Senior Accountant( Construction Company) at Nicole Sinclair Consulting

Responsibilities

• Coordinates daily banking deposits and withdrawal which include, daily updates of online guest deposits, monitoring of withdrawals and cheques status.
• Prepare accurate, timely financial statements in accordance with our established schedule and with input from the rest of the accounting department.
• Conduct monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.
• Analyze financial statements for discrepancies.
• Liaise with the bank officers on the issue relating to the company
• Liaise with other departments on operational payments and retirements matters.
•  Ensure that the finance  Policies and Procedures are strictly adhered to
• Timely collation of due bills initiates all payments after all the internal controls have been followed and completed.
• Advises the management of the company on cash liquidity status.
• Ensure effective debt recovery.
• Oversee the preparation of staff salaries and other emoluments on a monthly and yearly basis.
• Responsible for set up and maintaining payroll Pensions, PAYE, Benefits, Allowances in the company software.
• Liaise with PFA’s on staff pension entitlements after disengagement from the company’s payroll.
• Prepares the monitoring reports such as budgets and monitors the matching of expenditures with incomes in accordance with the budget, critically reviews the variances and advises the management accordingly.
• Attendance and provision of explanation on issues raised by the Internal Revenue Service during the course of the tax audit, co-ordination of employees related tax forms for the issuance of Tax Clearance Certificate and tax deductions cards and arrange for reconciliation when the need arises.
• Prepares monthly, quarterly and yearly management accounts reports that would be sufficient for planning and taking financial decisions by the management staff and the Directors.
• Works with the company’s auditors periodically, to carry out their routine checks and ensure that issues in a letter of weakness are being attended to before the next financial year. Ensure that, the audited reports agree with the software reports after each audit exercise.
• Commercial responsibility includes, enhance the effectiveness of the organization's policies and controls on the pricing and selling strategies with timely empirical analysis. Ensure that all selling metrics would lead to a better turnover through clear computations and analysis.
• Advice on available tax advantage both to the company and the Directors.
• Supervises daily income and expenses postings into the various ledger.
• Perform a review of the work done by all other account staff to ensure accuracy in all the company’s ledgers.
•  Maintain directors ledgers; investments, payments, and drawings.
• Preparation of reports on the company’s liabilities from time to time.
• Advise the vendors on various relevant withholding taxes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Competency/Skill/Requirements

• At least a bachelor's degree in Accounting
• Between 7-10 years of related work experience is required.
• Must be a chartered accountant.
• Experience with computerized ledger systems
• Advanced knowledge of Excel
• Exceptional knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, cost accounting and cost control principles and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Advanced knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting best practices, laws, standards, and state/national regulations
• Able to analyze financial records and interpret for other departments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency using accounting software e.g Sage, Peachtree and experience with a software system implementation is a plus.
• Supervisory experience required.
• Ability to work to strict deadlines.
• Ability to deliver quality and accurate output.
• Excellent reporting skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Must be deadline-oriented.
• Ability to function well in a team-oriented environment
• Ability to manage time effectively.
• Must be diligent and possess a high level of integrity.