Assets Project Accountant at Vodacom Tanzania

Assets Project Accountant will be engaged on non-employment contractual terms for the period of two (2) years providing support and backstopping Manager: Assets Project Accounting on performing transactional sub-processes of the end to end Assets and Project Accounting following the increase of workload, in accordance with the defined operating procedures, policies, SOX, compliance and business partner service level agreements. The individual will participate in problem solving and improvement of the metric of the operational process

The Assets Project Accountant will also share his time supporting Supply Chain Verification, Accounts Payable Business Support, and Network and ITB teams. The Senior Analyst: APA will also be a shared resource across APA, P2P and business units with Capex projects

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage Fixed assets additions
• Track Capex commitments
• Prepare additions report
• Verify requirement of Assets
• Conduct analysis to determine which assets should be transferred from 'Assets Under Construction' to 'Completed Assets for CapitalizationAnalyze VPC costs, clearing charges relating to the titan project and capitalize
• Operate within a strong control environment, ensuring compliance to all relevant Group policies
• Fixed Asset Reporting Compliance & Control
• Contribute to the Month end APA closing activities, i. Posting Journals ii. Report AUC with ageing iii. Perform Fixed Asset Register (FAR) Vs GL reconciliation iv. Analyze depreciation values per asset and report on the variances
• Perform Assets sub–Ledger Reconciliation
• Perform Assets verification
• Support the team in solving operational process and control issues such as Budget loading and transfers etc
• Perform GRIR reconciliations
• Review, determine and report the FX impacts on the Capex projects
• Meet all Assets project Accounting KPI’s
• Dispose of Fixed Assets
• Request Fixed Asset disposal approval
• Analyze and log request to Process Fixed Asset disposal form books
• Run a report after actual disposal

Qualification, Competencies, Knowledge And Experience

• Bachelor of Commerce majoring in accounting, or Advance Diploma in Accounting. A professional qualification will be an added Advantage i.e. CPA or ACCA
• Work practical experience of 2 to 4 years in the similar field of work
• Excellent computer literate in Advance Microsoft Excell and other related programs
• Excellent Interpersonal skills with positive attitude
• Writing and Reporting skills
• Analytical skills
• Relating and Networking skills
• Practical knowledge of Power BI and insights
• Quick learner, adaptive and flexible