Assistant Accountants

Our client is seeking to onboard an Assistant Accountants – Contract duration: 6 months, with the possibility of permanent placement.

Salary: $10,000–$11,000
Location: Piarco

Job Purpose:
This role offers the candidate the opportunity to assist the Accountant in the preparation of timely and accurate financial information by performing routine accounting tasks, ensuring accurate financial records, and assisting with reporting and compliance requirements.

Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Records daily financial transactions in accounting systems as per Company guidelines
  • Cash and bank receipts
  • Intercompany transactions
  • Prepayments and accruals and reversals of same
• Account reconciliations and adjustments
  • Prepares and reviews month end schedules – 10th of each month
  • Updates reconciliations and schedules and clears reconciling items
  • Statutory Requirements
• Ensures all payments, filings, record keeping are timely and accurate
  • Files documents as appropriate
• Capital Expenditure monitoring and control
  • Records and maintains the register of CAPEX projects
  • Tracks and maintains files for CAPEX projects from request to capitalization, including copies of invoices
  • Monitors projects spend vs the approved budgeted amount and prepares closure forms when appropriate.
  • Completes Journals/SAP processes on capitalization of projects.
• Fixed Asset Management
• Maintains the Fixed Asset Register: reconciliation, additions, disposals, sales.
  • Depreciation reasonableness checks and assists in annual budget preparation of depreciation expense
• Inventory / Cost of Sales Management
  • Processes journals, analysis and reconciliations for consumption each month
  • Inventory adjustments as required
• Records Management
  • Files all documents necessary for the department.
• Supervision and review
  • Supervise and support Finance Officers towards the attainment of departmental goals and objectives as needed.
  • Prepares, reviews and posts journals as required.
  • Approves and manages of all duties assigned to Finance Officers.
• Audit
  • Executes and leads completion of assigned requests.
  • Supports the closure of all audit points.
  • Updates workflows, processes as required.
• Responsible for the safety of all employees under their charge inclusive of safety procedures, safety conditions, equipment and PPE. Enforces all safety rules and regulations inclusive of HACCP and Food Safety and Hygiene.

Additional functions as needed:

• Back up for Senior Members in the Finance Department including Finance Manager.
• Any other duties as assigned by the Finance Manager.
• Ensuring all statutory, banking information are updated.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications & Skills

• As many as need it some examples include:
• Degree in Finance or ACCA Level 1 completion
• 2 years’ work experience in a similar position
• Audit experience an asset.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, intermediate Excel user
• Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics GP and SAP will be considered an asset.
• Understanding of Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivable, sub-ledger to General Ledger Reconciliations
• Ability to develop and maintain an environment of trust, diversity, and inclusion within your team.
• Requires knowledge of business and a command of the English language. Spanish will be an asset.
• Quality focus—the individual looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Meticulous in nature – pays attention to details.
• Team player – demonstrates an ability to integrate well with team members and to support other members of the team when needed.

Physical requirements

• The role is required to spend extensive periods of time sitting behind a desk, it is recommendable to take a few breaks throughout the day by standing or exercising from time to time.
• Travel requirements
• The position may require limited occasional domestic and international travelling.

Job Ref: RM