Position: Assistant
Accountant (Payables)
Company profile:Our client is a group of
international British Curriculum Schools comprising of Early Years, Preparatory
and Secondary Schools
Key Objective: The employee will perform a full range of accounting assignments and will use professional judgment in making decisions both in line with established policies/procedures or other sound alternatives as appropriate.
Key Competencies/Qualifications:
- Excellent
communication skills, a team player with a flexible approach to tasks and
a willingness to learn.
- Ability
to operate independently with minimum supervision.
- A
high degree of maturity, integrity and professionalism.
- Proven
skills in MS-Office packages, PASS, SAGE or other relevant ERP systems.
- Ideally,
a university graduate in Accounting/Finance with full qualifications in
professional accounting (CPA-K).
- Minimum
two years working experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare
and present accurate bank reconciliations on a timely manner
- Disburse
and maintain petty cash float
- Preparation
of cheques and updating cash book as well as financial statements
- Filing
of supplier invoices and statements
- Maintaining
accurate audit working paper file
- Resolve
accounting discrepancies and irregularities
- Ensure
accurate and appropriate recording of expenses
- Process
vendor and supplier invoices, in a timely manner, verifying accuracy,
approvals and account coding in accordance with accounting Standards.
- Prepare
and maintain pre-authorized payments monthly or as required.
- Prepare
all Accounts Payable sub-ledger journals for posting to General Ledger
monthly.
- Reconcile
Accounts Payable sub-ledger to General Ledger monthly.
- Enter
and reconcile cheques cashed to accounting software monthly.
- Respond
to vendor inquiries as required.
- Provide
ad-hoc reporting as and when requested
- Prepare
and explain variances between actual expenditure and budget
- Other
duties as delegated from time to time by the Management Accountant or any
other person designated in his absence
How to apply
To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com
quoting the position in the subject line and preferred location.
Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and
benefits.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted