Junior Accountant

Job Description

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Provides accurate accounting reports and present results on the company’s performance on a
  timely basis. Monitors all financial data and prepares accurate statements for the company and
  Directors 
• Ensures that the department verifies, allocates, posts and reconciles accounts payables and
  receivables each month and provides support to the Directors and Financial Controller
• Manages and completes the monthly financial and reconciliation reports and assist with
  the year-end audit processes.
• Assists with the administrative and financial planning by analyzing financial trends and reports
  on costs, variances, productivity, margins, and company expenditures, and presenting
  recommendations 
• Prepares management accounts, and assists with the preparation of the annual budgets and
  forecasts, particularly the projection of expenses; conducts cost and revenue analyses 
• Assists with the management of cash flow and budgets including reporting on variances of
  actual against budgeted. 
• Coordinates, monitors and authorizes, accounts payables, receivables and all other payments to
  ensure timely payment 
• Prepares and processes payroll for fortnightly and monthly staff for approval by the Financial
  Controller.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and/or Minimum Level 2 Certification in ACCA
  or accounting qualifications is preferred 
• Minimum of five (5) years’ relevant accounting experience 
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written 
• Strong administrative, documentation skills and proficient in financial reporting
• Proficient in preparing, managing and monitoring budgets 
• Expert in Microsoft Office Suite Applications 
• Experience using Peachtree is preferred 
• Confidential and trustworthy, with effective leadership capabilities 
• Excellent time management skills and ability to meet deadlines on a consistent basis
• Analytical with keen attention to details and solutions-oriented 
• Willingness to learn new tasks, deal with challenges and adapt to changing demands
• Able to deal with difficult or complex situations 

Physical Abilities Required 

• Standard office working conditions with staircase required to climb daily 
• Frequently required to sit, talk or listen 
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands for writing and typing, and occasionally reach
  with hands and arms and stoop, kneel or crouch 
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds (e.g. ream of paper) 
• Perform repetitive tasks with limited breaks 
• Spend working hours using the computers and reviewing figures