Job Vacancy For Accountant - Chartered

Job Description

Accounting Support Services

• Manage monthly reporting process including responsibility for accurate, timely and high quality reporting with full adherence to IFRS.

• Handling banking operations and accounts in Ghana.

• Handling company taxation and other local government taxes and charges.

• Ensure timely filing of Statutory returns such as VAT, WHT, and PAYE. Also PFA remittances and maintain a proper audit trail for the receipts and credit notes.

• Ensure that all WHT receipts are received and filed properly for subsequent submission to vendors.

• Timely and accurate payroll management

• Checks for proper approvals and authorizations before payments are made.

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• Reviews the supplier reconciliation on a periodic basis

• Identify and ensure adequate insurance cover for outlets and its operations and handling insurance claims Financial Management & Planning

• Working closely with the management to create, analyse and implement business plans and maximize profitability and generate revenue in line with corporate goals.

• Assist in the timely preparation of monthly financial reports, budgets and full year estimates.

• Conduct variance analysis to determine difference between projected and actual results.

• Taking care of financial systems and management procedures by means of proper budgeting & ensured that controls are adequate.

• Supervising store's operations and cost analysis, suggesting improvements.

• Coordinate with the management to ensure that all product costs are properly taken in the cost of sales and inventory costs Inventory

• Assist in establishing and implementing inventory policies and procedures

• Report shortfalls and surplus inventory weekly and monthly for replenishment

• Alert management on bad stock management practices noticed and initiate actions to mitigate possible losses

• Ensure proper, accurate, timely and relevant financial records are maintained

• Maintain and update the inventory data base of the company

• Perform inventory analysis by SKU, category and by branch

• Handle goods returns by adjusting the stock item out of the vendors account and printing the adjusted vendors invoice and passing same to the storekeeper and the accounts payable accountant

• Maintain acceptable and accurate inventory levels at warehouse and retail outlets

• Ensure that goods received by stores are matched with the actual invoices from the suppliers

• Assist other functional units within the management team in carrying out jobs as and when required 

Required Skills / Experience

• First degree or Masters in Accounting 

• Must be Chartered

• Minimum 4 years work experience

• Financial analysis skills