Accountant

Job Summary

• Experience with reconciliations and internal auditing.
• An ability to meet deadlines and resolve complex issues.
• Generally accepted accounting principles and preparation of financial statements and reports.
• Strong numeracy skills and a sound understanding of accounting practices.
• Must have sound computer skills including the ability to operate and manage computerized financial and payroll systems, spreadsheet and word processing programs and email at a highly proficient level.
• Sets priorities and manages work flow to ensure efficient, timely and accurate processing of transactions and other responsibilities.
• Maintains a cordial and effective relationship with clients, coworkers, vendors and other business contacts.
• Perform or check monthly journals and reconciliations
• Address customer/supplier queries and partake in reviewing suppliers and activities to create efficiencies or reduce costs
• Debt collection with the Business Development Manager
• Develop and manage the production of standard accounting reports.
• Develop reports that address operational requirements.
• Ensure that financial information tells a clear and complete story.
• Highlight significant variances and provide analysis of options.
• Monitor SAP and Enprise operations and generate relevant reports.
• Assist the Financial Controller with queries and requirements, and assist in performing and creating systems to ensure compliance and accuracy of Payroll.
• Perform asset additions and disposal transactions each month
• Ensure the depreciation journal is run each month
• Ensure assets are labelled on a timely basis
• Accurate and current asset lists per department/ faculty/unit
• Asset inventories conducted periodically
• Appraise, evaluate and inventory real property and equipment, recording information such as the description, value and location of property
• Manage the Fixed Asset counts by ensuring departments have received their listings and are meeting their deadlines
• Assist in the safeguarding of BCD assets by carrying out asset inventory counts as required
• Managing daily cash balances
• Ensuring that cash flows are adequate to allow business units to operate effectively
• Forecasting cash payments and anticipating challenges arising from limited cash flow
• Maintaining bank relationships and negotiating loans and merchant services for business units
• Maintaining our accounts system
• Preparing and presenting financial reports for meetings and investors
• Working with executives and business heads to prepare budgets and track profit / loss performance by business unit and on consolidated basis
• Creating solutions to new financial challenges by applying financial/treasury knowledge
• Liaising with other departments and business units on a range of issues
• Providing advice on financial matters impacting on the company as a whole
• Taking responsibility for, and supervising the work of, more junior members of staff
• Preparing financial reports and submissions to relevant government entities
• Arranging financial audits and reviews as required
• Depositing money and cheques received and issuing receipts as requested or needed
• Maintaining and transferring money between bank accounts as required
• Paying invoices and fees as required or otherwise instructed
• Managing payroll matters for company, business units and subsidiaries
• Recommending and maintaining a system of policies and procedures that impose an adequate level of control over Accounts Department activities
• Supervising SAP and Enprise operations and ensuring all information is up to date with no back logs.
• Preparing regular SAP/Enprise generated reports as requested by the Financial Controller.

Required Education, Skills and Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's (Required)