General Accounting Manager

Job Purpose

Managing revenue accounting, invoice payments, payroll processing, fixed assets accounting, and general ledger in line with approved policies and procedures.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of Transaction Finance Division plan and develop operational plan of the General Accounting Function according to set objectives.
• Develop General Accounting Function key performance indicators and continuously monitor progress towards operational plan.
• Implement General Accounting Function’s framework, methodologies, techniques, and principles.
• Ensure that General Accounting Function operational plan is well communicated and understood at all levels.
• Optimize resources and ensure team is efficient and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Develop budget requirements for General Accounting Function ensuring alignment to plans and needs.
• Develop procedures ensuring all actions are conducted in a systematic manner.
• Take operational decisions and escalate key decisions to senior management when required.
• Ensure work is performed based on approved policies, processes, procedures and instructions.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement of systems, processes and practices considering leading practices, cost reduction and productivity improvement.
• Escalate problems to ensure case/issue is closed efficiently and in a timely manner.

Key Roles and Responsibilities 2

• Verify revenues documentation to always maintain accuracy.
• Develop schedules and systems to enable timely and informative accumulations, adjustments and reporting of financial data related to revenues.
• Monitor revenue accounting activities and reports in central and regions to assess revenue collection and ensure bad debts are handled appropriately.
• Supervise the process of reconciliation between collection channels and IT systems to ensure payments are processed smoothly and in a timely manner.
• Consolidate reports on revenue collections and participate in monthly, quarterly and yearly accounting cycles and financial statements.
• Ensure the necessary requests for bank transfers and other payment documents and process payments in a smooth and efficient manner.
• Ensure petty cash reconciliation for records alignment and compliance purposes and replenish petty cash funds as per related approved budget.
• Ensure accuracy of accounting entries for payroll by reviewing employee data periodically and ensure salaries, benefits and pensions payments are generated on time.
• Supervise fixed assets accounting activities as per approved policies and procedures.
• Ensure standardized coding for assets and keep abreast of best practices.

Key Roles and Responsibilities 3

• Develop assets reporting framework in line with applicable laws and regulations.
• Ensure that depreciation is charged on all assets in compliance with approved standards and regulations.
• Manage financial review of assets disposal and provide requisite feedback on disposal decision.
• Develop monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting statements and reports with supporting schedules (i.e., reconciliation reports.)
• Analyze and evaluate, on a continuous basis, the recording of all financial transactions, journal entries and postings to ledgers for accuracy, completeness and compliance with established accounting policies and procedures.
• Ensure detailed instructions for monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing for all departments and the monitor closing process.
• Approve reports and presentations related to Function activities and achievements for reporting and decision-making.

Education Requirements

Key Communications

Internal Stakeholders

• All departments
• Payroll and Benefits Administrator

External Stakeholders

• Banks
• Suppliers

Disclaimer

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be constructed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. Accordingly, there is no way this Job Description states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties.