Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Records Management: Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records, including income, expenditure, receipts, payments, and supporting documentation.
- Daily Financial Reporting: Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly financial reports to support management decision-making and financial planning.
- Bank and Cash Reconciliation: Perform regular bank, cash, and mobile money reconciliations, promptly identifying and resolving discrepancies.
- Accounts Payable and Receivable: Monitor supplier payments, outstanding balances, student fee collections, and other receivables, ensuring timely follow-up and proper documentation.
- Budget Monitoring: Assist in preparing and monitoring departmental and branch budgets, highlighting variances and recommending appropriate corrective measures.
- Compliance and Statutory Obligations: Support timely preparation and submission of statutory deductions, tax records, and other financial compliance requirements in line with applicable regulations.
- Internal Controls and Accountability: Ensure proper authorisation, verification, filing, and tracking of financial transactions while safeguarding organisational resources.
- Financial Systems and Reporting Tools: Maintain accurate financial data in accounting software and spreadsheets, demonstrating a willingness to learn new systems and improve reporting processes.
- Initiative and Problem-Solving: Identify financial discrepancies, inefficiencies, and potential risks proactively, take ownership of assigned responsibilities, and recommend practical solutions.
- Continuous Learning and Business Support: Quickly understand organisational operations, connect financial performance to overall business objectives, and provide timely insights that support cost control, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth.
Required Competencies
- Strong numerical, analytical, and organisational skills.
- Quick learner with the ability to understand new processes and systems.
- Proactive, self-driven, and able to work with minimal supervision.
- High integrity, accuracy, confidentiality, and attention to detail.
- Good communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to understand the wider business impact of financial decisions.
Qualification: Diploma
Requirements
Diploma
