Accountant/Beancounter at Vava Coffee Limited

Job description

Overall position description and general areas of responsibility:

Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.
• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts; preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries.
• Summarizes financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements.
• Produces payroll by initiating computer processing; printing checks, verifying finished product. Completes external audit by analysing and scheduling general ledger accounts; providing information for auditors.
• Avoids legal challenges by complying with legal requirements.
• Secures financial information by completing database backups.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

Required knowledge, skills and abilities:

Accounting, Research Skills, Analysing Information , Attention to Detail, DeadlineOriented, Confidentiality, Thoroughness, Corporate Finance, Financial Software, General Math Skills

Required education and experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field
• knowledge of accounting principles and practices
• knowledge of finance principles
• knowledge of financial reporting
• Knowledge of local laws regarding accounting, finances and taxation
• technical accounting skills
• previous experience of general accounting
• proficiency in relevant accounting software