Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day financial operations, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to organizational policies and procedures.
• Reconcile accounts, identify discrepancies, and ensure timely resolution.
• Contribute to identifying process improvement opportunities within operational accounting to increase efficiency and minimize errors.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, internal controls, and regulatory requirements, and escalate issues when needed.
• Assist in the preparation of financial reports, ensuring accurate data and meeting reporting deadlines.
• Collaborate with other teams to support smooth financial operations and provide relevant financial data for decision-making.
• Help maintain financial systems, ensuring accurate data entry and resolving system-related issues.
• Provide support for audit preparations and compliance reviews by ensuring the availability of required documentation.
• Maintain a high level of financial accuracy and help team members understand operational procedures.
• Be flexible in handling various operational accounting tasks and adapt to changing business needs.
• Backing up other members of the accounting unit where necessary.
• Carries out other duties, as and when required, assisting with ad hoc projects and tasks as requested by the Head, of Accounting.

PROFILE 

Required Qualifications.

• A university degree in finance/accounting or minimum a commercial diploma or equivalent, possibly with an emphasis on Accounting and Finance e.g. “Handelsakademie”, commercial school, Bachelor Economics / Accounting;
• A minimum of five years’ experience in finance & administration in a multi-cultural environment.