19/06/2026
VACANCY ALERT
CENTRAL BANK OF LESOTHO
Position: Senior Accountant Currency Processing:
Ref: SRACCP
The Senior Accountant Currency Processing manages and oversees the end-to-end processing, authentication, verification, sorting and destruction of banknotes to ensure the integrity, efficiency, and accuracy of the Bank's Currency Management Operations.
Areas of responsibility include:
• Planning, coordinating and supervising daily banknote processing, including sorting, authentication, fitness classification, and destruction to meet processing targets.
• Ensuring complete reconciliation of currency processed, destroyed, and held in custody.
• Currency processing and maintenance of unprocessed Vault stock.
• Providing periodic reports on sorting statistics and sorting machine operational efficiency for efficiency monitoring, destruction level monitoring, counterfeit detection levels and clean note levels.
• Reconciliation of data feed of currency processing files from the BPS M7 processing machines to the vault management system.
• Overseeing the operation and maintenance of currency processing machines and ensure staff competence in their use.
• Maintenance of a strong system of internal control that safeguards currency under own custody.
• Liaising with commercial banks to ensure quality of the currency verification function as well as speedy and effective resolution and escalation of issues
• Investigate in collaboration with the Reconciliations and Assurance Section for timely resolution.
Candidates applying for this role require the following behavioural competencies:
• Leading and Supervising
• Attention to detail
• Analysing and Interpreting
• Analytical Thinking
• Interpersonal and communication Skills
• Problem solving
All candidates wishing to apply should have the above-stated behavioural competencies and the following minimum qualifications:
• A master's degree in accounting or other related fields
Or
• Chartered Accountant (CA)
Experience:
• Five (5) years' experience in cash operations, banking or similar functions
To apply, visit our website:
https://www.centralbank.org.ls/index.php/opportunities
Closing date: 3rd July 2026