Accounts Assistant, General Accounts, Finance Division at Aga Khan University Hospital

Job role

The Accounts assistant will play a crucial role in the financial management of the organization by performing various tasks related to cash control accounts reconciliations. This role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and a deep understanding of accounting principles.

Key responsibilities:

• Reconciliation of cashiers’ collection and banking on a daily basis against the cash billings.
• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations of cash accounts to ensure accuracy and identify discrepancies.
• Recording of all banking slips into the system
• Make follow-up with cashiers on any variances resulting from the bank slips versus the cash billings and escalating to Treasury coordinator and Finance manager.
• Ensure the system’s cashier facility wide report is fully accounted for on a monthly basis.
• Ensuring that the outreach cash control account is nil in General Ledger on a monthly basis or any balance is well explained and reconcilable.
• Posting of supplier invoices into the Accounts payable module and allocating costs to the correct cost centers.
• Process replenishment of the spent petty cash amounts to the mobile money payment platform.
• Propose journal vouchers for Finance manager approval as need arises to correct any mis-posting and reallocation of costs.
• Ensure strict adherence of controls as per set policies and Internal audit recommendations for all areas.
• Carry out additional duties allocated by the supervisors from time to time.

Qualifications and skills requirements:

• CPA II or bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or related field. Added advantage if possessing both.
• Minimum of 1 year of working experience in a similar position
• A team player with good organizational and communication skills
• Attention to details and problem-solving skills.
• Person of high integrity with a positive attitude towards work.
• Computer literacy is mandatory.
• Ability to set priorities and work effectively with minimum supervision.
• Able to work flexible/long hours as and when required.