Chief Accountant Required

Duties & Responsibilities:
• Plans, organizes and implements accounting operations and objectives; coordinates and integrates all activities toward achievement of established goals and objectives.
• Supervises, trains and evaluates accounting professionals, entry level accounting & support staff
• Performs complex accounting work according to generally accepted accounting principles, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), established procedures, departmental guidelines, regulatory requirements and company policies & procedures applicable to the work.
• Maintains the integrity of the G/L and Trial Balance and ensures that transactions are accurately booked into the accounting system.
• Closely coordinates with the reporting and budgeting officer to ensure that data provided for reporting and analysis is accurate and up to date.
• Generates various system reports or audits calculations and ensures accuracy, e.g., billing, payroll processing, and accounts payable etc.
• Maintains and reconciles all accounts with assistance from accounting support personnel.
• Plans, manages, coordinates, and implements the month end and year end closing processes and procedures for all accounting records; conducts Month and year-end closing process; provides information to auditors; conducts standard internal audits of various accounting records.
• Ensures adherence to IFRS & generally accepted accounting standards and principles; ensures maintenance of proper audit trails and verification and reconciliation actions for all processed work.
• Evaluates all transactions for the purpose of ensuring compliance.