Job Summary:

We are looking for an Accountant to manage all financial transactions, from fixed payments and variable expenses to bank deposits and budgets.

Accountant responsibilities include auditing financial documents and procedures, reconciling bank statements and calculating tax payments and returns. To be successful in this role, you should have previous experience with bookkeeping and a flair for spotting numerical mistakes.

• Journalizing, posting, cross-referencing, adjusting entries, correcting entries, closing entries, determining account balances, testing accounting activities for accuracy;

• Carries out inventory control activities, perform stocktaking activities;

• Verifies that journal entries of financial transactions agree with the entries and particulars of the respective source documents

• Collects monthly Bank statements.

• Reconciles monthly all bank accounts as soon as a statement is received from the bank.

• Prepares monthly withholding tax payments to the government on time.

• Calculates & Prepare monthly VAT declaration on time.

• Prepares weekly daily labor payment and monthly payroll on time.

• Verifies that cash receipts and cash sales invoices are recorded in sequence and all numbers are accounted for.

• Regularly tests account balances for overstatement, understatement, transposing, omission and other possible clerical errors to keep the book of accounts reliable and updated;

• Ensures the consistency of physical count of inventories with their balances in the book of accounts;

• Prepares a monthly trial balance of ledger account balances;

• Prepares schedule of subsidiary ledger accounts and chart of general ledger accounts;

• Participates in preparing periodic and year-end financial reports and statements;

Reports to: Finance Manager.

Job Requirements

Education

• BA Degree in Accounting

Experience

• 3-5 years of related work experience

Additional Skills

• Proficiency in Accounting Software, Peachtree.

• Advanced MS Excel skills 

• Experience with general ledger functions

• Ability to Analyze Data

• Time Management Skills

How to Apply

Interested applicants are invited to send their documents and CV by email within 5 working days from the date of announcement. 

Prime Engineering PLC, Sarbet Besrate Gebereale (Boran Bldg) 

E-mail Address, hr@primeengineeringet.com, 

Tel: – 0996375708 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Women applicants are highly encouraged to apply!