Senior Accountant at Alan & Grant

Industry: Financial Services

Job Summary

• The job holder will be required to support the Head of Accounts in the provision of full financial and management accounting services to the Management, especially, MD/CEO.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinate back-office responsibilities in a responsible and reliable manner.
• Effective Coordination of the Accounts Department with the aim of ensuring seamless flow of operations and generating relevant and timely information for the decision-making process of the company.
• Ensure adequate record keeping (efficient filing system), bookkeeping, and posting of transactions daily and maintenance of all relevant ledger accounts.
• Banking liaison functions include daily banking of all instruments received.
• Evaluate the performance of various types of banking relationships and make recommendations regarding the improvement of such relationships for effectiveness and efficiency of operations.
• Conduct a daily reconciliation of all accounts maintained with the third parties such as banks, brokers, insurance companies; A daily report of such positions must be forwarded to the Managing Director, copying the Heads of Units
• Generate weekly and monthly bank reconciliation statements.
• Ensure clients’ transactions are posted in real-time into their cash accounts.
• Review procedural and document flow charts relating to the unit with a view to improving efficiency and effectiveness.
• Assist in the production of periodic budgets for planning purposes.
• Monitor the company’s budget with respect to the actual performance and the production of periodic budget variance analysis statements for management decision making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or its equivalent.
• At least 4 years of experience in the financial services industry.