Background

Nearly one third of the SME in Sierra Leone face transport challenges that effect their growth and competitiveness.  According logistic performance data, Sierra Leone is ranked at 156 out of 160 in the world. Yet, transport sector is the second largest job creation. In the last decade or so, the population in the urban area has almost doubled and putting on more pressure on the scarce resource such as transport, water, sanitation, solid waste and electricity. The current public transport system in Sierra Leone faces multiple challenges including safety and security, cost and reliability.  In some parts of the world, the personal transportation industry has undergone dramatic changes in recent years thanks to the introduction of application- based taxi and car service hailing systems.

Africa Taxis is a start-up ride hailing for personal and industrial (freight booking) transportation service. Our vision is to become the number one Taxi app driver company in Sierra Leone with active presence in key cities all around the country. The company is planning to provide convenient and safe services in our cities and towns in Sierra Leone and to become the standard for an ideal taxi e-hailing business not only in Sierra Leone but also throughout West Africa.

At Africataxis, we rely on our IT systems to power the solutions that help our customers mobility, safety, transparency and cost efficient. We are seeking an experienced finance and accountant specialist who can join us on this journey, using his or her technical skills to make us more efficient. In this role, you will provide accounting support to major financial accounting areas, including the accounts payable desk, general ledger accounting, and account reconciliation. Our ideal candidate has extensive knowledge of accounting, payment systems (mobile money, card and cash), experience finance management and accounting systems, and good project finance and operations knowledge to keep us on the cutting edge. From day one, you will have an immediate impact on the day-to-day efficiency of our operations, and an ongoing impact on our overall growth.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist accountant and investigate all issues for account receivables and payables.
• Administer all complex data entries and journals for cost accounting and make appropriate corrections and adjustment as required.
• Perform audit on all purchase orders and invoices and manage requisition vouchers.
• Administer and process all transactions for vouchers and maintain invoices for ledgers and reconcile all financial statements.
• Analyse all accounting processes and make appropriate correction as required.
• Manage and process all bills and invoices for payment and prepared accounts on a monthly basis.
• Manage all overdue accounts and identify all risk accounts and ensure timely collection of same.
• Monitor all payment disputes and prepare all appropriate bills and statements to clients.
• Administer bank statements, reconcile all of it and identify any discrepancies in same.
• Manage cash and check deposits for banks on an everyday basis.
• Coordinate with vendors and prepare documents for all credits and backorders.
• Assist various departments and processing all closing of accounts.
• Develop and manage all financial statements and ensure confidentiality of all information.
• Manage all data, administer appropriate coding and update information on processing system.
• Analyse all accounting requirements and distribute all mails to account department appropriately.
• Provide timely and accurate payment processing by processing accounts payable checks semi-weekly.
• Input credit and debits to the accounting system in support of the payables work.
• Develop and maintain reports and files on the Accounts Payable processing.
• Input general ledger entries for account changes.
• Develop and maintain reports and files on asset and liability account balances.
• Develop and maintain regular reports via the company’s accounting system.

Qualifications:

• B.S. Accounting/Finance
• 2-3 years experience in accounting or accounts payable desk.
• Knowledge of accounting rules, regulations, policies and procedures that is reflective of the financial services industry.
• Proven, solid Excel skills and exposure to automated accounting systems

How to apply

The interested candidate can send their detailed CV to:

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