Financial Accountant

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Ipsos is a global leader in market research and offers amazing opportunities for career growth, learning and development. The Financial Accountant ensures integrity, completeness, accuracy and timeliness, to deliver on group reporting timelines. Also responsible to take a leading control function to ensure that the company’s financial statements are accurate, timely and in compliance with Ipsos Group policies.

Responsibilities

• Managing month end process, setting internal deadlines to plan for workload and on time reporting while maintaining monthly cut off procedures inline with the group requirements
• Reviewing financial statements monthly and collating support schedules.
• Timely review of project accountabilities and wages to ensure correct posting done in system
• Ensure daily posting of payments for suppliers and other requirements booked as soon as payments are done
• Carry out bank reconciliations monthly with all variances resolved before BS upload
• Monthly reconciliation of mobile money account/wallet with all variances resolved before BS upload.
• Process supplier invoices on a continuous basis ensuring accuracy of allocation to GL accounts.
• Process all intercompany billing, ensuring missing invoices are requested/sent to trading partners monthly.
• Oversee all supplier reconciliations from their statement vs our GL ensuring this is done monthly and signed off and filed for annual audit purpose.
• Update correct CICO report monthly as per set timelines ensuring correct reporting
• Take part in all aspects of external, internal and regulatory financial auditing arrangements and other aspects of external audits
• Implementing efficient accounting processes to maximize efficiency ensuring there is adequate and appropriate mechanisms in place for the reduction of risk and ensure compliance with overall Group control requirements
• Drive MIS compliance ensuring i-time is updated on time and allocation of receipts/CNs to clear unallocated aged supplier balances to improve DSO/AP days

Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree in business or economics
• Professional qualification with CPA or ACCA or ongoing.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years experience in management accounting.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and ERP accounting software

Additional requirements:

• Ability to meet tight deadlines & manage expectations.
• Good planning and communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Negotiation skills & the ability to influence at all levels.
• Well developed analytical skills.
• Adaptability and flexibility in service delivery.
• Knowledge and understanding of ERP will be an added advantage.
• Fluent written and spoken English

Please share applications to jobs.zambia@ipsos.com