Lilongwe Water Board is urgently looking for suitably qualified persons of Malawi origin for the following position tenable at its Zone Offices.
Zone Accountant
Duties
Under the Zone Manager, the Zone Accountant will be responsible for the following:
Under the Zone Manager, the Zone Accountant will be responsible for the following:
- Ensuring that all customer bills are timely produced and checked before dispatching to the customers;
- Ensuring that all overdue customer accounts are disconnected;
- Ensuring that all customer meters for their respective zone have been read on monthly basis in line with the deadlines set out by the board;
- Ensuring that all cash receipts at the zone offices are properly accounted for and promptly banked;
- Ensuring that all used and unused manual receipt books are properly kept under lock and key;
- Ensuring that zonal petty cash float is properly used for supporting only the operations of the Board and that proper accounting procedure is put in place;
- Ensuring that all requisitions and issues from the zone stores are properly authorized and accounted for;
- Ensuring that monthly Cash flow forecasts are submitted five days before the beginning of the month to which they relate;
- Ensuring that all expenditure is accounted for by the 10th of the month to which it relates;
- Ensuring that all applications for new connections are properly processed and that new accounts are opened for all fully paid up applications;
- Ensuring that all customer queries are properly recorded and forwarded to the appropriate authorities for resolutions;
- Ensuring that a proper inventory system is put in place for proper accountability of all assets under his/her charge;
- Producing monthly reports detailing all new connections, cash collections, disconnections and reconnections e.t.c done in the month.
Qualifications
- Applicants must have Bachelor of Accountancy Degree. Those with ACCA part 2 plus three years work experience will also be considered.
Method of Application
Applications enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) should be sent to:
Applications enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) should be sent to:
The Chief Executive Officer
Lilongwe Water Board
P. O. Box 96
Lilongwe.
To reach him not later than 14th November, 2017.
