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)