Senior Accountant (1Post) Job in Tanzania

Tanzania Women’s Bank Ltd (TWB) is a bank established under the Company Act No. 212 of 2002 for the purpose of providing access to a full range of financial services for its customers, targeting mainly customers with low income comprising of small businesses, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with special focus and emphasis on women entrepreneurs. We seek to recruit dynamic, honest, result oriented and committed persons to fill the following vacant positions.
Interested and suitably qualified individuals should visit our Website: www.womensbank.co.tz for more details and forward their applications enclosing a detailed CV and copies of professional certificates, name and address of two referees and submit/post hard copied to the below address by 19th May, 2011. Applications should be addressed to:

Managing Director;
Tanzania Women’s bank Limited;
Old Post Office, Mkwepu Street;
P.O.Box 72604;
Dar es Salaam.

Vacant Position at Head Office


Job Summary:
Reporting to Finance and Administration Manager, the Job holder has the responsibility of preparation of daily, weekly, monthly, annually bank reports, Accounts reconciliation, overseeing the processing of payments for goods and services supplied to TWB.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Supervise processing of payment of the claim forms of staff after getting approval from respective authorities;

• Receiving claim forms and invoices and checking if they have proper authority as per chart of authorization;

• Compiling requisition for controlled stationery from all sections in the department and keeping custody of departmental controlled stationery;

• Supervising balancing of payment accounts including bills payable account, withholding tax account, recoverable cash impress, prepaid expenses, staff loans, advance against salary, and accrued expenses;

• Supervise processing of profit & loss vouchers received from various departments and sending them to respective departments for certification. Supervise recording of all payments and ensure records are safely kept to allow auditing of payments;

• Settlement of payments to Suppliers of goods and services.

• Hand statutory payments to different regulatory authorities i.e. Tanzania Revenue Authority, City and Municipal Councils, Social Security and Pension Funds etc. Assist in the preparation of BOT returns.

• Perform any other related duties as may be assigned from time to time by Supervisor.

Required Knowledge and skills:
A good knowledge of Finance and Accounting; good knowledge of Bank Operations; high interpersonal skills; and conversant with standard computer applications and banking system software with highly numerate and analytical skills.

Qualifications: Holder of Degree or Advanced Diploma in Finance or Accountancy, CPA holder, with not less than five (5) years experience in banking operations.