About this role
Job Title: General Ledger Accountant
Responsibilities and Key Duties
- General Ledger. Ensure reliable and accurate general ledger, including all relevant reconciliations/counts/clearings are up to date. And that the trial balance is accurate and properly reflects the business activities
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation and Review Ensure all balance sheet accounts are reconciled monthly, reviewed, and supported by appropriate schedules, with all reconciling items investigated and resolved timely.
- Intercompany Accounting Prepare, reconcile, and resolve intercompany transactions and balances with group companies on a timely basis to ensure accurate group reporting.
- Provisions/Accruals and Journal Vouchers: Ensuring that provisions and accruals are properly done to reflect the business reality and that all the required journal vouchers are prepared, controlled, approved, and booked timely.
- Monthly Financial Statements and month end reporting. Support the Financial Accountant in the month end closing process and subsequently support him/her in preparing accurate and properly analyzed monthly financial statements from the general ledger within the deadlines set.
- Year Financial Statements. Support the Financial Accountant in the Year-end closing process and subsequently support him/her in preparing accurate and properly analyzed year-end financial statements from the general ledger with the deadlines set.
- External Audits and other audits: Support the Financial Accountant in all year-end audits or any other relevant external audits from statutory bodies or internal audits that may be required, together with any external surveys for statutory bodies.
- Compliance with Accounting Policies and IFRS Ensure compliance with company accounting policies, IFRS, and regulatory requirements in the preparation and recording of financial transactions.
- Financial Analysis and Variance Investigation Review and analyze monthly account movements, investigate unusual variances, and provide explanations to management for significant fluctuations.
- Any other duties. Any other duties that may be assigned to the job holder by the FA, FC and/or CFO, including supporting the Financial Accountant in preparing the Finance department Key Performance indicators (KPIS).
Skills Required of Job Holder
- Graduate or equivalent with at least 3 years’ experience in Finance and/or Audit.
- Professional Accountancy qualifications (CPA, ACA, ACCA).
- Sound understanding of basic computer packages and a good understanding of ERPs, specifically SAP (ability to be developed up within one year on SAP).
Business, Leadership and Other Competencies
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to deal with teams across departments.
- Ability to learn fast
- Able to work under pressure.
- The job holder must have the potential of progressing into a higher role in the department and/or organization.