Junior Accountant

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Job ID: 119261
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Posted: 02.18.2025

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Occupations:

Accounting-Finance : General-Other: Accounting-Finance

Job Description:

Job Title: Junior Accountant

Job Purpose:
Management and preparation of overall business financial statements, budgets, finance and reconciliation reports, manage payroll, accounts payable and receivable. Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.
Overall responsibility for assisting with the leadership and coordinating the functions of the accounting department ensuring organisational goals are met.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Provides accurate accounting reports and present results on the company’s performance on a timely basis. Monitors all financial data and prepare accurate statements for our company and Directors
• Ensures that the department verifies, allocates, posts and reconciles accounts payables and receivables each month and to provide support to the Directors and Financial Controller
• Manages and completes the monthly financial and reconciliation reports and assist with the year end audit processes
• Ensures 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 assist with the preparation of the annual budgets and forecasts, particularly the projection of expenses; conducts cost and revenue analyses
• Assists with the management of Manages 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.
• Assist with the development and implementation of Develops and implements policies and procedures to audit administrative processes and maintain accounting controls
• Monitors and reviews company processes to ensure control procedures, and regulatory compliance, including all fiscal and tax  obligations and with General Accepted AccountingPrinciples and Internal Accounting Policies
• Observance and compliance with the internal control protocols (Process and Systems)
• Assists with preparation of capital/investment appraisals
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential
• Assists with the computation and submission of quarterly taxes, VAT and any other statutory payments and submissions required by the regulatory bodies.
• Performs any other duties normally associated with the position

Qualifications & Skills & 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

Job Requirements:

Qualifications & Skills & 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