Senior Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all accounting entries pertaining to transactions, receivables, collections, general ledger and ensuring that they are identified, classified and posted as per accounting policies and procedures.
• Reviews and verifies transactions from different departments on periodic basis.
• Responsible for recording all daily and monthly local and foreign transactions, receipts, ensuring daily bank closing and reconciliation.
• Documents and updates administrative expenses incurred by the departments as well as accruals and capital expenditures made as per the prescribed accounting procedures.
• Registers invoices and settles vendor payments, and handles first level queries from vendors on payables and resolves issues, if any.
• Ensures that the books of accounts are updated at all times.
• Handles reconciliation of prepayment control account with sub ledgers.
• Handles processing of cheque, petty cash & other regular payments.
• Prepares a monthly work sheet for prepaid expenses, maintains release of old expenses and addition of new prepayments.
• Performs inventories/fixed assets on regular basis.
• Prepares the amortization schedule for various assets in order to depreciate them.
• Handles NSSF and VAT reports.
• Assists in year-end book closing by ensuring that all the required information is recorded and available.
• Ensures compliance with External Audit requirements.
• Implements changes to accounting and reporting processes as recommended by the Internal Audit, External Audit, and management.
• Interviews, trains, and monitors Accounting trainees/recruits.

Education:

• BBA in Accounting/Finance or Business related field
• Masters degree or other certificates like CPA or CMA are a plus

Experience:

• 3-7 years of experience in Accounting (NGO experience is preferable)

Other Requirements and Skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication skills with Very Good command of English
• Detail oriented and strong Analytical skills
• Strong Organization and Multi-tasking skills
• Strong Time Management skills and ability to prioritize
• Strong Leadership and Teamwork skills
• Full understanding of Accounting laws and regulations
• Good knowledge of Accounting software
• Excellent MS Office skills – particularly MS Excel