Job Description for Senior Accountant
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
 Prepare profit and loss statements and monthly closing and cost accounting reports.
 Compile and analyze financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, and document business transactions.
 Establish, maintain, and coordinate the implementation of accounting and accounting control procedures.
 Monitor and review accounting and related system reports for accuracy and completeness.
 Prepare and review budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices, and other accounting documents.
 Analyze revenue and expenditure trends and recommend appropriate budget levels, and ensure expenditure control.
 Explain billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, vendors and clients.
 Resolve accounting discrepancies.
 Recommend, develop and maintain financial data bases, computer software systems and manual filing systems.
 Supervise the input and handling of financial data and reports for the company's automated financial systems.
 Interact with internal and external auditors in completing audits.
 Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
 Maintain and examine the records of government agencies.
 Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
 Report to management regarding the finances of establishment.
 Establish tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper accounts.
 Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
 Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
 Prepare forms and manuals for accounting and bookkeeping personnel, and direct their work activities.
 Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop, and maintain solutions to business and financial problems.
 Work as Internal Revenue Service agents.
 Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
 Other duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS
1. Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Knowledge of financial and accounting software applications. Knowledge of federal, state and aviation financial regulations. Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and projections. This is normally acquired through a combination of the completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, eight to ten years of accounting experience and successful completion of ICAN exams.
2. Work requires willingness to work a flexible schedule.

Qualification: Bsc/HND accounting or related course
Age: 40 years below
Sex: Female

Interested candidates should forward her cv to recruitment@abrahamholmes.com