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| ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA |
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Posted 2018-10-03 03:56:01
The Electoral Commission of Zambia seeks to recruit
qualified and experienced Zambian nationals to fill the following vacancies:
ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT (FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING)
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To provide support to the Accountant by helping to prepare
financial statements, accounts, budgets, processing invoices and preparing VAT
returns.
REPORTING ACCOUNTABILITY
This position will be reporting to the Accountant (Financial
Accounting)
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
§ Reconciles
ledger accounts in the SAP FICO Accounting System in a timely manner and on
regular basis.
§ Daily
processing of transactions in SAP FICO Accounting system
§ Review
ledger inputs from the Accounts Assistants and prepare accurate Bank
Reconciliation Statements for all Commission bank Accounts on a monthly basis
§ Check
all prepared payment vouchers and backing sheets to ensure accuracy in coding
and numbering
§ Prepare
Elections impress disbursements to various districts and ensure accurate
entries in the Accounting system
§ Checks
daily Cash Bank deposits
§ Processes
payments and invoices accurately and within expected time periods.
§ Verifies
financial inputs in the SAP FICO Accounting System, ledgers and accounts and
makes corrections where appropriate.
§ Ensures
that Commission inventories and fixed assets are accurate and up to date in the
SAP FICO Accounting System.
§ Maintains
records of all creditors for the Commission.
§ Assists
in compiling payroll inputs and maintains staff debtors’ records.
§ Ensures
that routine accounting operations relating to receipts and payments in the SAP
Financials Module are performed accurately, on a timely basis and in conformance
with Commission financial management policy and practice.
§ Keeps
abreast of developments in area of specialist and adhere to the ethics code of
the profession.
Performs any other related duties that the supervisor may reasonably request
form time to time.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
§ Full
grade 12 Certificate or equivalent
§ Bachelor’s
degree in Accountancy or equivalent with full Association of Certified
Chartered Accountants (ACCA) or Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
(CIMA).
§ Not
less than three (3) years post qualifying relevant experience.
§ Membership
to a professional body
§ Proficient
in and with proven hands-on experience with SAP Financials, and not less than 2
years’ experience working in a SAP ERP environment.
§ Certification
in SAP Financial is an added advantage.
In addition to the above, candidates for all the positions
must also have the following personal attributes and skills
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
§ Non-partisan.
§ Honest
and reliable with high moral strength.
§ Innovative
and proactive.
§ High
degree of attention to detail.
§ High
degree of integrity.
§ Tact
and diplomacy.
§ Ability
to work with minimum supervision.
§ Self-starter
SKILLS
§ Good
inter-personal and communication skills.
§ Analytical
and organizational skills.
§ Good
report writing and oral presentation skills.
Interested candidates should send their applications to the
undersigned enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae with names of three (3)
traceable referees including their contact phone numbers, copies of educational
and professional certificates and copies of current professional membership not
later Friday, 12th October, 2018.
The Chief Electoral Officer,
Electoral Commission of Zambia,
Elections House, Haile Selassie Avenue,
P. O. Box 50274,
LUSAKA.
NB:
1.
Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
2. Only short listed candidates will have their applications acknowledged
