Accounts Officer - Co-operative Financial Institution

Co-operative Financial Institution invites applications from suitably qualified Ghanaian professionals to fill the following position as Accounts Officer

REPORTING LINE: Asst. Manager, Accts & Admin.

JOB PURPOSE:

• Provide quality Accounting services for the satisfaction of members.
• Maintain a high level of integrity and ethical standards.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Passing of cheques entries into the system on daily basis before lodgments at the bank and reversal of returned (DUD) Cheques
• To monitor all cheque lodgments from the outstation and update the system on a daily basis

• Cash reconciliation daily from field collections for both the Head Office and Outstations
• Retirement of petty cash
• Passing of entries in respect of approved loan applications and withdrawals
• Preparation of payment vouchers
• Assisting the Loan and Supervisory committees in their weekly and monthly meetings
• Filing of all payment, withdrawals and loan vouchers daily
• To carry out any other duties assigned by the General Manager/Assistant General Manager from time to time

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cash and Bank reconciliation
• Receipt of Daily Returns from the Relationship Officers
• Banking Duties
• Others
• Must be assertive, good team player, effective communication skills, self-motivated achiever

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum qualification of Accounting Degree, Level 1 of ACCA, ICA, CIMA, HND in Accounting and related
• At least three (3) years of working experience in a related field, plus added competencies.