Garri Logistics is a digital freight brokerage and fleet management platform in Ethiopia. We are building innovative tech products and services to bring a highly fragmented, low trust, and offline freight industry to an online marketplace while bringing much needed trust, quality, cost saving, and efficiency. Our goal is to make Garri Logistics the primary way to transport goods across Ethiopia.
How would you like to become a Senior Accountant at a logistics tech startup based in Ethiopia? How would you feel about being part of a Team that is on a mission to fix an incredibly inefficient logistics industry?
What’s The Job?
Your task as a senior accountant is to:
Manage the day-to-day activities and transactions and lead the monthly closing cycle
Perform all payments, collections, and deposits.
Ensures accounting, financial accounting and reports prepared are in conformance with accepted accounting principles and governing guidelines, accuracy, and completeness.
Support the budget & forecasting process
Ensure and perform accurate payroll
Reconciling daily, monthly and yearly transactions and preparing financial reports.
Supervises the closing of accounts and the preparations of monthly, interim, and annual financial statements.
Having responsibility of e-tax, e-archive, e-invoice processes, and e-ledger obligations
Managing the External Auditor relationship and ensuring the organization is compliant with accounting standards
Make sure performance of Government obligation has made on time
Respect and ensure application of both Finance and internal control procedures, in accordance with company guidelines, in order to minimize the risks of mistakes and fraud. Successfully pass the external audits on the financial results
Performs other duties assigned by General Manager
Compensation
We offer competitive salary and benefits, and amazing opportunities to grow with us
What’s In It for You?
If you are looking for a place to support and influence the direction of a fast-moving company while supporting our excellent customers and partners with an innovative logistics product and service, then this is a good fit. We are actively interviewing and looking to onboard quickly.
Job Requirements
What Skills Do You Need?
5+ Years’ Experience as a senior Accountant preferably in Logistics industry
Skills in accounting software (Peachtree, sage 50) and overall tech proficiency.
Demonstrates excellent organization, efficiency, teamwork, and entrepreneurial (work under little or no guidance, and perform under pressure).
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and finance.
Excellent written and verbal English and Amharic skills.