APS.82.24 - Junior Accountant

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Junior Accountant

LEVEL/BAND: TC12/14

DEPARTMENT: Finance

DIRECT REPORT (JOB TITLE): Management Accounting Manager

Overall Purpose of the Position:

• To perform the daily processes of the Management Accounting Unit such as the payment of invoices and reconciliations.
• Responsible for maintaining the monthly accruals and prepayments for the management accounts, the monthly final withholding tax, and for preparing the monthly Unit management accounts.

Operational Responsibilities:

• Testing and uploading the yearly Final Withholding tax report on the IRD’s portal.
• Monthly Final Withholding Tax reporting.
• Loans and Deposits by Unit report.
• Preparing the accruals and prepayments and variance analysis.
• Daily reconciliation of Accounts against General Ledger.
• Daily loans and deposits statistics and revaluation reserve reporting.
• Supplier payments and/or refunds to staff as necessary.
• Uploading of budgets on the core banking system of the Bank.

General Responsibilities:

• Implementing and monitoring performance measurement systems and other techniques benchmarking the Unit performance.
• Working to exacting deadlines.
• Submitting any reports and/or supervising any projects and activities as may be directed.
• Performing any other duties that may be reasonably assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills & Competencies:

Mandatory:

• Analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Meticulous approach and an eye for detail.
• Good knowledge of MS Excel and Word.
• Able to work under minimum supervision.
• Good writing skills.

Experience:

• Experience in a Finance environment.

Qualification:

• Studying ACCA or equivalent.

Desirable:

• Good presentation skills.

Position level:

1. Head of Department
2. Managerial & Specialist Positions
3. Middle Management & Specialist Positions
4. Technical & Clerical Positions