The Accounts Assistant reports to the Accountant to support the finance department in carrying out the responsibilities of the accounting department. He/She covers duties such as work that is specific to accounts receivable, accounts payable, tax filing, data compilation, billing, payroll or other accounting tasks. He/She works specifically with accruals, fixed assets accounting or the monthly and yearly finalisation of accounts for audit purposes. He/She assists with the preparation of trial balance, basic financial statements and simple consolidated financial statements. He/She may be called on to participate in ad-hoc finance-related projects and systems testing when necessary.
~ Assign jobs to subordinate and provide guidance to them
Assign account codes to all transactions in the accounting system. ~ Calculate customer/supplier account balances and reconcile with totals. ~ Compile the relevant business documentation used in banking processes. ~ Enter accurate and timely data into the accounting system. ~ Maintain accurate financial records and statements. ~ Perform month-end closing activities. ~ Process payroll transactions into the organisations accounting system. ~ Record and process all business transactions within the organisations accounting system using principles of double-entry accounting. ~ Record transactions and events relating to inventory, accruals, prepayments, capital structure and finance costs. ~ Record transactions and events relating to sales, purchases, receivables, payables and cash. ~ Retrieve system reports from the accounting system for managements use. ~ Use relevant IT systems and tools effectively for data analysis.
~ Preparation of Full Set Accounts
