Job Overview
• Accountant duties are likely to range from helping to prepare financial statements and accounts, budgeting, managing ledgers, processing invoices and preparing VAT returns.
• The Accountant provides whatever support is necessary to the Chief Financial Officer.
Roles, Duties and Responsibilities
An Accountant will be expected to perform any of the following tasks:
- Overseeing Petty Cash.
- Posting Monthly Journals.
- Preparation of monthly and quarterly financials.
- Preparing PIA Returns in sixty days after quarter end.
- Oversee Remittances to Insurers.
- Overseeing bank transactions.
- Preparation of monthly Budgets.
- Reconciliation Control accounts and ensuring that all ledgers on the trail balance have listings.
- Ensure the correct classification of transactions and other accounting adjustments during management accounts on a monthly basis.
- Preparation of monthly statutory obligations i.e. NHIMA, PAYE, NAPSA and Premium Levy.
- Performs general, additional accounting duties as needed.
- Maintaining confidentiality.
- Recording office expenditures and ensuring these expenses are within the set budget.
- Work cordially with team members.
- File all reconciliations and any other work in a well-organized manner.
- Assist with the annual audit preparation.
- Attend to all bank correspondence.
Person Specification and Qualification
Typical qualities of a successful Assistant Accountant include:
· Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Diploma in Accounting, CIMA, ACCA
· Excellent excel skills
· Proactive individual focused on system and reporting improvements
· Payroll experience
· Some experience in preparation of balance sheet accounts.
• Over 2 years’ experience in the same role.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24 months
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job alert subscriptionJob application procedure
• To apply for this job email your details to altusfinancialservices@gmail.com
