Finance and Compliance Lead

About Gelila Manufacturing PLC

A diversified Ethiopian industrial and service company, originally founded in 2004 in Adwa City, Tigray Region. Today, we operate across footwear manufacturing, food processing, public bus transportation, and are developing major new projects in bus assembly and textile manufacturing.

Our Vision

• To become a leading manufacturing and service providing company in Ethiopia.

Our Missions

• To produce competitive, high-quality products in footwear, food, and textiles for domestic and export markets.
• To provide safe and reliable public transport services.
• Delivering quality products and services that uplift lives, empower communities, and protect the environment.

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 Job information and Candidate specification

Position Title                         : Senior Accountant  

Division                                  : Finance

Reporting to                          : Finance Manager

 Job Summary/Main Purpose

Senior Accountant is Responsible for all aspects of Manufacturing and Production costing analysis and inventory for all business lines, responsible for comparing standard cost to actual cost and identifying and explaining, Preparing financial analyses and reports. Preparing revenue projections and forecasting expenditure. Assisting with preparing and monitoring budgets. Maintaining and reconciling balance sheet and general ledger accounts.

Main Responsibilities:

Under the guidance of the Finance Manager, the Senior Accountant shall carry out the following duties:

• Develop and maintain cost accounting system that ensures accurate costing
• Produce daily production, variance and ad hoc reports
• Review and analyze standard and actual costs for variances and prepare reports
• Update standard costs and ensure accuracy in the Bill of Materials (BOM’s)
• Prepare, analyze and report monthly gross margin analysis by customer, part number and production jobs
• Analyze changes in product design, raw materials, manufacturing methods, or services to determine effects on costs
• Study and collect data to determine costs of business activities such as raw material purchases, inventory and labor
• Responsible for account reconciliation of physical inventories and cycle counts
• Prepare periodic inventory reserves reconciliation, analyzing inventory for risk, and monitoring with support from internal stakeholders
• Assist in month-end and year-end closing by analyzing inventory and preparing supplemental reports as needed
• Work on special projects as require
• Verify, allocate, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results
• Analyze financial information and summarize financial status
• Spot errors and suggest ways to improve efficiency and spending
• Provide technical support and advice on Management Accountant
• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures
• Manage accounting assistants and bookkeepers
• Participate in financial standards setting and in forecast process
• Maintaining fixed asset registry, coding and reconciliation with physical count
• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Employment type                  : Permanent

Number Required                 : 2 (Two)

Place of Assignment              : Addis Ababa

Salary                                     : Company Scale         

Posting Date                          : October 28, 2026

Closing Date                          : November 06, 2026

Key Responsibilities

1.Cash Receipts, Billing & Receivables Management

•Code and post cash receipts for tuition, school trips, student funds, and miscellaneous income across all school bank accounts into QuickBooks.

•Verify document authenticity for all cash receipt records and daily reports submitted by campus cashiers.

•Certify bank deposits to ensure absolute alignment with school regulations and guidelines, proactively reporting any deviations or inconsistencies.

•Execute data reconciliations by performing monthly tuition ledger cross-checks against student demographic records in PowerSchool.

2. Payables, Postings & Internal Controls

•Process foreign purchases and service payment requests, ensuring all mandatory supporting documents are secure and compliant with the school’s financial regulations.

•Post transactional data including Bank Transfers (BT), petty cash, and purchase fund transactions into QuickBooks, systematically clearing related holding accounts.

•Proofread and audit the accuracy of posted bank checks (including Zemen and NR checks) against approved payment templates before release.

•Support month-end closing processes and actively assist external auditors during yearly school audit cycles

3. End-to-End VAT Refund & Tax Bureau Liaison

•Maintain the tax documentation repository (both physical and digital) linking purchase requisitions, POs, original vendor tax invoices, payment receipts, and bank advice slips.

•Prepare monthly VAT refund claim schedules with high accuracy, categorizing transactions strictly according to government and Ministry of Revenue guidelines.

•Compile and submit official refund applications directly to designated tax bureaus.

•Serve as the primary focal person Liaison between the school and government tax authorities, conducting regular physical and written follow-ups to clear administrative bottlenecks.

•Draft prompt written responses and supply technical verification documents for tax queries, audit observations, or rejected line items.

•Perform monthly ledger reconciliations between the General Ledger VAT Receivable account and approved/pending tax authority refund statements, journalizing received funds or writing off uncollectible amounts with proper management approval.

•Generate monthly VAT pipeline reports featuring submitted claims, cleared claims, pending balances, and aging analyses for executive decision-making.