Senior Officer – Finance and Accounts

Position: Senior Officer – Finance and Accounts

Location: Kathmandu

Division: Agro

Type: FULLTIME

Position Overview

This position will be responsible for managing day-to-day financial operations, maintaining accurate financial records, ensuring financial discipline, timely reconciliations, and compliance with policies and procedures.

Roles and Responsibilities

•  To regularly carry out the basic office tasks, such as filing, data entry, answering phones, processing the mail, completing purchase orders etc.
•  Responsible of processing day to day transactions, issuing checks, and updating ledgers, budgets, etc.
• To prepare financial documents such as invoices, bills, and accounts payable and receivable as and when required from seniors.
•  Responsible for creating and processing account receivable and payable invoices.
• To perform cross-checking of invoices with payments and expenses to ensure accuracy.
• Responsible for sending bills and invoices to clients.
•  Manage overall payments and verify bills & supporting documents, ledger reconciliation, margin calculation, closing stock verification and comply with approval process for financial transaction as per existing SOP.
•  Coordinate with vendor regarding the negotiation on deferred payments, billing issues, payments status queries, grievance handling and relationship management.
•  To carry out regular reconciliation of vendors
•  To compile daily report of sales vs collection of all the channels.
•  To work closely with collection team on overdue payments
• Perform overall sales reconciliation of all channels and maintain categoric reconciliation reports.
• To perform internal audit on financial activities whenever necessary.
• Responsible of processing refunds on time related to organizational expenses.
•  Handle account inquiries from both internal as well as external sources.
• To assist seniors on planning and budgeting.
• To handle grievance, payment follow up and communications with clients and vendors via phone, email, and in-person.
• Assist seniors on verifying bank deposits and Completing bank reconciliations.
• Perform entry of financial information into appropriate software programs e.g., IMS, ERP, Tally etc.
•  To keep an eye on recording office expenditures and ensuring those expenses are within the set budget and are properly approved.
•  To work with team closely to maintain consistency over-application of accounting procedures and policies

Qualifications

•  Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 4 to 5 years of experience in accounting or a similar role.

Required Skills

•  Knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting.
•  Proficiency in accounting software and MS Excel. Knowledge on SAP will be preferred.
•  Strong organizational and time management skills.
•  High attention to detail and accuracy.
•  Ability to handle confidential information with integrity.
•  Proactive and self-motivated.
•  Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
•  Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

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