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cGrate Zambia
Position Overview
The Head-Finance is responsible for financial reporting, tax management, compliance of the business and general administration.
Job Responsibilities
- Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Formulation and policing of company accounting processes
- Institute financial accounting and reporting processes
- Build and manage efficiencies in the reporting systems and procedures.
- Manage and create procedures for all accounting IT systems.
- Prepare annual budgets and report on the business performance in comparison to approved budget.
- Full maintenance of asset register
- Ensuring asset register is accurate at all times.
- New assets recorded timeously.
- Depreciating assets depreciated accordingly as per depreciating policy.
- Management of external auditing and liaison with audit firms
- Preparation of management accounts and quarterly financial board reports
- Fully account for existing and future business income lines
- Ensure expenses are fully accounted for to ensure no leakages in any VAT receivables and to truly reflect the status of the business from an expense point of view.
- Ensure all customer invoice payments are received within specific company guidelines.
- Ensure all supplier payments are processed with specific company guidelines.
Tax Management
- Full Compliance and alignment with ZRA on any tax matters
- VAT
- Preparation and filing of VAT returns.
- Processing claims for VAT and ensuring VAT claims are received within reasonable periods.
- Processing VAT payments in accordance with ZRA guidelines
- Ensuring internal accounting procedures adhere to the necessary VAT rules.
- Custodian of VAT processes for any new products or new customers brought on board.
Withholding Tax
- Ensure any WHT is fully accounted and paid on time.
- WHT certificates from customers or parties withholding any tax are well received on time to avoid double payment of income tax.
Income Tax
- Ensure provisional tax returns are filed and payments made on time.
- Ensure annual income tax is remitted on time net of any provisional tax and WHT paid for the year in question.
- Ensure correct accounting principles are applied to make sure the correct income taxes are paid.
PAYE
- Ensure monthly PAYE returns are filed and paid on time.
- Ensure all expense that should be subjected to PAYE are subjected to PAYE.
Compliance
- Ensure all returns for all relevant regulatory bodies are filed on time.
- Ensure anti money laundering and account opening processes are adhered to.
- Maintain BOZ holding accounts and manage all compliance matters relevant to BOZ.
Other Duties
- Liaison with Accounting advisory firms on all accounting matters
As well as above, any other duties given by management.
Accountability and Performance Measures
- Delivery of management packs and financial statements
- Compliance with BOZ, ZRA, NAPSA, ZICTA, and PACRA
- Full Tax compliance at all times
- Effectives and Efficiencies of implemented reporting and accounting processes
Organizational Alignment
- Reports directly to the Managing Director.
- Manages the finance team.
Qualifications
- ACCA/CIMA or equivalent qualification
- 3 years post qualification in an established organization
- Must be a member of ZICA.
Deadline:
To apply for this job email your details to hr@cgrate.co.zm