Accountant
Job Description
Reporting to the Innovations & Partnerships Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for applying accounting principles and procedures to analyze financial information, prepare accurate and timely financial reports & statements, and ensure appropriate accounting control procedures. Additionally, he/she will be responsible for supportive services such as office administration, claims administration by ensuring efficient and seamless settlement of claims to the delight of all stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintaining
books of accounts while ensuring statutory and management accounts are
prepared accurately and submitted on time.
- Convening
a fortnightly credit committee meeting, and ensuring debtors are managed
effectively. .
- Co-coordinating
all tax computations and remittances for the company.
- Safeguarding
the company’s assets and resources against loss, theft and ineffective use
by installing and maintaining appropriate internal control systems. Report
exceptions in the quarterly self-audit report.
- Steering
the designing of accounting systems; manage their implementation,
maintenance and modification.
- Liaising
with external auditors and statutory bodies to ensure compliance as
required by the Insurance and Companies Acts.
- Ensuring
compliance with finance and accounting standards and regulations.
- Participating
in direct preparation of budgets & forecasts, and report performance
against actual.
- Efficient
and effective management of the company’s business cycle in relation to
timely debt collection, timely processing of payments for goods and
services rendered.
- Reviewing
cash flows and financial requirements for the organization.
- Ensuring
ISO standards are implemented and maintained.
- Attend
to any other duty that may be assigned from time to time.
Minimum Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Key
Competencies
- Bachelor’s
degree in business, finance, accountancy, statistics, economics or related
subject.
- Certified
Public Accountant or equivalent.
- Minimum
5 years in a similar position with working experience of; preparation of
financial statements, use of comprehensive electronic accounting systems,
use of electronic financial analysis & reporting tools.
- High
level of integrity especially in regards to confidentiality.
- Strong
foundation of basic insurance knowledge including an understanding of
underwriting, insurance market trends, finance, statistics and economics.
- Expertise
in interpreting information.
- Strong
written and oral communication skills.
- Good
analytical and quantitative skills.
- Good
computer knowledge especially using excel.
- Good
decision-making ability.
- Ability
to work under deadline pressure.
How To Apply
If you believe you meet
the above requirements, send your applications to the following address: recruitment@abcthebank.com on or before 28th
September 2021. Please put the position applied for as the
subject of the email.