Junior Accountant

Company Summary

 Organic Liquid Fertilizer Producing PLC (known by the trade name ‘Eco Green’) is a legal entity registered in 2008 in accordance with Commercial Registration and Business License Proclamation number 980/2008 of the FDRE. As the name indicates, the Company produces 100% ORGANIC Liquid Fertilizer which is rich in microbes, improves soil fertility, increases the productivity and quality of the crop, and significantly cuts fertilizer costs. It has been bestowed different national and international awards including, but not limited to, “Prestigious Science Innovation Award in 2007 E.C.” from the hands of the former FDRE Prime Minister H/Mariam Desalegn, “Climate Innovation Prize in 2009 E.C” from Ethiopian Climate Innovation Centre, and “The Best Entrepreneurship of the year Award in 2015 G.C.” from UNDP.

Let's get on to NATURE (ORGANIC FARMING AND FOOD) for long and healthy life.

 Responsibilities

• Receives payment requests, checks supporting documents and coding for completeness and proper authorization maintained and prepares cheques and corresponding payment vouchers.
• Review and verify the payment requests from petty cash, purchase fund or check payments and ensure the timely replenishment of these funds so that sufficient cash will always be available on the hands of the cashier.
• Ensure withholding tax receipt is issued whenever tax is withheld from purchase of goods and services according to country law.
•  Responsible to maintain files of financial records, contract agreements, and other documents.
• Obtains monthly bank statement from the bank and day to day transfers advice.
•  Follow up and verify the travel request and make sure travel advances are transfer as per the organization policy.
•  Follow up the travel expense report are submitted after field trip timely.
• Arrange files and financial records in easily retrievable manner and external audit purpose.
• Verifies and ensures the required documentation and authorization is presented before effecting payments and encoding data into the system;
• Processes payments which involve ensuring all payments are adequately supported by appropriate documentation;
• Follows-up the settlement of temporary advance payments effected with “Suspense Vouchers” and reports to the supervisor if there are unsettled suspense vouchers;
• Participates in the periodic inventory taking process;
• Ensures arithmetic accuracy in all transaction;
• Settles organization’s utility expenses and tax on a monthly basic
• Keeps finance documents in a safe and orderly manner
• Prepares periodic performance reports and submits to the immediate supervisor timely;
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Diploma or Degree in accounting from a recognized college/university and/or Comprehensive School graduate
• 2+ years proved experience in a related field,
• Experience in working with MS Office and other job-related accounting software

Minimum Professional requirement

• Willingness to work under pressure;
• Proficient in computer skills (Peachtree Accounting, MS word, Excel, etc);
• Good interpersonal and ability to communicate information accurately