Job Purpose

To Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions, utilizing hands-on accounting experience and an in-depth understanding of accounting principles and company practices, senior accountants perform complex accounting activities and financial analyses.

Job Responsibilities - Leadership

Job Responsibilities - Functional

• Analyzing complex financial reports and records. 
• Making recommendations based on analysis and status of reserves, assets and expenditures. 
• Reviewing journal entries of junior accountants to ensure accuracy. 
• Training and mentoring junior staff. 
• Performing variance analyses and preparing account reconciliations. 
• Assisting with financial and tax audits. 
• Documenting and monitoring internal controls in support of auditing team. 
• Coordinating more complex accounting projects and initiatives with other members of the accounting and finance team or with other departments. 
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information. 
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies. 
• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts, preparing a trial balance, and reconciling entries. 
• Summarizes financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheet, profit and loss, and other statements. 
• Produces payroll by initiating computer processing; printing checks, verifying finished product. 
• Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts and 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.

Job Responsibilities - Organizational

Policies, Systems, Processes, Procedures, Standards and Reports
• Follow all relevant functional policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions to ensure that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.
• Assist in the preparation of accurate and timely functional MIS statements and reports to meet corporate and functional requirements, policies and standards.

Safety, Quality and Environment
• Apply safety, quality and environmental management policies, procedures and controls to ensure employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high-quality products/service and a responsible environmental attitude.

Continuous Improvement
• Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of the department's systems, processes and practices considering ‘international best practice’, improvement of business processes, cost reduction and productivity improvement.

Job Stakeholders - Internal

Job Stakeholders - External

Job Requirements - Qualification & Experience

Job Requirements - Skills

Job Context