Role Purpose
At an remarkable time of worldwide change, the British Council seeks an skilled finance administrator to help with economic manage aid in Senegal.
This function helps the Accountant, West Africa Cluster, with the stop-to-stop accounting technique throughout the operation, such as month and year-stop close, and guarantees consistent, accurate, and strong economic accounting tactics consistent with accounting practices and company policies.
The function will contain participating with a crew of finance and non-finance employees in Senegal.
Main accountabilities but not limited to the following:
Income
Receive and test over the counter earnings from Customer Services colleagues.
Cash Management: Work with operational crew to realise earning acquired according to financial institution announcement and put together a Mass Upload magazine for evaluate and approval through Cluster Financial controller..
Reconcile every day takings and submit Cash Journal.
Reconcile and deposit coins income on a every day basis
Manage nearby structures for cheque/coins security.
Collection of body of workers repayments (Includes telecellsmartphone invoice reimbursements or back advances).
Payroll
- Ensure that the payroll workout satisfies felony duties and inner audit requirements.
- Ensure salaries are paid appropriately and on time each month.
- Raise FI magazine to report payroll-associated bills and breakdown of entries appropriately (the use of regular conventions, and as they could seem on financial institution statements to allow the Hub to finish reconciliation), and put up to Cluster Financial Controller for assessment of accuracy
- Ensure separation of obligations among parking and posting journals.
- Deal with personnel queries concerning fitness insurance, social protection insurance, and different social contributions.
Purchase to Pay
- Manage and display down bills.
- Be the second one line of support (GSD is the first) for blocked seller bills.
- Manage Open Purchase Orders (Goods Receipting and Invoicing Receipting).
- Manage the scanning of invoices to a not unusualplace drive. Vendor control requirements are met (month-to-month tasks).
Payment run
- Initiate price requests following receipt of price runs on banking structures taking steps to keep away from replica transfers and or wrongful bills because of incorrect enter of financial institution info at the financial institution`s price request platform
- Provide info of guide cheques issued to SSC for updating SAP information on price
- Follow-up with procurement or operations for records referring to price issues
- Prepare /submit workforce and purchaser refunds.
- Prepare cheques for price. Provide cheque lot numbers to the Regional Hub as and whilst a brand new cheque lot is assigned through the Bank.
Bank Reconciliation
- Bank reconciliation – daily routine (Receipts)
Management of petty cash
- Disbursement of petty coins bills
- Post economic journals for petty coins
- Replenishment of petty coins through cheque/Cash withdrawal and advent of petty coins magazine entry
- Resolve any discrepancies on petty coins manipulate account (in liaison with Accountant).
General Accounting
- Park Financial Journals – ensuring the accuracy of entries and segregation of duties.
Monitor and Analysis
- Assist the Cluster Accountant with periodic responsibilities contributing to our FCCF (Financial Control and Compliance Framework) and end-of-month/end-of-yr deliverables which are finished correctly and on time.
Regional and Functional Team Working
- Contribute to making sure the policies, procedures, and structures are added with integrity.
- Work intently and efficaciously as a part of the nearby and worldwide finance teams.
- Actively guide equality and variety and paintings to the British Council`s EDI coverage in any respect times.
Role specific knowledge and experience
Essential requirements
- OND/HND/Diploma/BSc. In Finance, Accounting or a associated field
- Highly prepared and closing date oriented.
- High stage of accuracy and interest to detail.
- Proven accounting experience.
- Experience with an ERP system.
Desirable
Qualified Accountant
Further Information
- Pay Band – 4
- Remuneration: XOF 606,717 Gross Per Month
- Contract Type – Fixed Term Contract Lapsing on 30 September 2024
- Location – Dakar, Senegal
- Department/Function – Finance
Additional information
Language requirements: Strong written and oral English communication skills.
The role holder must have existing rights to live and work in the country in which the role is based.
Closing Date – 14 February 2024. Applications will close at 23:59 East Africa Time
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