Our Client is seeking to recruit an Accounts Officer for its operations.

Responsibilities:

- Processing of Bank transactions

- Processing of sales and Purchases transactions on the operating and accounting system

- Prepares all documents while ensuring that vouchers, payee details and amount to be paid are accurate

- Prepare, process and allocate payments for suppliers

- Process and allocate receipts from debtors

- Follow up of return cheques

- Filing of all documents

- Oversee Accounting transactions by maintaining proper control and monthly reconciliation of:

- Debtors & Creditors with external source documents by issuing monthly aged reports and tally with our operation system and ensure accuracy of records

- Follow up Debtors & Creditors and liaise with respective parties for any accounting query. Attends to customer requests (e.g., invoices, credit notes, returns)

- Sends statement of accounts and reminders to customers

- Reconciliation of Clearing account to determine any cash in transit

- Work in progress report and determine completeness of transaction

- Petty Cash Maintenance by adopting an impress system and processing in the accounting system;

- Credit card expenses analysis, reconciliation and processing in the accounting system

- Prepare Gross Profit Margin report

- Assists in the issue of sales reports

- Assists in the issue of management account

- Assists auditors during audit and audit field work

- Assists in the submission of Local authorities returns such as VAT, TDS etc.

- Ensure all book keeping records are in accordance to standards

- Other accounting tasks as assigned by the Managing Director and the Accountant

- Work in progress report and determine completeness of transaction by applying the matching concept

Profile:

- HSC with good grades in Maths and Accounting

- Studying for ACCA (level 1 completed)

- A minimum of 2 years’ experience

- Well organized / Attention to details 

- Good time management skills to meet deadlines

- Good knowledge of Accounting practices and standards

- Team player

- Hardworking, dynamic individual with a good work ethic and the ability to multitask in a client environment

- Well presented with excellent communication skills, verbal and written, in French and English and a high attention to detail

- Ability to work under pressure and to work overtime when necessary to meet deadlines

- Fully computer literate

- Having working experience on an Accounting System (preferably Pastel)