Accountant at Terragon Group

Job Description

• Responsible for examining, analysing, and preparing financial records and statement and providing input and advice on financial matters including tracking and recording costs and expenses.

Key Responsibilities

• Prompt coding and registering of commitments in the accounting system, maintaining chart of accounts, invoice numbers.
• Documenting financial transactions by entering account information.
• Recommend financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Liaising with accounting officers with respect to bills receivable, bills payable, etc
• Providing assistance to auditors with regards to scope and items
• Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Guide accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
• Ensuring internal control system is effected and adhered to on the assets and accounting system of the company.
• Prepare asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analysing account information
• Summarise current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
• Preparation of the monthly bank reconciliation of the accounts of the company.
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Develop, implement, modify, document, record keeping, and accounting system, making efficient use of the accounting
• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information needed for the audit of financial statements
• Ensure all costs are captured on SAP daily and revenues captured promptly
• Compute statutory taxes i.e VAT, PAYE, local government and preparation of tax returns, ensure compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
• Maintaining account payables and accounts receivables: Collate payments due to the vendors for each unit of the business.

Job Requirements

• A First Degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics
• ICAN or ACCA Certification
• 5 years relevant in Audit, Tax and Financial Accounting
• Knowledge of:
  • International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
  • Corporate Reporting and Finance
  • Governance, Risk and Control
  • Taxation
  • Leadership & People Management
  • Financial Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Audit and Assurance
  • Stakeholder Relationship Management
  • Professionalism & Ethics
• Advanced ability to use spread sheet packages.
• Proficient in Microsoft applications
• Proficient in Accounting Software; Peach Tree, Quick books.