Accounting Supervisor

Job Description

Company Introduction

Job Responsibilities and Duties

• Report to the Partner managing the accounting department;
• Committed to delivering a high-quality customer experience to our clients;
• Supervising and monitoring the work prepared by the team to ensure established policies and procedures are always followed;
• Providing excellent customer service ensuring clients receive prompt feedback to their requests and queries;
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with clients while fostering open communication to manage expectations and meet deadlines;
• Ensuring an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close;
• Handling accountancy, payroll and VAT services for an assigned portfolio of clients;
• Assisting in the formulation of professional development and educational plans for members of staff;
• Providing an on the job learning experience sharing meaningful feedback in a timely manner;
• Establishing and enforcing proper Accounting methodology, policies, and principles;
• Assisting the Partner managing the Accounting department to identify inefficiencies in workflow, and implementing new processes and procedures to ensure timely, accurate financial reporting;
• Supervising and overseeing the daily operations of the Accounting department.

Experience

• Holding a University degree at master’s level in Accounting, ACA or ACCA qualified;
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a client accounting role;
• Have a strong knowledge of the IFRS and GAPSME reporting standards;
• Experience working with payroll software and QuickBooks will be considered an asset;
• Knowledge in either taxation and/or liquidations will also be considered an asset.

Personal Skills

• Excellent computer literacy and have a good working knowledge of MS Word and MS Excel;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English;
• Capable of managing a team, inspiring, mentoring, and supervising team members to meet demanding deadlines;
• Ability to work with a team and possess strong interpersonal skills;
• Be result oriented, responsible, highly meticulous and detail-oriented;
• Ability to work on your own initiative;
• Ability to prioritise and deliver within tight time frames.