Accounts Officer
- Plaine Wilhems
- Negotiable
- Permanent
- Added 23/01/2025
- Closing 22/02/2025
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The incumbent will be in the Finance team and will be assigned duties related to Finance and Accounting tasks .
- Ensure that all information pertaining to a supplier / debtor has been recorded in the Accounting Software, including their email address, contact person, BRN number , VAT number
- To ensure that all suppliers have a credit limit and a credit term.
- To process Purchase invoices, Subcontractors’ Certificates/Invoices on a timely basis.
- Ensure that Purchase invoices and Subcontractors’ Certificates/Invoices are already approved prior to processing on the Accounting Software.
- An excel listing needs to be updated for the payment request / certificates received for processing.
- Ensure that Purchase Invoices and Subcontractors’ Certificates/Invoices are accounted in proper GL Codes.
- Ensure Unpaid Invoices/Certificates tally with their respective AP balance, (Suppliers’ Reconciliation).
- Perform accuracy checks of TDS/ retention/ VAT amount on invoices and Subcontractors certificates.
- Ensure payments are processed in the Accounting System prior to issue payment.
- Follow-up of VAT invoices from Subcontractors and Suppliers prior to release of payment.
- Issue cheques and ensure that remittance advice is duly attached.
- Ensure that all cheque payments are filled sequentially and bulk payments as per payment date.
- Monitoring of unpaid invoices/Subcontractors’ certificates and filled in their respective supplier’s folder.
- Update the list of cheques’ status on a daily basis (Released / In hand).
- To extract and distribute list of open purchase orders on a monthly / adhoc basis and liaise with Sites/ Departments to close purchase orders.
- Liaise promptly with Supplier/Subcontractor to clear all finance related issues and unreconciled items.
- Ensure timely and proper dispatching of cheques to Suppliers/Subcontractors.
- Coordinate with Procurement/ Sites for discrepancies on POs ( Rate/ Quantity).
- Ensure Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) is retained as per MRA requirements.
- Respond or assist in responding to audit and tax queries.
- Abide to International Financial Reporting Standards and Mauritian Companies Act requirements.
- Participate in other activities of the Finance department such as stock-count and inventory of fixed assets.