£40000 - £45000 Per year
Financial Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Assist the Function Head to supervise Finance and Accounting team, provide support to subordinates and resolution of issues
- Comply with applicable approved accounting standards and corporate policies and procedures in relation to Finance and Accounts
- Work and communicate with different parties including asset and property management both internal and external to achieve company objectives and targets
- Ensure accounting records are prepared in accordance with the Local Accounting Standard / Companies Act.
- Understand and inform Local team and Headquarter of any changes in accounting, taxation, secretarial and industrial practices in local zone
- Interact with Head Quarter to provide financial support
- Be the key person in the budgetary processes with a commercial mentality
- Lead the month end and year end closing and preparation of statutory and Management reports to related parties, both Internally and Externally
- Assist and support the analysis to identify opportunity and profitability
- Manage accounts payable and cash flow
- Assist and support any bank accounts issue, banking facilities or exposure
- Review VAT, CIS returns and other government statistical returns as required
- Responsible for the effective safeguard of company assets
- Ensure that taxation regulations are adequately complied with
- Coordinate the annual audit processes and tax compliance
- Support and drive improvements in efficiencies and on any process improvements identified
- Other Ad Hoc duties and projects as assigned by the company and the Group
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong communication and inter-personal skills
- Sound financial accounting, controllership and risk management skills
- Analytical mind and good business sense, able to interpret, use and draw conclusions from financial and other business related data
- Independent and well organized, highly initiative to take ownership to deliver required result within deadline
- Support the business in a hands-on manner in a hybrid technical/commercial role Team Player with energy and passion to drive change and to really make a difference
- Ability to sufficiently use key software packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- A part qualified accountant with a University degree in Accountancy or related disciplines
- Solid relevant working experience with management experience
Reference no: 109644