Assistant Accountant

Summary

The Assistant Accountant is responsible for processing accounting transactions, assisting with the preparation of financial reports and analyses and assisting with monitoring and updating systems of internal control. The position is required to keep current with Financial Reporting Standards and best practices within the field of Finance.

Responsibilities

• • Prepare invoices to clients.
• • Enter vendors’ bills to Accounting System.
• • Ensure the companies bills are paid on time.
• • Enter cheques paid to settle vendors’ bills into Accounting System.
• • Verify vendor account by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
• • Prepare bank transfers and cheques.
• • Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports and recording entries.
• • Ensure direct bank payments are entered in the GL and are correctly allocated.
• • Prepare and enter journals for month end closure.
• • Monitor bank balances.
• • Reconcile all bank and credit card accounts.
• • Prepare weekly payables and receivables report.
• • Prepare GCT returns reports.
• • Entering production expenses from production wrap sheet and wrap book.
• • Prepare audit schedules.
• • File documents as required.
• • Prepare/present reports to management team.
• • Prepare petty cash report and reimbursement.
• • Provide professional, helpful, and efficient customer service to both internal and external customers in all aspects of communication.

Required Skills

• • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• • Working knowledge of Microsoft excel and Microsoft word.
• • High level of numeracy.
• • Attention to detail
• • Strong customer service ethic.
• • Keeps pace with change – acquires relevant knowledge/skills as the business develops.
• • Develops and maintains positive working relationships with others.
• • Takes pride in the achievement of team objectives.
• • Self-motivated and driven to achieve results.
• • Highly professional and confidential.
• • High level of integrity.

Qualifications

• • BSc. Accounting or ACCA Level 2.
• • At least two (2) years’ experience in a similar post.

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