The Junior Accountant supports the finance team by maintaining accurate financial records, assisting with reconciliations, preparing basic financial reports and ensuring compliance with company's accounting standards and policies.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform daily bank reconciliations.
• Prepare and maintain petty cash both TTD and USD incl. verify and reconcile to daily sales report any cash sent to Head Office from retail outlets and update petty cash excel spreadsheet and Quickbooks with receipts.
• Journalise sales daily and prepare deposit slips for any cheques received.
• Liaising with bankers for any requests as needed such as USD cash, certified cheques, deposits and cheque books.
• Monitor receivables, identifying overdue customer balances for further action.
• Reconcile excel spreadsheet data to monthly summary reports generated in Point-of-Sale system for final upload or entry into Quickbooks. Verify total monthly sales and vat matches that in Point-of-Sale system.
• Enter Credit Notes in Excel for final end of month posting to Quickbooks.
• Enter Magic invoices in Excel split according to sales, freight etc for final end of month posting to Quickbooks
• Enter bills, prepare and post payments (cash/cheques/EFTs).
• Update Export Cost of Sales for entry into Quickbooks.
• Update loan amortisation account and post interest accrued into Quickbooks
• Maintain and update Fixed Asset Register and prepare schedule to expense depreciation monthly.
• Request relevant clearances from NIB and BIR for tender submissions.
• Prepare weekly payroll.
• Verify whether any Retail Outlet met target and complete data sheet for incentive pay outs for approval by directors.
• Prepare Value Added Tax
• Prepare and file Quarterly Taxes
• Prepare and reconcile monthly accruals and prepayments.
• Submit statutory deductions

Mandatory Job Qualifications and Skills:

• 8+ years’ accounting experience required.
• ACCA qualifications (must be pursuing Level 2 at a minimum) or a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Accounting.
• Familiarity with accounting softwares like QuickBooks will be an asset.
• Experience in inventory will be an asset.
• Proficient in MS Office with advanced MS Excel experience, with particular focus on reconciliations.
• Able to perform in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Results oriented individual with great problem-solving skills and takes a high level of initiative.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintains a high level of professionalism.