Reporting to the Group Chief Accountant, the Chief Accountant is responsible for:
• Ensuring financial security and continuous improvement of financial processes in compliance with company procedures;
• Guaranteeing the accuracy and reliability of the company’s accounts in accordance with OHADA uniform act and revised SYSCOHADA provisions, as well as applicable social and tax legislations in Cameroon;
• Producing monthly and annual financial statements; • As head of service, leading, supervising, and motivating a team of accountants MAIN ACTIVITIES: General Accounting • Control, validate, and update purchase invoices in the commercial software; • Supervise, control, validate, and post accounting entries from accountants into the accounting system; • Ensure payroll entries are correctly recorded or transferred from payroll accounting; Review regional auxiliary journals and ensure supporting documents are submitted to headquarters; Prepare accounting allocation vouchers, submit them for approval, and transfer them for entry; • Ensure proper accounting of fixed asset entries; • Monitoring commissioning and decommissioning of fixed assets; Ensure proper archiving of accounting records less than 10 years old; • Implement audit and internal control recommendations; • Update intercompany accounts after reconciliation; • Supervises weekly cash reconciliations and monitor outstanding items; Auxiliary Accounting Clients • Ensure proper tax updates for clients; • Ensure correct tax rate settings on client accounts; • Monitor invoicing and client payments; • Ensure posting of adjustment entries for client accounts; • Ensure client account reconciliation. Suppliers • Ensure proper tax updates for suppliers; • Ensure posting of allocation vouchers and expense reports for supplier account adjustments; • Produce the supplier aging balance; • Supervises supplier balance confirmations; • Control and validate payment runs before execution; • Ensure supplier account reconciliation. Analytical Accounting • Participate in defining analytical accounting parameters suitable for the activity and useful for managers and operations; • Ensure proper allocation of costs and revenues; • Determine average cost of goods sold and gross margin; Reconcile general accounting and analytical accounting results; • Participate in budget preparation. • Relations with Auditors • Define audit schedule with statutory auditors;
• Justify main year-end adjustments. TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Financial and accounting analysis
• Knowledge of local taxation
• Cost calculation
• Mastery of OHADA accounting standards and IFRS norms
Proficiency with Office Suite, SAP, Sage Saari, and other accounting software
PROFILE:
• Education: Master’s degree (Bac+4/5) in Accounting
• Experience: Minimum 3 years in a similar role, preferably in the same industry
• Bilingual is obligatory fluent in English and French
• Minimum age: 30 years
HOW TO APPLY?
Send your CV in PDF format and your cover letter to: recruitment@africafooddistribution.com specifying the position you are applying for in the subject line by 15 October 2025 at the latest. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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