Assistant Accountant

  • Full Time
  • Nsanje, Malawi
  • Applications have closed

Shire River Crocodiles Ltd (SRC Ltd)

VACANCY: ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT

INTRODUCTION

Shire River Crocodiles Ltd, (SRC Ltd) is a ltd company with its offices in Bangula, Nsanje District.

Our Main business activities are

  1. Crocodiles Farming – Skin Sales
  2. Sale of Biological and Chemicals/Herbicides – Trading as SRC Biological
  3. Conducting Agricultural Crop Trials in the lower shire – Trading as SRC Biologicals
  4. Operating a Game Lodge – trading as Thangadzi River Conservancy Lodge

SRC Ltd invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates to fill the vacant position tenable at its offices situated at Kaombe Sugar Estate, Sorgin/Bangula, Nsanje District. The following is the required vacant position.

Job title     : Assistant Accountant

Reporting to : General Manager/Accountant

Job Purpose: To provide financial accounting services in line with generally accepted standards.

Key duties and responsibilities

  1. Processing payments including salaries and wages;
  2. Suppliers, General Ledger accounts and bank reconciliations;
  3. Preparing and posting of journal entries and transactions into Sage Pastel system;
  4. Preparing creditors, debtors and fixed asset schedules, expenditure variance analysis and other reports;
  5. Preparing tax returns, pension and monthly remittances to MRA; VAT,PAYE,WHT,FBT etc
  6. Providing documents and support for internal and external audits;
  7. Facilitating and preparing audit schedules and attending to audit queries;
  8. Reconciling books of accounts and conducting stock taking;
  9. Implementing a system of accounting and financial controls that comply with Public Finance management policies and standards and financial regulations;
  10. Maintaining Fixed Asset Register
  11. Participating in the preparation of financial statements.
  12. Supervising stores staff and evaluating their performance.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS AND PERFORMANCE FACTORS

Minimum academic and professional qualifications and experience

  • Diploma/Degree in Accounting.
  • At least 4 years’ work experience.

Required competencies and attributes

  • The post requires a person who must have:
  • Proficiency in Microsoft and financial management packages
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Accounting skills
  • Good time management skills and ability to make priorities
  • Can work independently
  • Sober habits
  • tractable experience in use and management of various financial packages.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

Applications including a detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV), photocopies of relevant certificates, names and addresses of three traceable referees, one of which must be from the most recent employer and a national ID not later than 15th June, 2025 be sent via email only to:

kaomberadios@agricane.com

or

Att: HR and Admin Manager,

Shire River Crocodiles Ltd

Box 86,

Nchalo

SRC LTD is an equal gender-based opportunity employer and only short-listed applicants will be acknowledged.