About Us

Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia Plc is a company supporting Ethiopia’s digital transformation. As a member of the Vodacom family, we have a wealth of experience connecting over 334 million people globally and over 180 million people in Africa across our network. We look forward to partnering with Ethiopians as we build a new network in Ethiopia.

We are setting the groundwork in readiness for the launch of our services next year and are looking to work with purpose-led teams that put the community at the heart of service.

Safaricom Ethiopia is offering a wide range of careers, whether you’re looking to join our technology, commercial or corporate teams. If you would like a challenge and the promise of a digital future for the people of Ethiopia, we are looking for you. 

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy for Senior Accountant –GL within Finance Function in Ethiopia. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.

Detailed Description

Reporting to the Manager, Financial reporting control and compliance, the role holder will be responsible for ensuring that journal entries, reconciliations and reports into the General Ledger are accurate and complete. They will also ensure complete monthly overhead and Network Opex schedules and monthly Payroll reconciliation to the General Ledger

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure transactions at subsidiary ledger level are updated to the General ledger on a daily basis.
• Ensure subsidiary ledger balances are reconciled to the general ledger control accounts at-least on a monthly basis. All issues must be resolved.
• Maintain accounting periods opened and closed at the right time and ensure that no transactions are posted to incorrect accounting period.
• Process any journals required to general ledger and institute the discipline of processing at least 99% of transactions through subsidiary ledgers
• Minimize and justify number of journals posted direct into the general ledger to avoid lack of support by the subsidiary ledger
• Extract monthly financial statements (Trial Balance, Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet) in accordance with Vodafone specifications with supporting schedules
• Prepared costs center reports for reporting in the Hyperion by the 5th working day
• Ensure coding (cost codes) raised by departmental Personal Assistants at the time of requisition are correct.
• Prepare overheads and trend analysis to ensure any unusual movements from month to month are identified and proper explanations provided while initiating the process of collating expenses and overheads driving factors which could guide in ensuring completeness and accuracy of monthly costing e.g. links in use for interconnect expense, network OPEX, contracts in place for it support expenses, contractors in place for seconded and contractors expenses etc.
• Supervise and ensure monthly reconciliation of the various payroll expenses to the various payroll GL expense accounts through Rewards section in HR and filing of the same

Job Requirements

Requirements

• Qualified Accountant with CPA (K)/ACCA/CIMA/ACA with an honors degree from a recognized university;
• 2-3 years accounting experience in an international company or international audit firm
• At least 2 years at a supervisory level 

How to Apply

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on Ethiojobs.net