Account Officer at Youngstars Development Initiative

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the preparation of the budget

• Recommend changes to implement and update financial policies and procedures
• Prepare and reconcile financial statements
• Establish and maintain vendor accounts
• Ensure transactions are properly recorded and entered into the computerized accounting system
• Document income and expenditure
• Manage requests for extra-budgetary expense
• Prepare the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements
• Manage the annual audit process with auditors
• Maintain financial files and record
• Analyze expenses and present findings on a monthly basis to the management and board
• Present financial statements for the annual report.
• Other Finance-related roles.

Skillset Requirement

• Out of the box thinker and a doer
• Excellent verbal and interactive communication skills.
• Excellent writing skills including story writing and copy writing skills
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Proficiency in cloud software applications (Skydrive, Dropbox, Google Docs)
• Proficiency in accounting applications (Quickbooks and others)
• Ability to multi-task, respond rapidly and work without supervision.
• Have sense of detail, positive and team spirit.
• 2-5 years’ experience