Financial Reporting Accountant

Reporting to the Head of Financial Reporting, the responsibilities will include and are not limited to;
Handling management reporting and ensuring all month end/year end closing activities are completed on time
Preparation of key reconciliations for review, sign off and coordinate General Ledger Analysis. Reconciliations will include the following – Financial Accounting/ General Ledger; Payment Voucher/ General Ledger; Intelligent Network/General Ledger; Account Payable/General Ledger; APPO/ General Ledger; Capital work In Process / General Ledger; Inventory/ General Ledger; vendor, Account Receivable/General Ledger and Cash/Bank reconciliations
Preparation of statutory accounts and circulation of the Financial Reporting calendar and Foreign exchange rates
Coordination of all audit activities by ensuring a smooth audit process, and timely provision of audit schedules, resolution of audit queries, response to audit issues adherence to the audit calendar and tracking of audit activities
Champion process improvement initiatives that build a robust controls environment by carrying out end to end review of all Finance processes to ensure relevance to business needs, compliance to the Group office requirements, regulatory requirements and accounting standards
To educate the team on accounting guidelines, standards and procedures
Preparation and disclosure of Tax schedules and ensuring the proper usage of tax account codes
Timely provision of tax computation inputs and accounting of statutory reporting for deferred tax and corporate tax
Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in either Accounting, Finance , Business or Economics
Certified Accountant (CPA / ACCA)
2 – 4 years’ experience in a busy accounting environment
A good working knowledge of Oracle system and advanced excel
High degree of integrity
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Good planning, organizing and coordination skills
Proactive with very strong work ethics