JOB PURPOSE

To maintain accurate financial records by reconciling bank statements with internal accounting ledgers, identifying discrepancies, and ensuring timely resolution. This role is essential for safeguarding assets, preventing fraud, and supporting audit readiness.

The Officer will also be responsible for monitoring branch collection reports

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Monitor Daily Receipts, monitoring branch accountants banking and receipting reports
• Review all daily transaction entries to verify the correctness and completeness of the captured data and advise on required actions;
• Reconciliation and signoff of bank accounts
• Liaise with internal departments (finance, operations, IT, underwriting and business) to resolve reconciliation issues within allowed TAT
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies in financial data between internal systems and external parties (e.g. banks, brokers) in a timely manner
• Maintain accurate records of reconciliation activities and adjustments.
• Prepare and maintain reconciliation reports and summaries for management review.
• Escalate unresolved issues and aged reconciling items appropriately.
• Ensure timely follow-up and clearance of outstanding items in reconciliation
• Tracing and pursuing long outstanding items

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Professional certification (CPA, ACCA) is an added advantage
• 2+ years of experience in accounting or finance,
• Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., QuickBooks, Sage, SAP)
• Basic working knowledge of MS Office applications (Excel, Word

• Monitor Daily Receipts, monitoring branch accountants banking and receipting reports
• Review all daily transaction entries to verify the correctness and completeness of the captured data and advise on required actions;
• Reconciliation and signoff of bank accounts
• Liaise with internal departments (finance, operations, IT, underwriting and business) to resolve reconciliation issues within allowed TAT
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies in financial data between internal systems and external parties (e.g. banks, brokers) in a timely manner
• Maintain accurate records of reconciliation activities and adjustments.
• Prepare and maintain reconciliation reports and summaries for management review.
• Escalate unresolved issues and aged reconciling items appropriately.
• Ensure timely follow-up and clearance of outstanding items in reconciliation
• Tracing and pursuing long outstanding items

• Proficiency in accounting software (e.g., QuickBooks, Sage, SAP)
• Basic working knowledge of MS Office applications (Excel, Word

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Professional certification (CPA, ACCA) is an added advantage