Financial Accountant

Purpose
To record business transactions, prepares official financial statements, and ensures company compliance with tax laws and accounting standards.

Key Responsibilities
● Review all journal entries and ensure that they are in line with normal business activities ,
adequately supported, accurately captured and compliant with accounting standards.
● Timely post all journals from the assistant accountants
● Prepare month end journals related to taxes(VAT, SAT,Customs and WHT)
● Ensure all journals are adequately supported, authorised and properly filed.
● Reviews and authorizes monthly general ledger reconciliations.
● Feeds into group reporting through business planning and consolidation platform (BPC).
● Prepares monthly internal reports (Internal Trade Reviews).
● Reviews and approves the general ledger journals.
● Manages the monthly accounts payables closing process.
● Liaises with external auditors and regional office auditors.
● Participates in the preparation of cash flow and working capital forecast.
● Manages internal controls relating to the finance function.
● Facilitate month end close process for the AP team and the payroll team
● Detailed review of creditors age for unusual entries(duplicate vendors, un applied payments,
suppliers in credit) and ensures timely closure before month end
● Facilitate month end close process for the AP team and the payroll team
● Detailed review of creditors age for unusual entries(duplicate vendors, un applied payments,
suppliers in credit) and ensures timely closure before month end
● Execute monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing processes on time for all AP and payroll entries
● Ensures that the payroll recon is prepared monthly
● Ensures all balance sheet recons related to AP team and payroll are complete and accurate (ageanalysis,accruals, intercompany)

● Reviews expenses trends and ledgers for any mispostings
● Maintains the tax compliance register and ensures that all taxes are submitted and paid on time
● Owns VAT computation and authorization.
● Manages the relationship with BURS.
● Key contact for the tax authorities for any tax related issues
● Facilitates and reviews GFC submissions and ensure 100% submission
● Ensures compliance with tax laws, and;
● Oversees the payroll process from communication of payroll cut offs with the business capturing and review of payroll to ensure timely and accurate processing.
● Responsible for overseeing preparation of the payroll recon
● Ensures external payroll payments are processed timely and accurately.
● Oversee the end-to-end operations of the accounts payable team, including invoice processing, payment runs, and expense report management.
● Ensure all payments are processed accurately, in a timely manner, and in compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
● Ensure all vendor payments are captured timely in the cash book
● Maintaining supplier relationships and payment plans.
● Manages and owns day’s payables outstanding and alignment to day’s receivables outstanding.
● Reviews and approves supplier reconciliations.
● Reviews supplier payments.
● Authorizes supplier and other third party payments.
● Maintains relationships with key suppliers.
● Manages supplier payment terms in collaboration with procurement
● Support the month end reporting process and provide reports to management as needed
● Responsible for monthly reporting on payroll, expenditure and taxation (both local and regional
level).
● Assisting in local and regional reporting requirements
● Completes and submits regional reports on management requests.
● Participate in the design/ development/ review/ implementation and monitoring of the departmental safety plans for each year.
● Participate in safety forums created by company for example safety meetings and safety talks
● Report all safety incidents to the relevant people
● Discuss all safety incidents
● Follow-up on any activities assigned through safety meeting/committee/representative/management
● Attend safety education and refresher programmes
● Comply with safety policies and procedures at workplace
● Distribute safety information as and when required
● Wear protective clothing all the time
● Supervise direct reports and provide mentorship and coaching.
● Conduct regular performance evaluations, set clear key performance indicators (KPIs), and manage individual development plans for team members.
● Identify skill gaps within the finance team and design structured training programs.
● Foster a continuous learning environment by encouraging team participation in professional
accounting certifications and technical workshops.
● Cross-train team members across accounts payable, payroll, and general ledger functions to build team resilience and operational continuity.

Skills/ Attributes
● MS Office Computer skills (Excel Advanced)
● Analytical skills
● Working with complexity
● Planning and Coordination
● Managing conflict
● Delivering strategy
● Delivering performance
● Managing professionally
● Awareness of the market environment
● Acting professionally
● Driving change
● Leading people
● Customer thinking
● Collaborating and coo-operating

Qualifications & Experience
● Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
● Studying toward a professional qualification (ACCA,CIMA,BICA)
● Post graduate qualification in taxation will be an added advantage.
● 3- 5 years’ experience in systems administration and management experience
● Experience in supervisory position would be added advantage
● Knowledge of Financial principles, practices, financial controls and audit standards
● Knowledge and implementation of performance and review reconciliations and implementation of financial controls

"At G4S, we embrace diversity in all forms, welcoming applications from qualified individuals
irrespective of gender, race, religion, disability or any other background. Join us in our commitment to diversity"

To apply, please scan and attach your updated CV and cover letter, with at least three (3) reference letters, certified copies of qualifications and certified copies of national identity card to https://atscareers.g4s.com not later than 6 November 2026.

Applications must be addressed to;

The Human Resources Director
G4S (Botswana) Limited
P.O Box 1488
Gaborone

NB: Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks from the closing date above, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful.