Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Compliance

To ensure accurate and timely accounting, financial reporting, reconciliations, and closing activities while supporting financial controls, compliance, budgeting, audits, and day-to-day finance operations. The role also reviews the work of junior finance staff and provides guidance to ensure accuracy and adherence to accounting policies.

Perform general ledger activities and financial closing processes to ensure complete, accurate, and timely accounting records.

• Prepare and post journal entries with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Perform monthly reconciliations of general ledger and key balance sheet accounts.
• Carry out assigned month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing activities.
• Verify transactions for correct account classification, cost center allocation, and accounting treatment.
• Investigate accounting discrepancies and unreconciled balances and coordinate their resolution.
• Ensure financial transactions are recorded in accordance with accounting standards, Group policies, and established timelines

Support financial reporting, analysis, budgeting, and forecasting activities to provide accurate and reliable financial information.

• Prepare financial statements and management reports for review by the Senior Accountant or Chief Accountant.
• Perform variance, trend, and other financial analysis and highlight significant movements.
• Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
• Prepare actual versus budget analysis and investigate significant variances.
• Coordinate with departments to collect and validate budget and forecast information.
• Prepare financial schedules, reports, and analysis required by management and external auditors.

Oversee assigned accounting and day-to-day financial activities to ensure accurate processing, reconciliation, and control of financial transactions.

• Process and verify Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable transactions and supporting documentation.
• Monitor aging reports and follow up on overdue receivables and outstanding payables.
• Reconcile customer and vendor accounts and investigate discrepancies.
• Maintain the fixed asset register, depreciation schedules, and related accounting records.
• Support physical verification and reconciliation of fixed assets and inventories.
• Prepare bank reconciliations and process assigned payment transactions, expense claims, petty cash, staff advances, and payroll-related accounting entries.

Support tax compliance, audit requirements, and internal controls to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and Group financial policies

• Prepare supporting schedules and documentation for corporate tax, withholding tax, VAT, and other applicable tax requirements.
• Ensure tax-related transactions and supporting documents are accurately recorded and maintained.
• Prepare audit schedules and provide documentation required for internal and external audits.
• Support responses to audit queries and follow up on assigned audit requirements.
• Follow established internal control procedures and report identified exceptions or discrepancies.
• Assist in documenting accounting procedures and identifying opportunities to strengthen financial controls and compliance

Maintain accurate financial system records and support improvements to accounting processes, systems, and reporting.

• Ensure transactions are accurately posted and classified within the ERP/accounting system.
• Perform assigned module closing activities in accordance with the financial closing schedule.
• Identify and assist in resolving accounting system and transaction-processing issues.
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