Assistant Accountant (Financial)

Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS)

The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) is a statutory organization established in 1972 by an Act of Parliament (Cap 51:02) with a mandate to promote standardization of commodities and their manufacture, production, processing or treatment, and to provide for the verification and calibration of weighing and measuring instruments, and to further provide for matters incidental to, or connected with, standardization.

The MBS is inviting applications from suitably qualified and interested persons to fill the following vacancies:

Vac. No. B5/22/2024-25

Job title: Assistant Accountant (Financial)
Grade: BS8
Reporting to: Senior Assistant Accountant
Responsible for: None
Number of Posts: 1

Job Purpose

To provide accounting and financial management services in the Bureau.

Key Roles and Responsibilities 

  1. Maintaining cash books and other books of accounts;
  2. Capturing financial data to appropriate accounts in an automated accounting system;
  3. Preparing bank reconciliation Statements and control accounts reconciliations
  4. Keeping and issues accountable documents;
  5. Processing monthly salaries journals (Cost analysis) for financial statements;
  6. Filing accounting documents
  7. Preparing and remitting taxes and other statutory and regulatory deductions;
  8. Making bank deposits and withdrawals;
  9. Preparing and recording daily payment voucher list and cheques;
  10. Administering signing in the dispatch register by beneficiaries
  11. Disbursing cash

Required Qualifications

Applicants must possess a Diploma in Finance and Accounting, plus at least 2 years’ experience in a busy organization.

Mode of Application

The Bureau is an equal opportunity employer and female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. The Bureau is committed to the promotion of merit, fairness, equity, honesty, integrity, impartiality and professionalism. As such, any form of canvasing is not allowed and any candidate involved in any kind shall be disqualified.

Interested persons who meet the above specifications should submit a written application letter together with copies of relevant certificates, detailed and updated curriculum vitae, names and contact details of three traceable referees, in a sealed envelope clearly marked on top with post being applied for before close of business on 15th November, 2024 to:

Director General
Malawi Bureau of Standards
P O Box 946
BLANTYRE