senior assistant accountant

Under general supervision, assists in maintaining records of fiscal controls, ledgers, and other transactions, in either direct or indirect support of the Finance Manager and Financial Controller.

senior assistant accountant

 JOB SUMMARY:

Under general supervision, assists in maintaining records of fiscal controls, ledgers, and other transactions, in either direct or indirect support of the Finance Manager and Financial Controller.  Processes routine financial documents and accounting transactions, reconciles accounting records, and analyzes routine accounting data.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists in the maintenance of accounts and ledgers, which may involve setting up accounts, preparing accounting batches, uploading and downloading entries and reports, preparing trial balances, creating vendors and cancelling purchase orders
• Reviews and posts local and foreign receipts and AP batches
• Reviews inventory costings on a daily basis to ensure accuracy
• Responds to a range of inquiries regarding financial transactions; researches and resolves problems.
• Prepare and update the monthly inventory sub-ledger.
• Coordinate the inventory counts with warehouse staff and is responsible for the finance team attending and supervising the bi-annual count. This includes the following up of count variances and the posting of adjustments in the general ledger
• Prepare the capital work in progress schedule and ensure all items in WIP are accurate and correctly classified. Analysis to be done to ensure additions are accurate
• Prepare and update the fixed assets register to ensure all assets are accurately entered into the period, depreciation is calculated correctly and all items are properly coded as fixed assets in the correct category.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned or requested by management.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• ACCA level 1 with 3 to 5 years experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.