Finance Officer - Petroleum - CA

We are looking for a candidate for the position of Finance Officer one of the Petroleum Company.

Position : Finance Officer

- CA Preferred

Principle Responsibilities :

- Participate in closure of financial period on SAP and ensuring timely and accurate reconciliation of general ledger accounts.

- Carry out monthly reconciliation for all tax accounts to ensure compliance to statutory requirements.

- Prepare product costing and pricing templates for review by Finance Manager and booking in SAP.

- Perform all accounting reconciliations within set timelines.

- Liaising with and provide information to internal and external auditors and statutory bodies in line with statutory laws and regulations.

- Timely reconciliation of prepayments, provisions for expenses and employee General Ledger accounts.

- Perform book keeping activities including Booking of suppliers/vendor invoices leading to end month reporting.

- Carry out Inter-company reconciliation for sign-off and reporting.

- Conduct periodic financial analysis to identify and resolve issues, gaps or variances.

- Review local purchase orders to facilitate sales and ensure payment as per the terms.

- Maintain a register for all debtors and liaise with the sales team for payments.

- Monitor credit facilities and ensure they are maintained within approved credit limits.

- Prepare a payment schedule to facilitate payments of due accounts in a timely manner.

- Maintain an orderly accounting filing system for ease of documentation storage

- Controls and Compliance 

Job Experience :

- Atleast 2 years- experience in a similar position within a busy finance environment;

- Good working knowledge of the ERP system preferably SAP;

- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite;

- Be able to work under pressure and attend to any ad hoc functions as may be required;

- Experience in financial and accounting systems, compliance reviews, audits, financial control reporting, and risk management;