Role Purpose:
The Senior Accounting
Officer is responsible for providing comprehensive professional
accounting services and managing the activities of the accounting unit
to support the effectiveness of the department across the business.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supervise the
maintenance of data related to specific Accounting functions in order to
ensure information availability and accuracy. - Carry out
functional supervisory responsibilities that include planning and
assigning tasks, setting deadlines, monitoring results, and quality,
providing training in addition to relaying the teams requests to the
hierarchy. - Process ledger and booking entries according to
stated procedures so that all transactions are recorded in a timely and
accurate manner. - Identify, investigate and rectify routine
errors and anomalies in input data in order to ensure the accuracy of
financial information. - Monitor accounting procedural compliance by subordinates and employees in order to ensure that all systems are adhered to.
- Analyze
ledgers and accounts to allow the reconciliation of financial data
according to stated schedules so that the company remains aware of its
financial position on an ongoing basis and statutory reports can be
produced within legislative time limits. - Prepare reports from
statistical and financial information according to stated schedules so
that all required information is available for review in a timely
manner. - Prepare non-routine financial data as requested in order to support management decision-making.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance; MBA or CPA is a plus
- 4-6 years of experience in a similar field
- Proficiency in MS office
- Fluency in English
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