Sentinel Steel PLC was established in December 2013 with the purpose of setting up a hot rolling steel manufacturing plant in Ethiopia. It’s manufacturing facility is located in Bishoftu, Oromia State, Ethiopia. The company’s rebar manufacturing facility is intended to serve the burgeoning demand for quality steel in the local construction sector having a steel plant with an initial installed hot rolling capacity of 120,000 – 150,000 metric tons per annum.

Duties and Responsibilities of the role

• Verifies completeness and adequacy of transaction documents before preparation of payments
• Prepares day to day payments as per the company work procedure
• Timely collection of supplier invoices and immediate verification for accuracy
• Verify customer’s cheques, bank transfer advice and withholding tax (if any) for sales invoice processing
• Process sales invoicing using software-based cash register machine
• Posting financial transactions related to incoming, outgoing payments and sales to the accounting software.
• Keep and manage petty cash fund
• Prepares daily and weekly cash reports.
• Preparation of Monthly tax schedules (VAT & Withholding tax)
• Follow up customer’s credit balance and prepare receivable balance report.
• Performs other duties assigned by his/her immediate supervisors.

Reports to: -Finance Manager/CFO.

Job Requirements

Qualification

• Degree in Accounting and Finance
• At least three years of solid work experience in a manufacturing environment
• Attention to detail
• Good understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Word, excel and outlook)
• Familiarity with ERP Accounting software preferably SAP will be advantageous
• Excellent communication skill.