Finance Manager – Lusaka Private

Our client, a financial institution operating in Lusaka, Copperbelt and other provinces seeks qualified and highly motivated individuals to immediately fill the following vacant positions:

1.0 Finance Manager – Lusaka

Summary: The individual will ensure business processes, administration, and financial management, maintain accounting system, lead planning and forecasting activities in alignment with the business and company goals, reviews financial reports.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee all general ledger postings
• Ensure financial records and systems are maintained in accordance with the Companies Act requirements, the Banking and Financial Services Act and IFRS.
• Ensuring tight controls are in place and maintain a good control environment to prevent and detect errors and fraud
• Ensuring all for month end procedure are performed including closing of systems, reconciliations are prepared including Bank reconciliations , float reconciliations, petty cash counts, assets and general ledger reconciliations
• Preparation of monthly management reports
• Preparation of weekly cash plan reports
• Responsible for forecasting and budgeting
• Processing of monthly payroll
• Submission of all Monthly Tax Returns and Statutory deductions (WHT, Insurance Levy, PAYE & Skills Development, NHIMA, NAPSA)
• Preparation and submission of Regulatory returns.

Qualifications & Experience

• Grade 12 School Certificate with 5 credits including English and Mathematics
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy/Finance
  ACCA/CIMA qualification and membership with ZICA
• Minimum of three years’ experience at the level of Finance Manager role in banking or other financial institution.