Accountant Lead (Zambia)

Kaapro Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; Delhi; On-site; INR 2,813,000 - 4,688,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaapro Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in Ndola, Zambia seeks an Accounts Manager with a strong manufacturing accounting background to lead a reporting and compliance function.

The role includes stock control, ERP/SAP B1 usage, and supervising a support staff. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in manufacturing, with M.Com or Inter CA, and a proven ability to generate management-ready reports and ensure timely statutory filings.

Qualifications

• Strong accounting background with M.Com/Inter CA.
• 10+ years in manufacturing industry, preferably in corrugated box manufacturing.
• Experience with SAP B1 or ERP systems implementation.
• Expertise in stock management and generating stock reports.

Responsibilities

• Generate timely reports: debtors/creditors, cash flow, inventory analysis.
• Ensure bank reconciliations are completed by the 5th of every month.
• Maintain stock records and perform monthly physical stock verification.
• Complete statutory compliance including VAT, Excise, WHT by due dates.
• Establish internal controls and supervise junior staff.

Skills

Accounting

ERP systems

Stock management

Excel

Team supervision

SAP B1

Education

M.Com / Inter CA

Tools

SAP B1

ERP systems

Job description

• Accounts Manager/Chief Accountant with support staff directly reporting to this position
• Position is in Ndola Zambia a company engaged in manufacturing corrugated boxes

A Skill Set Required

1. 1 Strong accounting back ground M com/ Inter CA
2. 2 Experience of atleast 10 years in manufactruing industry preferably in Corruagted Box Manfacturing Industry
3. 3 Experience of working in SAP B1 or strong in understanding & implementing ERP systems
4. 4 Expertise/experience in handling stocks and genrating various reports relating to stcok management.
5. 5 Excellent command on excel & ability to generate meaningul reports from the data to assit the management to take decisions.
6. 6 Ability to suprvise junior staff

B Broad Areas of work

1. 1 Generating timely reports - Debtors /creditors/advance to suppliers , cash flow , invetory analysis & any other reports required by the management .
2. 2 Ensuring that all bank recos are done by 5th
3. 3 Ensuring that all suppliers & debtors are recocnilied peridoically
4. 4 Stautory complaince - Fling all retruns Vat Excise Paye WHT etc as per due dates
5. 5 Maintaining Porper record of the all stocks
6. 6 Physical verifctaion of stocks on Monthly basis and attedning to varaiances, non moving, slow moving stocks.
7. 7 Completion of audit withn two months form end of the financial year
8. 8 Establish adequate internal controls
9. 9 Handling cash & banking - Country specific role
10. 10 ZRA (Zambia Revenue Authority) audits if any to complete within reasobanle time say 3 months form the period the matter arises. Example refund etc.
11. 11 Monthly closing by 5th upto Trial balance stage & finalsiation of accounts by 10th of every month
12. 12 Payroll processing ( Adequate training shall be provided) country specific role
13. 13 Supervisor the local staff and ensure the work is getting done accordingly
14. 14 Ensure digitization of account related documents in SAP environment
15. 15 Esnuring that bank charges & interest charged on monthly basis is accurate and circulcate a report accordingly on monthly basis
16. 16 Ensure effective fund management & ensure that funds are not idle and interest cost or other bank related costs are kept at a minimum level
17. 17 Take active part in debtors followup and alert the management wherever you think their involvement is required.
18. 18 Generate periodic reports for creditors a & ensruing tat the payemnst are processed in time & ensure that all accounst are reconciled periodically
19. 19 Ensure that all records are maintained year wise in a proper manner

Exhaustive lits of functions identified in GPPL under Chief Accounant /Accounts Manager - with a support team reporting directly to the position

Sr No Type of function

A Debtors management

1. 1 Sending statements regualrly
2. 2 Reconcile with debtors regularly
3. 3 Follw up with customers
4. 4 Review debtors every week with the team
5. 5 Ensure weekly collection plan
6. 6 Take action on overdues
7. 7 Share debtors report every week Friday

B Creditors Management

1. 1 Ensure all purchases are recrorded & landed cost is captured correctly
2. 2 All open Pos are closed timley
3. 3 Reconcile all creditors time to time _ Local
4. 4 Review creditors peridocially for payment to creditors _ Local
5. 5 Payment to creditors local
6. 6 Advance payments & follow up thereof & cricluating the report on oustanding advances - All currencies
7. 7 Share credtiors repeort on weekly basis every Friday

C Staturoty

1. 1 VAT Retrun
2. 2 NAPSA
3. 3 Excise
4. 4 Workers Compensation
5. 5 ZRA Audits & Inspections

D Financial Audit

1. 4 Ensure tat Audit is completed witing two months from the financial year end say be end Februray each year.

E Payroll

1. 1 Compilation of input required for payroll
2. 2 Processing Payroll
3. 3 Understanding all elements of wages & salaries
4. 4 Ensuring accruacy in payments

H Inventory - monthky coordination/spot checks

1. 1 Raw Material
2. 2 Semi finsihed goods
3. 3 Finished Goods
4. 4 Spares
5. 5 Identifying non moving/obsolte invetory and take action

F Accoutning Routine

1. 1 Preparing paymenst to local suppliers/ exxneses
2. 2 Petty cash cheques
3. 3 Cash withdrawals
4. 4 Cash depositing
5. 5 Preparing foreign currency payments
6. 6 Bank recos inclduing T L /Bill disocunting
7. 7 Checking bank interst peridocally
8. 8 Bill discouting
9. 9 Landed cost
10. 10 booking imports
11. 11 booking local invoices
12. 12 Booking all gRNS
13. 13 Fixed Asset Accounting, calcuating deprecitaion
14. 14 Esnurieng all export documents are received
15. 15 Monthly closing by 5th of B19each month
16. 16 Petty Cash for all GPPl requirements. I think we should withdraw may twice a week so cash handling will be less. Naveen Mohandas can take an amount every month and close it at the end of the month. Its easy . I have seen that model works