Accountant

Accountant duties and responsibilities of the job

As one of the most crucial roles not just of any finance team, but any company, the Accountant job description is a dynamic role with a multitude of responsibilities, including:

• Examining bank statements and reconciling them with general ledger entries

• Examining expenses submitted by employees

• Keeping an eye on incoming payments from accounts receivable and outgoing payments from accounts payable

• Creating company financial reports with the above information included

• Analysing data collected in order to determine the state of the company’s financial health

• Analysing data to understand where the company is generating and losing revenue

• Examining the proficiency of the software programs used to organise data

• Generating financial reports that display the company’s profits, equity and cash flow

Accountant job qualifications and requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in the following is particularly favoured:

• Accounting

• Business studies

• Management

Requirements

• Must have previous work experience in an accountants position

• Must have experience with filing VAT retruns and other tax returns on itax

• Knowledge of using SAP business 1 will be an added advantage

• Ability to prepare management accounts

• Profficient in using excel 

• CPA or ACCA qualified