POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Kilimo Markets Ltd is a young, growing and innovative private business with a high social impact working in the agriculture sector providing business services to small holder farmers in Northern Tanzania.
The company invites applications from suitable candidates to fill the following three vacancies currently based in Arusha, but with occasional travels to other areas in Tanzania.
Office Accountant
Responsibilities:
• Ensure that receivables are collected promptly and record cash receipts and make bank deposits
• Maintain the purchase recordkeeping database and issue payments to the different customers/suppliers.
• Conduct a monthly reconciliation of every bank account
• Maintain the petty cash fund
• Preparing quarterly financial closing procedures
• Management of petty cash disbursements and retirements from field office
• Preparation of financial reports for partners/investors
• Supervision of financial reporting by field offices to head office to ensure compliance with internal controls and procedures
• Recording all transactions in the accounting software
• Provide information to the line manager and MD
• Assemble information for external auditors for the annual audit
• Calculate and issue financial analysis of the financial statements
• Maintain the chart of accounts
• Maintain the annual budget
• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
• Purchase supplies and equipment as authorized by management
• Pay invoices in a timely manner
• Collect sales taxes from customers and remit them to the government
• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements
• Process payroll in a timely manner
• Provide clerical and administrative support to management as requested
Qualifications:
• Should have at least two years of work experience in accounting or book keeping in the private sector.
• Degree in Accounting/Finance required.
• Good understanding of GAAP
• Experience in financial accounting and in preparation of financial reports required
• Experience in transactional accounting specifically the input of financial data into an accounting system required
• Experience in using or understanding of Ms Office (Word, Excel, etc.) and accounting software/packages such as quick books essential
• Fluency in both, written and spoken English
• Able to think independently and analytically, take initiative, completing tasks with minimal supervision, driven by integrity,
• Excellent attention to detail,
• Creative in problem solving and solution finding,
• Assertive and well developed negotiating skills
• Experience in writing reports, data collection and database management
• Highly driven, motivated and willing to learn
• Passionate about working in a high pace environment and supporting the company’s’ vision and mission.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a diverse array of people
• Domestic travels required
• Drivers’ license preferred.
Please only apply if you fulfill the requirements above.
Kilimo Markets Ltd offers a competitive career opportunity to highly driven and motivated candidates who are eager to learn, to be involved in an innovative business model and to grow with and within the company.
Interested applicants are invited to download an application form at www.kilimomarkets.com or request from the HR office human.resources@kilimomarkets.com and send it together with their CV and a cover letter back to the same email-address by no later than 2nd of March 2016 midnight.
Kilimo Markets Ltd is a young, growing and innovative private business with a high social impact working in the agriculture sector providing business services to small holder farmers in Northern Tanzania.
The company invites applications from suitable candidates to fill the following three vacancies currently based in Arusha, but with occasional travels to other areas in Tanzania.
Office Accountant
Responsibilities:
• Ensure that receivables are collected promptly and record cash receipts and make bank deposits
• Maintain the purchase recordkeeping database and issue payments to the different customers/suppliers.
• Conduct a monthly reconciliation of every bank account
• Maintain the petty cash fund
• Preparing quarterly financial closing procedures
• Management of petty cash disbursements and retirements from field office
• Preparation of financial reports for partners/investors
• Supervision of financial reporting by field offices to head office to ensure compliance with internal controls and procedures
• Recording all transactions in the accounting software
• Provide information to the line manager and MD
• Assemble information for external auditors for the annual audit
• Calculate and issue financial analysis of the financial statements
• Maintain the chart of accounts
• Maintain the annual budget
• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
• Purchase supplies and equipment as authorized by management
• Pay invoices in a timely manner
• Collect sales taxes from customers and remit them to the government
• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements
• Process payroll in a timely manner
• Provide clerical and administrative support to management as requested
Qualifications:
• Should have at least two years of work experience in accounting or book keeping in the private sector.
• Degree in Accounting/Finance required.
• Good understanding of GAAP
• Experience in financial accounting and in preparation of financial reports required
• Experience in transactional accounting specifically the input of financial data into an accounting system required
• Experience in using or understanding of Ms Office (Word, Excel, etc.) and accounting software/packages such as quick books essential
• Fluency in both, written and spoken English
• Able to think independently and analytically, take initiative, completing tasks with minimal supervision, driven by integrity,
• Excellent attention to detail,
• Creative in problem solving and solution finding,
• Assertive and well developed negotiating skills
• Experience in writing reports, data collection and database management
• Highly driven, motivated and willing to learn
• Passionate about working in a high pace environment and supporting the company’s’ vision and mission.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a diverse array of people
• Domestic travels required
• Drivers’ license preferred.
Please only apply if you fulfill the requirements above.
Kilimo Markets Ltd offers a competitive career opportunity to highly driven and motivated candidates who are eager to learn, to be involved in an innovative business model and to grow with and within the company.
Interested applicants are invited to download an application form at www.kilimomarkets.com or request from the HR office human.resources@kilimomarkets.com and send it together with their CV and a cover letter back to the same email-address by no later than 2nd of March 2016 midnight.
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