Job description

Accountant – Role Description
Key Responsibilities

Payroll Management: Oversee accurate and timely payroll processing, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and company policies.

Prepare and maintain accurate financial records and ledgers: Record daily financial transactions, post journal entries, and ensure all accounts reflect up-to-date and accurate financial data.
Sage Accounting Software: Utilise Sage accounting software to manage financial transactions, payroll, and reporting with accuracy and efficiency.
Expense Processing: Review and process employee expense claims efficiently, maintaining accuracy and adherence to company procedures.
Manage accounts payable and receivable: Process supplier invoices, issue customer invoices, track payments, manage credit control, and reconcile supplier and customer accounts.
Perform regular account reconciliations: Conduct monthly, quarterly, and year-end reconciliations to verify account balances, identify discrepancies, and ensure financial accuracy.
Assist with financial statements: Support the preparation of profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports to provide management with a clear financial overview.
Handle statutory returns: Prepare and file VAT, PAYE, and other government-related returns accurately and on time to maintain compliance with tax regulations.
Support budgeting and forecasting: Assist management with annual budgets, monitor variances, and contribute insights to improve financial planning and performance.
Participate in audits: Work with internal and external auditors by gathering, reviewing, and submitting necessary documentation and reports.
Ensure compliance: Adhere to accounting standards (GAAP/IFRS), internal policies, and financial regulations to maintain integrity and transparency in reporting.
Monitor transactions and resolve discrepancies: Investigate and correct posting errors, payment mismatches, or irregularities to maintain clean financial records.
Drive process improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes, enhance internal controls, and improve efficiency in reporting and data accuracy.
Accounts Team Coordination: Lead and support team members to achieve performance goals, foster professional growth, and maintain a positive, collaborative work environment.

Skills & Competencies

Analytical and numerical ability: Strong capability to interpret financial data, identify trends, and support informed business decisions.
Attention to detail: Consistently ensures accuracy in data entry, reconciliations, and financial documentation.
Advanced Excel skills: Experienced in using pivot tables, complex formulas, VLOOKUPs, and data analysis tools for financial reporting.
Organization and time management: Capable of handling multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and maintaining accuracy under pressure.
Communication skills: Able to present financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
Teamwork and independence: Works effectively within a team environment but also takes initiative to complete tasks independently.

Qualifications & Experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
Professional certification: ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CPA qualification (or currently pursuing) preferred.
Experience: 2–5+ years of hands-on accounting or financial reporting experience, ideally in a fast-paced or multi-entity environment.
Technical expertise: Proven experience in financial analysis, reconciliations, month-end close, and statutory reporting requirements.