The role entails performing day-to-day financial accounting tasks including, processing payments, filing and document retrieval, providing data for report preparation and data input for the SIBCI Project.
\n\u2022 The candidate will support in budgeting, financial accounting and reporting of assigned grants.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Accounts Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n Reporting to:<\/strong>\u00a0Finance & Administrative Officer \/ Project Manager Key Relationships:<\/strong>\u00a0The Project Manager, Project Coordinator, M&E Specialist, Communication Specialist, Consultants, Executive Director.<\/p>\n Responsible for:<\/strong>\u00a0maintaining sound financial and accounting systems and controls for GWS.<\/p>\n Accounting:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Ensure that all financial transactions are carried out and recorded in accordance with GWS financial Personal skills:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Have working knowledge of the Tally ERP system or integrated computer systems. Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 A University degree in Finance \/ Accounting. Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra & Damongo<\/p>\n How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n To apply: \u2022 A covering letter explaining why you are applying for the position and relating to your experience and skills to the roles indicated in the application pack (include your salary expectations) in your cover letter. \u2022 Full CV and contact details for two referees Email your application to:\u00a0sibci@ghanawildlifesociety.org<\/strong>\u00a0or deliver by hand to GWS addressing it to The\u00a0Executive Director,\u00a0<\/strong>Ghana Wildlife Society,\u00a0<\/strong>P. O. Box 13252, Accra.<\/strong><\/p>\n Closing Date:<\/strong>\u00a022 January, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The role entails performing day-to-day financial accounting tasks including, processing payments, filing and document retrieval, providing data for report preparation and data input for the SIBCI Project. \u2022 The candidate…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-bn1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDuty Post:<\/strong>\u00a0Damongo \/ Accra<\/p>\n
\npolicies and procedures.
\n\u2022 Prepare cheques and on-line payments for review by the Finance and Administrative Officer manager in compliance with GWS procedures and policies.
\n\u2022 Preparation and prompt settlement of statutory and other payroll deductions i.e. PAYE, SNNIT, Withholding tax, etc.
\n\u2022 Prepare GWS monthly accounts for review by the Finance & Admin Officer
\n\u2022 Cash flow management and bank reconciliation for all GWS accounts
\n\u2022 Maintain banking relationship with GWS Bankers.
\n\u2022 Ensure proper book of accounts are kept and maintain a sound archiving (filing and retrieval) system.
\n\u2022 Prepare various supporting schedules to the financial statements to facilitate annual audit and assist auditors during audits.
\n\u2022 Prepare end of year accruals and monthly reconciliation of the accruals and make journals where necessary.
\n\u2022 Prepare payroll journal and monthly reconciliation of the payroll control code.
\n\u2022 Perform any other reasonable duty assigned by management.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Have practical knowledge of computer systems, including internet navigation and various Microsoft
\nOffice applications especially Excel.
\n\u2022 Be able to work under pressure and attend to any ad hoc functions as may be required.
\n\u2022 Be self-driven and able to work within tight deadlines.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Experience in overseeing financial and accounting systems, compliance reviews, audits, financial
\ncontrol reporting, and risk management.
\n\u2022 Experience in managing grants from development partners will be an added advantage.<\/p>\n