Accounting & Finance Assistant Manager

Purpose of the Role

The Accounting & Finance Assistant Manager is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of the company’s accounting records across all systems.

The role ensures that ERP and in-house finance applications are consistently up to date, with transactions posted promptly, accurately, and in line with the underlying documentation. A key responsibility is the regular reconciliation of client accounts, close monitoring of balances and ageing, and proactive identification of overdue or at-risk amounts before they become collection issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all accounting entries across the ERP and in-house finance applications are posted promptly and kept fully up to date, with no backlog of unrecorded or unmatched transactions.
  

• Act as a super-user for ERP and in-house finance applications, ensuring data is accurate, consistent, and properly coded.
  

• Reconcile client accounts regularly, at least weekly, matching invoices, payments, and credit notes against ledger balances.
  

• Closely monitor client balances and ageing and proactively flag overdue or at-risk accounts.
  

• Investigate and resolve reconciliation discrepancies directly with clients and the Sales team.
  

• Prepare monthly management accounts, reconciliations, and supporting schedules, ensuring all figures are properly reconciled before submission.
  

• Review supporting documentation for expenses, invoices, and payments and flag discrepancies or missing approvals.
  

• Reconcile bank accounts, intercompany balances, and key ledger accounts on a regular basis.
  

• Support cash flow tracking and working capital monitoring.
  

• Assist with VAT and tax filings and ensure compliance with local statutory and regulatory requirements.
  

• Support the preparation of budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.
  

• Assist with year-end audit preparation and liaise with external auditors.
  

• Maintain and strengthen internal controls over financial processes, accounting records, and documentation.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
  

• Part-qualified or qualified accountant (ACCA, CA, CMA) is a plus.
  

• 10+ years of relevant accounting and finance experience, ideally within a manufacturing, trading, industrial, or other high-volume environment.
  

• Strong hands-on experience with ERP systems and in-house or customized finance applications, with the ability to quickly learn new platforms.
  

• Strong command of Microsoft Excel and financial reporting tools.
  

• Proven experience reconciling accounts involving a high volume of client transactions.
  

• Strong understanding of client account reconciliation, ageing, collections, working capital, and financial controls.
  

• Highly analytical, meticulous, and detail-oriented, with the confidence to challenge numbers rather than simply record them.
  

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability, with a disciplined approach to maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records.
  

• Proactive and reliable, with the ability to identify discrepancies and resolve issues before they escalate.
  

• Fluent in English.
  

• Willing to relocate to Ghana and work from the plant site.