Accountant at SPF Joint Ventures (SPF-Ikigega): (Deadline 18 October 2023)

Accountant at SPF Joint Ventures (SPF-Ikigega): (Deadline 18 October 2023)

Job Position: ACCOUNTANT

Duty Station: Musanze District

Start Date: As soon as possible

General description of the company:

SPF JOINT VENTURES (SPF IKIGEGA) is a farmer-led agribusiness company in Rwanda that has been created in 2015 by local seed potato producers, ware potato producers and potato farmer cooperatives in order to address different challenges faced by the seed potato sub sector in Rwanda that can be summarized under:

• Inadequate supply of early generations’ seeds,
• Supply of seeds dominated by the informal system,
• Generalized shortage of quality seeds at the time of planting,
• Poor business linkages among seed potato value chain actors.

Mission

Our mission is to ensure stable availability and accessibility of quality potato seeds in Rwanda and neighboring countries.

Vision

Our vision is to become a professional potato seed trader in Potato seed business by working and serving local and regional farming communities.

Task and Responsibilities

• Manage all accounting transactions
• Review & reconciliation of bookkeeping ledgers, accounts payable, accounts receivables.
• Ensure proper Cash flow management by optimizing the amount of money moving into and out of the company and keeping regular and consistent cash control.
• Weekly and Monthly review of Petty cash and bank reconciliation and ensure the balances are reflected in QuickBooks.
• Keep abreast of requirements related to accounting matters to ensure compliance with accounting standard, tax regulation and other legal requirement.
• Supervise the filing system of all the financial and administrative documents and ensure they are well organized, fully supported and approved
• Ensure accruals and prepayment concepts are applied where necessary
• Assist in the completion of external audits and enforce the implementation of actions necessary to correct internal control weaknesses. 
• Keep well documented financial records and respect all accounting procedures.
• Assist in coordination of the audit process while preparing all necessary documentation
• Elaborate and prepare SPF partners reports
• Support the human resource and administrative with payroll administration
• Compute tax and prepare tax return monthly and quarterly (RRA, RSSB)
• Audit financial transactions and corresponding supporting documents
• Publish financial statements in time
• Reinforce financial data confidentiality and conduct database backups when necessary

Financial reporting & budgeting

• Prepare, submit and present accurate financial statements that complies with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) not later than 15^th of the next month
• Prepare, monitor and review the annual budget and monthly cash flows forecast

Inventory management

• Perform weekly reconciliation of inventory in QuickBooks and ensure physical and QuickBooks balances agree.
• Perform proper calculation of landed cost in QuickBooks in order to generate accurate both unit cost of stored materials and standard cost of manufactured goods. 
• Monitor the inventory transactions and make the assessment of the inventory report every month.

Required Profile

Experience

Minimum 3 years of accounting experience gained preferably with a well-known company.

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Having level 1 professional qualification in CPA, will be an added value
• QuickBooks certificate or accounting professional certificates.

Technical competencies

• Solid knowledge of financial and accounting procedures
• Adequate knowledge of basic accounting procedures and policies, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Adequate knowledge in generating Financial statements report Familiarity with frequent financial reporting and data consolidation.
• Sound understanding of Rwandan financial regulations and legal business requirements;
• Familiar with any or multiple financial management and accounting software’s. QuickBooks is highly preferred.
• Good analytical financial skills
• Good computer skills and extensive knowledge Microsoft Office tools.

Personality traits

• General character traits

1. Analytical mind
2. A keep eye for detail and desire to probe further into data
3. Ability to stick to time constraints
4. Creativity & ability to solve problems
5. Result oriented
6. Continuous improvement & personal development
7. Team spirit & cooperation
8. Rigorous and methodical
9. Leadership & Initiative-taking

• Function specific traits

1. Accuracy & Focus
2. Analytic & Numerical skills
3. Planning & Organizing
4. Reliability
5. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

How to apply

The applicants will send their applications on the following email address seedpotatofund@gmail.com not later than Wednesday 18th October 2023 at 17:00pm.