Job Title: Financial Accountant

Reporting To: Finance Controller

Department/Group: Finance

Location: Ivory Coast- PK 24 Industrial Zone

Industry: Industrial Zones

Job Purpose

The Financial Accountant is responsible for being responsible for end to end finance and accounting of PEIA, including but not limiting to month end close, day to day accounting, reporting, generating financial reports related to budgets, account payables, account receivables, inventory, tax, CAPEX and Opex.

The Financial Accountant will play a role in financial guidance and support to a company, he/she is a motivational leader, hard worker, responsible for engaging their team at every start of the day to achieve the highest levels of performance, quality, and attendance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of all financial records, ensuring all income and liabilities are accurately recorded, reconciled, and reviewed.
• Leading in the planning, preparation, and delivery of statutory reports, publications, internal and external audits, and the Annual Report and Accounts within agreed timetables.
• Ensuring company asset register is updated along with managing CAPEX.
• Ensuring the business meets all its statutory and compliance obligations, including statutory accounting and tax issues, responsible for all local statutory compliances, including VAT and tax filings.
• Own the month end close process and ensure all deliverables are prepared timely and accurately submitted to Finance controller for review.
• Ensure internal controls are followed and adhered to the statutory and group policies
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations (including bank reconciliations) and make sure balances are reconciled and no exceptions noted.
• Prepare and lead preparing Financial statements under SYSOHADA and coordinate for statutory audit timely closure,
• Analyzing transactions and preparing required journals.
• Managing Petty cash for the company together with proper reconciliation.
• Processing journals ensuring that all accounting entries are supported by working papers for analytical review and audit.
• Managing all Tax-related reconciliations (VAT & Returns recon, Post clearance TRA audits)
• Completing account reconciliations to review and clear balance sheet control accounts monthly, including GRN, VAT and payroll accounts, and maintaining appropriate documentation to support the audit.
• Prepare the monthly finance team performance indicators and transparency publications for review.
• Prepare and collate financial presentations for monthly management meetings and quarterly board meetings.
• Preparing and submitting documents related to funding/ shareholders loan/ equity.
• Interacting with banks to fulfill day to day activities and reporting needs.
• Any other task as required deemed necessary assigned by the Finance Controller/ Management.

Corporate Accountabilities:

• Driving the delivery of business and corporate plans for your own areas of responsibility.
• Managing individuals or teams through line management and/or matrix management arrangements as required, ensuring under performance is managed and adequate resourcing is planned to meet objectives.
• Driving continuous improvement within your own areas of responsibility.
• Taking a proactive approach to risk management, ensuring risks and issues are identified, addressed, and reported and, where appropriate, escalated.
• Managing delegated resources (e.g., budgets, equipment and contracts) as appropriate, to ensure value for money.
• Being fully aware of and actively complying with KPI policies and procedures relevant to your own responsibilities and to corporate policies and procedures including equality, sustainability and the environment, health and safety and data protection.
• Performing any other reasonable duties as directed by line management.

Qualifications: Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Experience: Financial Accounting, reporting, treasury and similar, 8+ years

Knowledge Areas

• Strong knowledge of SYSCOHADA accounting standards
• Hands-on experience with SAP ERP (FI/CO preferred)
• Proven experience in handling end-to-end accounting independently.
• Professional Working knowledge of English
• Experience in multinational companies or audit firms preferred.

Skills

• Ability to analyse and solve work related problems
• Written (report writing) and verbal communication
• Interpersonal and interactive skills