The Senior Accountant, or Senior Accounts Officer, is responsible for overseeing the financial and accounting practices of a company. Their duties include creating and analysing financial reports, delegating accounting tasks to other team members and reconciling financial statements. Senior Accountants are responsible for ensuring the smooth running of a finance department. They need to combine their responsibilities with day-to-day accounting duties, such as data input and reporting.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Assisting with accounting tasks such as invoicing or tracking purchase order numbers
• Creating and approving client or supplier payments
• Investigating accounting irregularities, mistakes or potential fraud
• Offering advice and suggestions to management that can improve the accounting processes and financial stability of a company
• Reconciling balance sheets
• Ensuring compliance with legal-tax-VAT accounting standards
• Reviews employee expenses and make reimbursements.
• Validates invoices against items or services received.
• Checks all financial transactions for accuracy.
• Enters key data into the company’s accounting system.
• Prepares monthly reporting
• Oversees the Accounts Assistant team and ensures that the correct procedures as determined by the company are followed.
• Runs with the month-end and year-end closes.
• Good knowledge of the company’s electronic systems and databases.
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Qualifications

• Good to have Fluency in the English Language (oral and written)
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Computer literacy.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office Suite and Excel wizard
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work autonomously .
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Multitasking and ability to work extra hours to meet deadlines if needed.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Administrative skills.
• Cross functional collaboration skills.
• Analytical skills.
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity.
• keen eye for detail and a results-driven approach.
• Mathematical skills.
• Experience in the shipping industry will be considered as an advantage.
• Microsoft Dynamics (Navision) knowledge will be considered as an advantage.
• A Degree in Finance, Accounting and 3 years of experience in a similar position.