Accounts Receivable Accountant

Overview

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Book-keeping and Records Management: Record transactions and update books and records promptly, ensuring timely and accurate records of receipts and payments.
• Accounting Procedures: Maintain and implement accounting control procedures, ensuring the safekeeping of books, records, and supporting documents.
• Reconciliations: Prepare intra-branch and inter-company reconciliations, agreeing balances at month-ends on ICA forms.
• Compliance: Ensure all transactions adhere to the company’s finance policies and procedures, including the processing of sales invoices.
• Responsible for assisting the finance department in creating accurate and timely financial records for the organization.
• Receives considerable instruction, guidance and direction from others.
• Requesting for reports with external credit agencies and analyzing the reports
• Undertake reconciliation of customer statements to statements as per our books
• Applies general knowledge of business developed through education or past experience
• Solves routine problems using existing procedures and standard practices
• Has limited impact on own work team; works within standardized procedures and practices to achieve objectives and meet deadlines
• Exchanges basic information, asks questions and checks for understanding
• Uses existing procedures to solve routine or standard problems
• Receives considerable instruction, guidance and direction from others
• Applies general knowledge of business developed through education or past experience

Keys to Success:

• Requires knowledge of fundamental concepts, practices and procedures within a particular area of expertise
• Knowledge of finance and/or accounting principles
• Experienced in accounting software applications e.g. Orion / QuickBooks / ACCPAC / SAP
• Knowledge of business/commercial laws

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None
• No supervisory responsibilities; accountable for own contribution

Requirements And Preferred Skills:

• 0-1 year(s) of experience
• Typically requires a bachelor degree or the equivalent work experience that provides exposure to fundamental theories, principles and concepts.
• Graduate of Accounting and/or Finance, preferably a member of recognized accounting professional bodies.
• Experience in Accounting Practice/Firm is an added advantage.