Background

Summit HR & Marketing Consulting team brings more years of combined experience in human resources consulting, strategy and management. Our consultants become an integral part of your management team, providing hands-on assistance with a variety of human resource concerns.

Job Summary

Our client is seeking to recruit a hands-on, highly practical, self-managed Senior Accountant / SME Finance Lead who can independently run the accounting function of the company in a lean but growing manufacturing and distribution environment.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this role is to ensure that the company has a finance lead who can:

• Maintain accurate and complete books of account
• Reconcile all bank, cash, customer, supplier, tax and inventory records
• Clean, structure and maintain historical and current accounting records
• Ensure the company remains compliant with statutory and tax requirements
• Maintain proper financial filing and data continuity
• Submit timely management reports
• Convert financial data into practical decision-making reports for a manufacturing and distribution business
• Protect the company from revenue leakage, weak debtor control, poor expense allocation, and inaccurate stock costing
• Support management with reliable financial information for operational and strategic planning

NON-NEGOTIABLE REQUIREMENTS

The candidate must have the following as a minimum:

• Strong hands-on QuickBooks experience
• Practical experience posting and reconciling bank and cash transactions
• Ability to work with historical accounting records and maintain continuity of financial data
• Practical experience with accounts payable and supplier reconciliation
• Practical experience with accounts receivable, debtor control, and credit account management
• Demonstrated competence in withholding tax and VAT withholding reconciliation
• Ability to manage core accounting responsibilities personally in a lean SME environment
• Ability to produce reports from financial data for decision-making
• High level of filing discipline, record accuracy, and accountability
• Willingness to work full-time in-office and remain fully committed during working hours

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATION

The ideal candidate will likely be someone who:

• Has worked in an SME, owner-managed business, manufacturing business, distributor, or similar practical environment
• Bachelor’s degree in account/finance related course
• CPA certification or equivalent is required
• Is execution-driven rather than theoretical
• Is comfortable being accountable for results
• Has managed multiple accounting functions personally
• can handle complexity without needing constant support
• Can translate numbers into action
• Values stability, integrity , long-term growth, and disciplined work

• Maintain accurate and complete books of account
• Reconcile all bank, cash, customer, supplier, tax and inventory records
• Clean, structure and maintain historical and current accounting records
• Ensure the company remains compliant with statutory and tax requirements
• Maintain proper financial filing and data continuity
• Submit timely management reports
• Convert financial data into practical decision-making reports for a manufacturing and distribution business
• Protect the company from revenue leakage, weak debtor control, poor expense allocation, and inaccurate stock costing
• Support management with reliable financial information for operational and strategic planning

• Strong hands-on QuickBooks experience
• Practical experience posting and reconciling bank and cash transactions
• Ability to work with historical accounting records and maintain continuity of financial data
• Practical experience with accounts payable and supplier reconciliation
• Practical experience with accounts receivable, debtor control, and credit account management
• Demonstrated competence in withholding tax and VAT withholding reconciliation
• Ability to manage core accounting responsibilities personally in a lean SME environment
• Ability to produce reports from financial data for decision-making
• High level of filing discipline, record accuracy, and accountability
• Willingness to work full-time in-office and remain fully committed during working hours
• Is execution-driven rather than theoretical
• Is comfortable being accountable for results
• Has managed multiple accounting functions personally
• can handle complexity without needing constant support
• Can translate numbers into action
• Values stability, integrity , long-term growth, and disciplined work

• Bachelor’s degree in account/finance related course
• CPA certification or equivalent is required
• Has worked in an SME, owner-managed business, manufacturing business, distributor, or similar practical environment