Accounting Lead (Senior Accountant)
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About the Role
AESG is seeking a Senior Accountant to oversee day-to-day accounting operations across several countries. The role involves managing the general ledger, month-end close, reconciliations, treasury, tax, and payroll.
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Responsibilities
- Coordinate daily accounting activities to ensure accurate and timely processing of financial transactions
- Maintain the general ledger, ensuring all journal entries are properly prepared and supported
- Support the month end and year end closing processes, including accruals, reconciliations, and financial schedules
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations Banks, payroll, intercompany, advances, deposits, etc.
- Review Balance sheet schedules for AP and AR
- Manage daily bank operations, including processing payments, recording receipts, and monitoring cash balances
- Support treasury activities such as cash forecasting, liquidity monitoring, and fund transfers
- Oversee payroll processing in coordination with HR, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and timely disbursements
- Reconcile payroll accounts and ensure correct accounting of salaries, allowances, end of service benefits and related accruals
- Ensure compliance with various labour laws, WPS requirements and internal HR/Finance policies
- Assist in preparing financial reports, schedules and analysis for management and auditors
- Support annual audits by providing required documentation and explanations
Requirements
- ACA, ACCA, CPA or CIMA Qualified accountant
- 3 5 years of experience preferably in the Consulting industry
- Strong knowledge of month end processes, tax and payroll
- Proficient in accounting software (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, QuickBooks) and Microsoft Excel
- Excellent problem solving, organizational, and time management skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead a team
- Experience working with cross regional teams
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Job Description
- The Senior Accountant is responsible for overseeing the day to day Accounting Operations of the business across several countries.
- This role acts as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring accurate financial records, timely processing of transactions and adherence to company policies and relevant regulations.
- The position plays an important role in month end close, reconciliations, treasury and tax activities and payroll administration.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate daily accounting activities to ensure accurate and timely processing of financial transactions.
- Maintain the general ledger, ensuring all journal entries are properly prepared and supported.
- Support the month end and year end closing processes, including accruals, reconciliations, and financial schedules.
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations Banks, payroll, intercompany, advances, deposits, etc.
- Review Balance sheet schedules for AP and AR.
- Manage daily bank operations, including processing payments, recording receipts, and monitoring cash balances. Ensure accurate and timely bank reconciliations
- Support treasury activities such as cash forecasting, liquidity monitoring, and fund transfers.
- Oversee payroll processing in coordination with HR, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and timely disbursements.
- Reconcile payroll accounts and ensure correct accounting of salaries, allowances, end of service benefits and related accruals.
- Ensure compliance with various labour laws, WPS requirements and internal HR/Finance policies
- Assist in preparing financial reports, schedules and analysis for management and auditors.
- Support annual audits by providing required documentation and explanations.
The Ideal Candidate Fits The Below Profile
- ACA, ACCA, CPA or CIMA Qualified accountant
- 3 5 years of experience preferably in the Consulting industry
- Strong knowledge of month end processes, tax and payroll
- Proficient in accounting software (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, QuickBooks) and Microsoft Excel
- Excellent problem solving, organizational, and time management skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead a team
- Experience working with cross regional teams
- Engineering Consultancy experience preferred
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