VAC 109/24 - FINANCE OFFICER LOCAL PAYABLES (CENTRAL)
2 August 2024
The position will be based at the Energy Fiji Limited’s Head Office, Suva and will report to the Accountant Financial Services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Verify the invoices and all relevant documents received from Procurement Accounting section and ensure that the payment to EFL local suppliers is processed and released in accordance with EFL policies and procedures;
- Provide reconciliations of supplier statement; follow up with the Strategic Business Area (SBA) on the outstanding invoices and advice Procurement Accounting of outstanding orders that has to be paid;
- Be well versed with EFL’s financial policies and procedures and its application on job;
- Ensure suppliers comply to necessary statutory requirements and compliance such as VAT and provisional tax registrations, business license and certificate of exemptions (COE);
- Provide assistance to suppliers on the status of their outstanding invoices;
- Ensure that all payments are processed in a timely manner and EFL’s credit account well managed within the approved credit limit;
- Provide COE certificates to suppliers at year end on the provisional tax deducted by the Authority and remitted to FRCA;
- Ensure all the month end and year-end journals for accruals are processed in the system;
- Assist in Internal and External Audits;
- Assist the Accountants in uploading the yearly budgets in line with the Approved Corporate Plan and provide assistance to SBA’s on reporting their monthly variances;
- Understand all the major variances that arise from OPEX budgets and ensure that the OPEX expenditure is in line with the Approved Corporate Plan;
- Analysis of financial data, production of financial reports and accurate general ledger reconciliations;
- Liaise and communicate effectively with all the SBA’s EFL’s financial policies to be considered while purchasing;
- Develop reports and other deliverables as assigned by the Accountants and Managers;
- Carry out any other duties as assigned by the Accountants, Managers and CFO.
Key Requirements:
- A Degree or Diploma in Accounting and Financial Management/Information Systems from a recognized institute;
- At least 1 year of experience in similar roles;
- The person must be Customer focused, Accountable, Reliable, Disciplined/Systematic, Holistic Thinker, Honesty, Interpersonal, Detail oriented, enthusiastic, Analytic, Team Oriented and Initiative, well organized.
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