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About Standard Chartered
We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. It's about showing how you embody our valued behaviors - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good.
We're committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realize their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organization. This, in turn, helps us to provide better support to our broad client base.
Job Purpose:
Support the hub in the processing of payments and maintenance of spoke General ledger
Review the fixed assets ledger, ensuring that additions and disposals are properly captured.
Reconcile SUN sundry and suspense accounts on a monthly basis and ensures outstanding items are uplifted before expiry of the entry and monitor them on a weekly basis.
To undertake periodic self-assessment on key controls to assess the proper functioning and adequacy of existing controls.
Assist in coordinating, facilitating and promoting understanding of operational risk and in implementation and management of OR within the unit.
Key Responsibilities;
Prepare invoices for transmission to the hub, ensuring that invoices not subject to purchase orders are appropriately authorized and coded
Ensure all Vendor reconciliations are performed on a regular basis and no longer outstanding Vendor payments
Ensure that all invoices have a PO number
Where cheques are printed locally, load stationery and print cheques
Answer queries for unmatched invoices and follows up to close open pending invoices
Ensure all stakeholders are made aware of direct credits.
To report unit’s OR issues and losses to UORM.
To assist UORM in developing and updating of procedures, controls and monitoring plans for Operational Risk Management
Act as OR coordinator for the section.
To adhere to the agreed KCSA plans and approach.
To identify and report all exceptions on noncompliance with standard controls
To identify and report all weaknesses inherent in the standard controls.
To maintain proper record keeping on all KCSA related activities.
To maintain independence in the conduct of KCSA, i.e. not selecting and reviewing sample of self-performed transactions.
Key Relationships:
FCU
Accounts Processing Officer –Hub
SSPM
Finance Operation Risk Officer
Business Finance
TRA ( External)
Contributes To:
Delivery of SLA between the hub and spoke
Timely Transmission of invoices
Team orientation
Identification of errors/unusual items by Hub
Experience/ Knowledge Required:
University degree. Part professional qualification e.g. ACCA level 1, CPA 1 or CIMA or HND with 2 years experience in a medium-sized organization is an added advantage
Knowledge of Sun Systems and generally high level of computer literacy and understanding of business computing environment
Good communications and interpersonal skills
We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. It's about showing how you embody our valued behaviors - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good.
We're committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realize their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organization. This, in turn, helps us to provide better support to our broad client base.
Job Purpose:
Support the hub in the processing of payments and maintenance of spoke General ledger
Review the fixed assets ledger, ensuring that additions and disposals are properly captured.
Reconcile SUN sundry and suspense accounts on a monthly basis and ensures outstanding items are uplifted before expiry of the entry and monitor them on a weekly basis.
To undertake periodic self-assessment on key controls to assess the proper functioning and adequacy of existing controls.
Assist in coordinating, facilitating and promoting understanding of operational risk and in implementation and management of OR within the unit.
Key Responsibilities;
Prepare invoices for transmission to the hub, ensuring that invoices not subject to purchase orders are appropriately authorized and coded
Ensure all Vendor reconciliations are performed on a regular basis and no longer outstanding Vendor payments
Ensure that all invoices have a PO number
Where cheques are printed locally, load stationery and print cheques
Answer queries for unmatched invoices and follows up to close open pending invoices
Ensure all stakeholders are made aware of direct credits.
To report unit’s OR issues and losses to UORM.
To assist UORM in developing and updating of procedures, controls and monitoring plans for Operational Risk Management
Act as OR coordinator for the section.
To adhere to the agreed KCSA plans and approach.
To identify and report all exceptions on noncompliance with standard controls
To identify and report all weaknesses inherent in the standard controls.
To maintain proper record keeping on all KCSA related activities.
To maintain independence in the conduct of KCSA, i.e. not selecting and reviewing sample of self-performed transactions.
Key Relationships:
FCU
Accounts Processing Officer –Hub
SSPM
Finance Operation Risk Officer
Business Finance
TRA ( External)
Contributes To:
Delivery of SLA between the hub and spoke
Timely Transmission of invoices
Team orientation
Identification of errors/unusual items by Hub
Experience/ Knowledge Required:
University degree. Part professional qualification e.g. ACCA level 1, CPA 1 or CIMA or HND with 2 years experience in a medium-sized organization is an added advantage
Knowledge of Sun Systems and generally high level of computer literacy and understanding of business computing environment
Good communications and interpersonal skills