Accountant

Position Overview:

The role of the Accountant is to carry out processing and reconciliation by providing assurance on completeness and accuracy through internal control and review. Identify discrepancies through audit, investigate movements in balances and ensure accurate reconciliations with minimal exceptions and adjustment needs.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee Balance Sheet nominals reconciliations. Follow up with relevant stakeholders on RAG aged items for closure, justification, and explanation of the issue.
• Ensure accurate and prompt supplier invoice processing. Ensure validity of expenditure and accuracy of accruals.
• Ensure supplier reconciliations are done regularly and in line with the policy. Follow-up and resolve all outstanding items.
• Review processes, analyse high risk areas, handle quality checks, and ensure adequate maintenance of prevention and detection controls to ensure completeness, timelines of processing, accounting, billing and accuracy of computation and settlement.
• Resolve disputes, queries, discrepancies with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify areas and ensure active involvement in projects, system enhancements testing and process changes and thereby acquire in depth knowledge and enhance business processes.
• Check the integrity of interfaces and completeness of data generated by the system.

Skills:

• Accounting knowledge preferably from an airline background.
• High level of computer literacy and good knowledge of office automation software like Word, Excel, MS Access and Powerpoint
• Good analytical and investigative skills
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with various stakeholders across the business.
• Ability to function independently within an established framework

Qualifications:

• Degree in Finance or Accounting
• Additional Finance related qualification preferable 4+ years relevant experience
• Finance & Insurance/Accounts : 4+ years

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