SHORT TERM ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT

 Sector: Mining

Piran Rwanda Limited (“Piran”) is a mining company focused on the production and exploration of Tin, Tantalum, and Lithium in Rwanda. Piran was awarded the Musha-Ntunga mining concessions by the Government of Rwanda through a license N° 252/MINIRENA/2014, issued for a period of 25 years (Registration number: 102477271).

A short term accounting assistant is being sought to fulfill a task which is likely to take three to four months to complete

Reporting to Finance and Administration Manager, Accounting Assistant is responsible for the following:

• Ensure adherence to the company’s policies and procedures.
• Close coordination with operations and ensure implementation of financial controls.

Accounts Payable:

• Bills creation, perform 3-way matching of invoices, approved purchase orders (PO), and delivery receipt.
• Perform reconciliation of outstanding payables to the suppliers.

Petty Cash Custodian

• Ensure that cash is available on site at all time.
• Daily recording of petty cash transactions in petty cash log (excel).
• Weekly reconciliation of petty cash transaction in Xero.
• Accountability on cash on site, ensure that there will be no cash shortage or overage.
• Ensure that all petty cash transactions are supported by approved and authorized voucher prior to payment and supported by receipts.

 Record Custodian

• Ensure complete and accurate records of purchases include approved Purchase Orders (PO), Invoices, Delivery Receipts (DR), and Electronic Billing Machines (EBM) receipts.
• Provide required documents to the external auditors during financial audits.
• Issuance of EBM for sales transactions of Piran.

 Month-end close 

• Review and clean-up of unbilled purchase orders.

 Others

• Serve as back-up for Supply Assistant.
• Ad hoc duties required from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS & ATTRIBUTES

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with emphasis in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field,
• Having experience in the field of Accounting or Finance  will be an added value,

• Part-qualified or studying towards an accounting qualification (e.g. CPA or ACCA) will be an added value

Interested and qualified applicants should submit their applications and attach below documents (in one PDF document) via email to [email protected] and cc: [email protected]

• Motivation letter addressed to; GM explaining your suitability for the position,
• Curriculum vitae with 3 referee names.
• Copies of degree certificates and other professional certificates
• Deadline of application is Thursday 9^th December 2021 at 5 PM.

Only applicants fulfilling the aforementioned requirements will be contacted.