Accountant

Job description

Background Community Climate Solutions

Community Climate Solutions is a start-up focused on developing holistic and trusted carbon offset projects that benefit both the climate as well as the rural subsistence farmers. Headquartered in Zug and Lusaka, we have a team of over 80 people and are growing rapidly, with the majority of staff permanently residing in and serving over 100’000 farmers in Zambia.

Our carbon capture model is to empower rural subsistence farmers to reduce and remove carbon emissions from their own agricultural land and its surroundings. Our interventions are centered on (i) reducing uncontrolled bush fires and (ii) restoring the Miombo ecosystem, all by equipping and incentivizing the individual farmers. These activities increase carbon storage, which we monetize on behalf of the farmers using the voluntary carbon market. Executed with our social mind set and mission, this allows us to multiply the farmers income and drastically reduce severe poverty.

Our differentiating factors are (i) focusing on direct household payment, with farmers getting paid for the amount of carbon they remove on their own fields and surrounding areas, enabling them to become self-motivated eCO2preneurs. (ii) Our projects are embedded in an existing and expanding ecosystem comprising vocational education facilities, a microfinance institution and an affordable housing provider, which ensure community payouts are multiplied and invested for generations.

Job Description

Accountant will have the following responsibilities:

Ensure that daily transactions are posted in Microsoft Dynamics software on a timely basis and maintain accurate record keeping of all transactions.
Manage project finances, including budget preparation, expenditure tracking, and financial reporting, in accordance with organizational requirements.
Ensure compliance with standard accounting procedures, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements.
Monitor fund utilization to ensure alignment with approved project budgets and advise on any variances or deviations.
Ensure that fund utilization is in line with organization policies and procedures, identifying and addressing any discrepancies or non-compliance issues.
Produce timely bank reconciliations.
Maintain up to date assets registers and undertaking annual asset inventory.
Assist in the preparation of payroll, updating lists of staff and their payments.
Prepare schedules for statutory obligations.
Provide financial advice and guidance to the project team, including recommendations for optimizing fund utilization and achieving value for money.
Prepare accurate and timely financial reports for internal management.

Job Requirements

Please only apply if you fulfil the following requirements:

Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
Typically, 1-3 years of experience in accounting or a related field.
Experience with bookkeeping, accounts payable/receivable, or bank reconciliations is an advantage.
Proficiency in accounting software.
Competency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel (e.g., using pivot tables, formulas, and financial reporting tools).
Understanding of local tax laws, financial regulations, and statutory requirements in the organization’s jurisdiction.
Attention to detail and high accuracy in data entry.
Strong understanding of:
Maintaining general ledgers and journal entries.
Processing invoices, receipts, and expense claims.
Preparing basic financial reports.
Assisting with payroll processing.
Supporting tax filings and audits.