Accountant at Seven Day Baking Company

Job Responsibilities:

• Preparing asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Document financial transactions by entering account information.
• Recommend financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Summarize current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
• Substantiate financial transactions by auditing documents.
  Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Guide accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Secure financial information by completing data base backups.
• Maintain financial security by following internal controls.
• Prepare payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements.
• Answer accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations.
• Complie with local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Prepare special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Maintain customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Ensure that statutories are reconciled and timeously paid
  Accomplishes the result by performing the duty.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Review for arithmetical accuracy and calculation salary advances and housing allowance advance request.
• Filing of all payroll input like salary advances and housing allowance advance request forms
• Assist in the preparation of journal entries. This includes processing job cost payroll journals and general ledger entries
• File appropriate records on employee receivable balances
• File updated Work Sheet for employees leave days which should be harmonized with files maintained by the HR department
• Filing all payroll journals, reports and time sheets
• Assist in processing documentation pertaining to employee health benefits, such as health insurance and workers compensation
• Maintains strict confidentiality of sensitive employee and organizational information at all times.

Required Skills and Qualification

• Must have excellent Reporting Skills, Attention to Detail, Be Deadline-Oriented, Reporting Research Results, Maintains high levels of Confidentiality, Data Entry Management
• An Accounting Diploma /Professional qualification such as ZICA, ACCA or CIMA
• At least 3 years’ experience in a similar position

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