Accounting & Finance Assistant Manager

The Accounting & Finance Assistant Manager is responsible for ensuring the accuracy timeliness and integrity of the companys accounting records across all systems.

The role ensures that ERP and in-house finance applications are consistently up to date with transactions posted promptly accurately and in line with the underlying documentation. A key responsibility is the regular reconciliation of client accounts close monitoring of balances and ageing and proactive identification of overdue or at-risk amounts before they become collection issues.

• Ensure all accounting entries across the ERP and in-house finance applications are posted promptly and kept fully up to date with no backlog of unrecorded or unmatched transactions.
  

• Act as a super-user for ERP and in-house finance applications ensuring data is accurate consistent and properly coded.
  

• Reconcile client accounts regularly at least weekly matching invoices payments and credit notes against ledger balances.
  

• Closely monitor client balances and ageing and proactively flag overdue or at-risk accounts.
  

• Investigate and resolve reconciliation discrepancies directly with clients and the Sales team.
  

• Prepare monthly management accounts reconciliations and supporting schedules ensuring all figures are properly reconciled before submission.
  

• Review supporting documentation for expenses invoices and payments and flag discrepancies or missing approvals.
  

• Reconcile bank accounts intercompany balances and key ledger accounts on a regular basis.
  

• Support cash flow tracking and working capital monitoring.
  

• Assist with VAT and tax filings and ensure compliance with local statutory and regulatory requirements.
  

• Support the preparation of budgets forecasts and variance analysis.
  

• Assist with year-end audit preparation and liaise with external auditors.
  

• Maintain and strengthen internal controls over financial processes accounting records and documentation.
  

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or a related field.
  

• Part-qualified or qualified accountant (ACCA CA CMA) is a plus.
  

• 10 years of relevant accounting and finance experience ideally within a manufacturing trading industrial or other high-volume environment.
  

• Strong hands-on experience with ERP systems and in-house or customized finance applications with the ability to quickly learn new platforms.
  

• Strong command of Microsoft Excel and financial reporting tools.
  

• Proven experience reconciling accounts involving a high volume of client transactions.
  

• Strong understanding of client account reconciliation ageing collections working capital and financial controls.
  

• Highly analytical meticulous and detail-oriented with the confidence to challenge numbers rather than simply record them.
  

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability with a disciplined approach to maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records.
  

• Proactive and reliable with the ability to identify discrepancies and resolve issues before they escalate.
  

• Fluent in English.
  

• Willing to relocate to Ghana and work from the plant site.