Accountant at Universal Careers

Objectives:

• Responsible for implementing core financial and accounting activities and ensuring the companies compliance with legal requirements.
• Collecting, recording, and categorizing all costs incurred.
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Applying basic formulas to determine optimal pricing strategies and costing, e.g. breakeven formula, gross margins, price variance, etc.
• Creating financial reports,summarizing current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other reports.
• Document financial transactions by entering account information.
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Secures financial information by completing data base backups.
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Complies with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.

Qualifications and Key Skills

• Minimum of 4-6 years experience in relevant field
• Minimum of HND in Accounting or related field
• Knowledge of accounting principles, budgeting, auditing, business administration
• Knowledge of accounting software packages (Tally, QuickBooks, Peachtree, Sage)
• Data Entry Skills
• Accounting Rules
• Attention to Detail
• Confidentiality
• Problem Solver
• Capable of working under pressure
• Organized and effective time management skill