Senior Finance Officer at Westfield Consulting

Responsibilities

• Preparation and planning of budget for the company’s Communications
• Meets accounting financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget preparing business plans and cash flow forecasts, scheduling expenditures analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions
• General bookkeeping and implementing on-going control of cash transactions including reconciliation of bank statements and accounts and resolution of any discrepancies
• Preparation of management reports, including monthly and annual accounts; analyzing, operating and financial statement for profitability rations.
• Work with external auditors to ensure a clean and timely year end audit.
• Preparing payrolls, records of prepaid assets, accounts receivable and accruals and payment of employee salaries. Oversee the timely and regular payment of utility bills and tax levies.
• Maintenance of company cash flow
• Disbursement of petty cash
• Preparation of monthly bank reconciliation statements
• Weekly reconciliations of bank accounts for smooth management of revenue with traffic department. Being a key point of contact for other departments on financial and accounting matters
• Preparation of monthly income and expenditure report for management
• Perform periodic financial analysis to detect and resolve problems.
• Any other accounting and financial tasks as assigned by the MD

Requirements

• Proven work experience as an Finance Officer.
• Minimum of 4 years experience in similar roles
• Professional qualification in accountancy such as ACA/ICAN will be an added advantage
• Able to work well within a team.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and proven knowledge of accounting software
• Post First Degree qualification will be an added advantage
• Experience with bank reconciliation
• Ability to prepare financial report
• Solid analytical skills.
• Detail-oriented.
• Strong interpersonal skills.