Assistant Accountant

About Unik

Unik Construction Engineering was founded in 1996 as a small Botswana based building Contractor. Today it is a formidable organization with branches in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Mauritius and South Africa. We specialize in large scale projects ranging from road and bridge construction, water and sewer services, residential, commercial, industrial buildings and infrastructure development.

We are currently in the market looking for an Assistant Accountant to work in our Finance Department for Malawi branch office in Lilongwe.

Duties & Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Collaborate with Financial Managers and other team members to successfully execute various accounting tasks.
• Maintain company ledgers and daily financial transactions.
• Create financial documents such as bills, invoices, pay-orders, payables, receivables and purchase orders.
• Identify discrepancies in ledgers and accounts, tracking them to the source and correcting them.
• Manage payroll activities and release salaries.
• Coordinate and manage payment and billing details of external service providers, contractors and vendors.
• Verify payments and deposits made through the company account and coordinate with the bank.
• Create daily reports for management and team members.