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Job Description
The Accountant has overall responsibility for the day-to-day financial management of El Salam for Educational Development including, but not limited to, invoices, school fees, receipts, financial transfers, cash transactions, and accounts.
General Duties
- Manage all accounts, including bookkeeping
- Administer payroll for all school employees in coordination with Human Resources, including all appropriate deductions
- Present the monthly payroll to the Managing Director for review and approval
- Ensure that the organisation complies with government regulations with regards to financial regulations and obligations, including, but not limited to, taxation and auditing
- Prepare regular and ad hoc reports for the Managing Director to include profit/loss, cash flow, and current balance as requested
- Attend meetings of the Board as well as meetings of school management as required
- Advise the Managing Director on all financial matters including the preparation of financial reports and presentations
- Assist the Managing Director with the production of the annual budget, as well as with developing and implementing financial planning
- Administer and record all invoices and all payments in accordance with procedures
- Seek Managing Director approval for the payment of all invoices
- Administer and record all revenue invoicing according to school procedures
- Administer, maintain, and reconcile all banking and petty cash accounts
- Prepare accounting vouchers, data entry, review and post GL, SL, and PL transactions
- Prepare monthly bank reconciliations
- Match customer advances with issued invoices on a monthly basis
- Maintain a proper register of fixed assets, coordinating with the Procurement Officer
- Prepare and record monthly depreciation of fixed assets
- Analyze prepayments, accruals, and other assets and liabilities accounts and record necessary adjustments if needed each month
- Maintain proper filing of accounting vouchers and electronic databases
- Issue necessary cash and check settlements of school liabilities
- Attend and assist in the internal and external audit processes, and provide the required analysis
- Complete other duties as assigned by the Managing Director
Job Requirements
- Bachelor Degree of Commerce, or equivalent, with a major specialization in accounting with a post-graduate certificate or degree preferred
- 3 or 4 years experience in the same field preferred
- Self-motivated with initiative
- High level of English
- Higher-level computer skills
- Very strong organizational, interpersonal, and intrapersonal skills
- Ability to perform multiple tasks and meet deadlines
- Very good analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Very high sense of responsibility, autonomy, and accountability
