Accounting Assistant

Aegis Business Solutions Limited is seeking suitable professionals to join our accounting contractors’ pool.

Responsibilities:

Record financial business transactions (e.g., disbursements, expense vouchers, receipts, sales invoices), into clients’ and Aegis’ accounting software.

Calculate depreciation, update fixed asset register, and enter values into accounting software.

Recommend and data enter adjusting and estimate journals (including accruals and prepayments). Maintain journal file.

Reconcile all trial balance accounts (deemed necessary) and investigate and resolve discrepancies.

Prepare VAT and Tax computations and prepare Returns with a medium degree of complexity and complete supporting schedules. Has the ability to explain basis of calculation.

Prepare and design schedules and reports to clients’ and or department’s specifications.

Prepare Working Paper File (WPF), Management Accounts (MA) Statutory Accounts (SA) and referencing of WPF, MA and SA (both in soft and hard format).

Assist with preparation of audit working paper file and attend to auditors’ requirements and recommending solutions to discrepancies.

Draft Financial Statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium Enterprise (IFRS for SMEs).

Qualifications and Experience

At least three years’ experience in an accounting environment.

Pursuing Level II ACCA or an undergraduate degree in Accounting

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Working knowledge of accounting software

An understanding of Tax and VAT laws and regulations