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 assets entries;
•    Monitor 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;
•    Supervise 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;
•    Supervise 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: recrutement@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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