Financial Accountant  Accounts Officer  Assists the financial accountant in delivery of accurate financial statements and ensures the smooth implementation of the accounting policies 1. Assists with preparation of IFRS compliant financial statements for the banking operations. 
2. Assists with preparation of monthly management reports, Board Audit and Risk and Main Board Finance reports.
3. Assists with preparation of half year and annual reporting packs.
4. Prepares Reserve Bank weekly, monthly and quarterly returns and ensures compliance with regulatory provisions in liaison with the Compliance Officer.
5. Prepares Zimra monthly & quarterly QPD returns and ensures remittances of taxes payable 
6. Assists in administration of core banking systems with regards to maintenance of the general ledger accounts.
7. Assists internal and external auditors with audit processes.
8. Participates as user and finance expert in any Information Technology projects relating to banking operations. 
9. Prepares monthly returns to Deposit Protection Corporation.
10. Participates in research and technical liaison with Group Finance in developing accounting issues and accounting policies as they relate to banking operations.
11. Performs any other duties assigned by superiors. 
 RBZ & ZIMRA returns
Monthly financial statements
Update Meetings
Board Reports
Journal Review
Ad hoc reports e.g. Technical Research on IFRS/Tax
 Accounts Officer Meetings Daily
 Reconciliations Review Daily
 Review of Returns Weekly/ Monthly
 Activity/ Control Checklist Daily


  Obtains trial balance to review material general ledger movements
 Obtains provisioning schedules from Group Risk for monthly loan provisioning and RBZ returns
 Prepares tax and compliance returns
 Submits monthly financial statements for review by the financial accountant
 Obtains and reviews weekly returns for submission to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
 Researches on International Financial Reporting Standards developments
 Prepares input for monthly, half year and full year International Financial Reporting Standards compliant management accounts and financial statements 
   Bachelors Degree in Accounting/ Finance  Qualified Chartered Accountant , Association of Chartered Certified Accountants or equivalent 4 years Must have excellent process evaluation and analysis skills and understands the various finance and tax related legislations;
 Must have excellent technical and practical skills in financial management;
 Must be able to develop, evaluate and interpret financial statements;
 Must have good communication and negotiation skills;
 Must have a thorough understanding of market trends and related dynamics and be able to advice management accordingly;
 Must be able to formulate and implement effective and efficient cost management strategies;
 Must have proven accountancy, budget formulation and budget control skills;
 Must be an innovative and business oriented person with a thorough grounding in business management and dynamics;
 Must have proven team leadership skills;
 Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft Office suit of package;
 Must have knowledge of relevant accounting packages.
  Decides on appropriate accounting policies to apply in technical scenarios
 Decides on format of information that is required for the efficient preparation of IFRS compliant  financial statements 
 Decides on appropriateness of journal entries applied on trial balances upto a delegated limit
 Decides on when to prepare document for  taxes that are due
 Decides on task allocation to immediate subordinates
 Decides on issues to be escalated to senior management
 Decides on training requirements for self and immediate subordinates 
 Decides on when to complete all regulatory returns (Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Deposit Protection Corporation, Zimbabwe Revenue Authority)
  Technical computations of accounting provisions as required by IFRS, loan loss, income deferral etc.
 Ensuring compliance with regulatory and statutory provisions
 Ensures compliance with group financial reporting framework
 Pressure to continually monitor changes to accounting standards and adopt them for internal reporting
 Application of complex tax requirements


Job evaluation subgrade: C