Accountant (CA, ACCA, CPA)

Duties and responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to

• Recording Financial Transactions: Accurately recording all incoming and outgoing money, including sales revenue, expenses, purchases, invoices, and payments into clients’ financial systems (bills, invoices, payments)
• Balance Reconciliation: Comparing and cross-referencing internal financial records with statements to ensure accuracy and identify any discrepancies.
• Accounts Receivable: Creating and sending invoices to customers/clients and following up on overdue payments to ensure a timely collection of revenue.
• Accounts Payable: Managing monthly bills and invoices from suppliers, ensuring they are accurate, approved, and paid in a timely manner.
• Software Management: Utilizing and managing accounting software (QuickBooks, Microsoft, Clio) as well as creating API linked workbooks.
• Payroll Processing: Calculating wages, managing deductions, and issuing payments to employees and ability to respond to queries within legislation guidelines.
• Generating Financial Reports: Creating and preparing working papers and financial statements within monthly deadlines
• Liaison: Communicating with client accountants, and external parties to resolve financial queries.
• Annual financial statement preparation and audit assistance
• Business Development assistance, confidence in marketing the company’s skill sets and managing client on-boarding
• Process creation and mapping of client accounting and operating functions
• Onboarding of new clients inline with local regulatory and compliance requirements
• Undertake any other duties as required, including special projects and new business support.

Qualifications / Experience Required

• Internationally recognized professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA or ACCA).
• Minimum 5-10 years of professional accounting experience, including strong understanding of payroll services (Employment Act) and accounting and finance services,.
• Strong working knowledge of relevant accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, US GAAP) and demonstrated experience preparing and reviewing financial statements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• Experience delivering end to end accounting processing, and working across teams to collaborate information
• Experience and knowledge of local regulatory and compliance requirements
• Proven track record of working with high level executives and stakeholders to deliver key financial information
• Highly organized, with strong time-management skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently.
• Flexibility to work outside of normal business hours as needed to meet deadlines.
• Proven experience in full-cycle accounting (A/P, A/R, payroll, bank reconciliations, general ledger, and financial statements). With a thorough understanding of financial concepts.
• Proficiency with QuickBooks and Microsoft Office Suite with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel with the ability to develop VBA and Python scripts for excel.