Accountant

Description

 The Accountant will be responsible for managing the general accounting operations of the company to ensure accuracy, compliance with the regulation.

Duties and Responsibilities

Bookkeeping and Accounting

• Ensuring on a daily basis that Financial and Accounting data are input by finance team in Group's accounting software
• Examination of data input to test validity, reliability and correct posting
• Ensure that bank accounts are reconciled and up to date on a weekly basis
• Prepare financial statements for the group and other entities on a monthly basis
• Ensure that the financial statements are in accordance with IAS and IFRS and that filing with regulatory bodies are done within deadline
• Maintaining Fixed Asset Register
• Preparation of budget and cash flow forecast
• Ensure that the actual monthly figures are in line with the budget and highlight deviations.
• Assess areas where cost savings can be made

Taxation

• Compute taxes and file relevant returns as appropriate within statutory deadlines
• Review and submission of monthly and quarterly VAT through the MNS system
• Perform tax and APS computations and ensure respective electronic filings are made within deadline
• Review and submission of monthly and annual TDS returns through the MNS system
• Assist in dealing with queries from the MRA and other investigative bodies

Treasury Management

• Assist the CFO to manage the group’s cash flows [bank and cash balances] on a daily basis
• Safeguard the Groups' treasury against theft, fraud or similar criminal acts
• Maintaining Petty cash records
• Ensure that the Group has sufficient funds in its bank accounts before any cheques are issued and signed by bank signatories and provide balance as at date to the Management
• Give instructions to team members for the preparation of cheques and bank transfers
• Reply to queries raised by the group's bankers and provide them with all required evidence and explanations
• Initiate payments on Internet Banking
• Verify accuracy of payments via cheques and bank transfers before sending to bank signatories.

Assistance to Group Accountant, Tax Advisor and External Auditors

• To provide account listing, replying to queries and provide documentary evidence within reasonable time to Tax advisor and other external auditors

Documentation and meetings

• Operate a good filing system and ensure that all account files are well indexed and classified
• Ensure that the Group's financial and accounting data on its computer system are backed-up regularly for easy retrieval
• To hold internal meetings with accounting team to ensure smooth running of department
• To ensure that the accounts dept team treat all information and documents with strict confidentiality
• Attending in-house and mandatory workshops and relevant trainings
• 24 hours response time where applicable
• Contributing ideas to improve processes to either gain efficiencies or reduce risk
• Filling up of timesheet within a reasonable timeframe
• Any other reasonable duties assigned to you by Management

• Ensures that company and quality standards are met and communicated.

Qualifications required

•  Fully qualified ACCA member with 3 years’ experience in similar post or partly completed ACCA level three with 5 years’ experience in similar post

• Excellent communication skills
• Good Time Management
• Ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
• Professionalism and ethics
• Professional Knowledge
• Ability to foresee problems with regards to cashflow and prevent them by taking appropriate actions
• Living the values of the company