Accounting & Finance Assistant Manager
Purpose of the Role
The Accounting & Finance Assistant Manager is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of the company’s 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.
Key Responsibilities
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.
Requirements
Bachelor’s 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.