Senior Accountant

Job Description

The Senior Accountant’s role is to assist the Finance Manager with a range of administrative and financial tasks. These may involve assisting with billing invoices, preparing budgets, managing cash flow, and requesting information from colleagues regarding purchase orders.

EC/ISP Principles

The Senior Accountant’s role is to assist the Finance Manager with a range of administrative and financial tasks. These may involve assisting with billing invoices, preparing budgets, managing cash flow, and requesting information from colleagues regarding purchase orders.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist the FAM in overseeing the financial operations of the school.
• Prepare reports on the school’s financial performance.
• Develop and implement systems and controls to ensure accurate financial data processing.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget and forecasting process.
• Manage the day-to-day processing of the accounts payable, accounts receivable and treasury functions.
• Compile audit requirements for the annual, Transfer Pricing or GTA audits and attend to audit queries.
• Approve purchase requests within the budgeted allocations.
• Oversee the preparation of balance sheet reconciliations for completeness.
• Prepare the payroll in Pay lite monthly.
• Review all supplier reconciliation monthly prior to payments.
• Manage all Capex spend across the school and ensure accurate recording thereof.
• Assisting with parent queries daily.
• Act as a backup for the Accountant as and when required.
• Managing debt collection and contacting debtors for overdue debt.

Qualifications and Related Experiences

• · Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• · Finance specific certification
• Experience: Minimum 5 years’ experience

Competencies: Skills & Abilities

• Keen attention to detail.
• Ability to coordinate and collate data
• Health and Safety Awareness
• Energetic and enthusiastic
• A dynamic, positive approach to deliver the school’s vision
• Self-motivation and ability to take initiatives
• Demonstrate an understanding of & commitment to our best practice
• Good knowledge and information of school operations
• Skilled in the use of finance and accounting system
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff
• Presentation skills with the ability to present information in a concise an