Accounts Officer – Babereki Insurance Brokers

Job Description

VANCANCY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Applicants are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the positions of Financial Accountant and Accounts Officer tenable at Babereki Insurance Brokers (Pty) Ltd Headquarters in Gaborone.

JOB SUMMARY

The successful candidate will be responsible for accurately processing and reconciling accounting documents and maintain accounts strictly in accordance with laid down accounting procedures and standards in order to facilitate the timely delivery of financial reports

KEY OBJECTIVES
• Operational
• Records Managements
• Compliance

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Operational Responsibilities
• Maintains general ledger.
• Process & capture input data into accounting system (PASTEL).
• Checks verification & exception reports from accounting systems for completeness and accuracy of data and takes corrective action.
• Responsible for cashier office.
• Prepares monthly reconciliation of cash account.
• Preparation of monthly cash account premiums schedule for both life and short-term insurance.
• Prepares monthly payments in relation to cash account payables.
• Register all financial transactions accurately for future references.
• Assists external auditors in the provision of required statements and information for the annual audit.

Records Management
• Responsible for ensuring accounting records are accurate and up to date in order to enable adequate monitoring of cash flow and keeping credit under control.
Internal & External Client Management
• Attends to and resolves queries timeously to maintain high-level customer satisfaction.

Compliance
• Adherence to internal controls and audit recommendations to meet corporate objectives and accounting standards.
• Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.

Reconciliation
• Reconciles specified control accounts to ensure that financial records are accurate.

Petty Cash Management
• Responsible for office petty cash disbursement
• Reconciliation and management of petty cash.
• Updating petty cash journal entries on Pastel Accounting System.

Procurement
• Assists in the sourcing of appropriate suppliers, then forward the sought information to the Finance Supervisor for evaluation and recommendation to the Financial Accountant, to promote good procurement practice with due regard to sustainability, ethical purchasing standards and costing.
• Prepares purchase orders and sends copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.
• Tracks the status of orders, receives goods on arrival to ensure that the goods ordered are correct and that they meet desired specifications.

KEY COMPETENCIES & SKILLS
• Customer focus
• Team player
• Attention to detail
• High accounting literacy
• Cash Management
• Book keeping
• Confidentiality

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS & EXPERIENCE
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, AAT Qualification or equivalent
• A minimum of 3 (three) years of post-graduate experience in an accounting