schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
- Respond to audit queries and assist in investigating and resolving identified discrepancies.
- Support compliance with applicable accounting, tax, regulatory, and internal control requirements.
- Internal Controls & Financial Governance
- Adhere to established accounting policies, procedures, approval processes, and internal controls.
- Support initiatives to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and control environment of finance operations.
Performance In This Role May Be Measured Against
- Accuracy and completeness of accounting records.
- Timeliness and accuracy of transaction processing.
- Bank and account reconciliation completion and clearance of reconciling items.
- Accounts payable and receivable accuracy and ageing.
- Timeliness of month-end and year-end close activities.
- Invoice and payment processing turnaround time.
- Number and value of unresolved accounting discrepancies.
- Audit findings and timely resolution of audit queries.
- Compliance with internal accounting policies and controls.
- Quality and timeliness of financial reports and management information.
- Must have a bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or any related course
- Must have completed NYSC
- Must have 3-4 years' experience in a related role
- accounting records and financial transactions
- accounts payable and payment operations
- bank and account reconciliations
- financial reporting and month end activities
- tax, audit and regulatory support
- internal controls and financial governance
- accounting software