The Accountant delivers monthly financial reports and summarizes financial information for management and the Board of Directors.
Company: ANSA McAL Group (Barbados)
Job Summary:
The Accountant delivers monthly financial reports and summarizes financial information for management and the Board of Directors. The person is responsible for maintaining the reporting standards in the organization and insuring accurate financial forecasts.
Job Competencies:
- Accounting and Reporting
- Processing and Recording Financial Transactions
- Reconciliation and Analysis
- Auditing
- Attention to Detail
- Time Management
- Effective Communication
- Digital Literacy
- Information Gathering and Processing
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist with monthly financial reporting
- Assist with the preparation of year-end financial statements
- Prepare monthly financial forecasts
- Prepare budgets (e.g. annual budgets of income statements, balance sheet and cash flows)
- Maintain accurate documentation for financial transactions
- Prepare external reporting for government and financial organizations
- Support the accounting team with the retrieval of information as requested
- Assist with the year-end audit
- Prepare analyses of accounts as requested
- Prepare and support the financial statements, reconciliations, and reports in a timely manner
- Prepare reports and submit in a timely manner to the Board of Directors
- Check and post Account Payable invoices and cheques.
- Check and Post Cash Receipt batches.
- Reconcile bank accounts monthly by the 5th working day of the following month.
- Coordinating with External Auditors regarding the conduct of year-end audit as well as prepare draft financial statements for audit in compliance with IFRS.
- Maintain fixed asset transactions and registers.
- Submit payroll deductions and allowances to Payroll Department.
- Approve intercompany balances.
- Liaise with the General Manager on all matters arising out of the accounts.
- Supervise accounting clerks.
- Any other related duties as requested.
Qualification:
- AccPac DOS Accounting Software (Advanced)
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) (Intermediate)
- International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) (Intermediate)
- Internal Controls Frameworks (Intermediate)
- Microsoft Office Suite (Intermediate)