Senior Accountant manages financial reporting, oversees ledger reconciliation, and enforces accounting controls, requires an Accounting/Finance Degree, CPA/ACCA qualification, and 6+ years accounting experience.
Role Purpose
The
Senior Accountant will be responsible for supporting the organisation’s
financial reporting, revenue accounting, project financial management, investor
reporting, reconciliations, financial controls, and audit requirements across
multiple entities and jurisdictions.
The role
will work closely with Finance, Project, Commercial, Operations, Investment,
and other teams to ensure accurate financial information, effective financial
controls, timely reporting, and strong finance business partnering.
Key Responsibilities
Revenue
& Receivables
Manage
revenue accounting and ensure revenue is accurately recognised in the
appropriate accounting periods.
Maintain
revenue schedules and perform revenue reconciliations.
Monitor
invoicing, collections, receivables, and outstanding balances.
Work with
commercial and project teams to resolve billing and collection issues.
Monitor
revenue performance against budgets, milestones, forecasts, and contractual
expectations.
Maintain
appropriate supporting documentation and reconciliations for all bad debt
provisions and write-offs.
Review
contracts for potential deals to ensure revenue, tax requirements, billing
terms, and project milestones are clearly defined and adequately documented to
support accurate revenue recognition and external audit requirements.
Project
Finance & Budget Management
Set up
new projects in the finance/ERP system, including project codes, budgets, cost
centres, and relevant financial parameters.
Monitor
project budgets against actual expenditure and revenue.
Prepare
regular Budget vs Actual (BVA) reports and variance analysis.
Work with
project teams to explain significant variances and identify potential cost
overruns.
Support
project forecasting, including projected costs, revenue, and project completion
positions.
Ensure
project costs are correctly coded, allocated, and supported.
Support
project close-out and final financial reconciliations.
Investor
Reporting & Business Partnering
Prepare
monthly, quarterly, and annual investor reporting in line with agreed
requirements.
Maintain
investor reconciliations, schedules, and supporting documentation.
Coordinate
with internal teams to obtain information required for investor reporting.
Respond
to investor financial queries and ensure timely resolution of reporting issues.
Maintain
strong finance business partnerships with investors and relevant stakeholders.
Support
preparation of ad hoc investor analysis and financial information requests.
Financial
Reporting & Reconciliations
Support
monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
Prepare
and review receivables, intercompany, revenue, project, investor, and balance
sheet reconciliations.
Prepare
and post appropriate month-end journals, including Revenue, accruals,
prepayments, provisions, and reclassifications.
Investigate
and clear aged or unexplained reconciling items.
Support
management reporting, financial analysis, and forecasting.
Finance
Systems & Workflows
Manage
project creation and other finance master data within the ERP/accounting
system.
Manage
finance approval workflows and ensure transactions follow the appropriate
approval processes.
Support
onboarding of new finance users and coordinate system access and permissions.
Resolve
system, workflow, and accounting process issues in collaboration with Finance
and IT.
Support
finance system improvements, automation, and process optimization.
Identify
opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce manual processes.
Audit,
Controls & Compliance
Support
external, statutory, internal, tax, investor, and other audits across multiple
jurisdictions.
Prepare
audit schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
Coordinate
responses to audit queries and track outstanding requests.
Ensure
compliance with finance policies, accounting standards, approval requirements,
and internal controls.
Identify
control gaps and support implementation of corrective actions.
Maintain
an audit-ready finance environment.
Finance
Business Partnership – Revenue
Build
strong working relationships with Commercial, Project, Operations, and other
relevant teams to support effective revenue management.
Partner
with relevant stakeholders to ensure accurate revenue forecasting, recognition,
invoicing, and collection monitoring.
Provide
financial insights and guidance on revenue performance, variances, risks, and
opportunities.
Proactively
identify and resolve issues affecting revenue recognition, billing,
collections, and overall revenue performance.
Support
on Tax Compliance
Ensure
timely and accurate tax compliance across entities and jurisdictions, including
VAT, withholding tax, and statutory filings.
Ensure
tax related transactions are accurately recorded and booked in the appropriate
ledgers and accounts
Review
transactions, contracts, and payments for applicable tax implications and
ensure appropriate deductions and remittances.
Support
tax audits, assessments, and queries from tax authorities and external
advisors.
Identify
and escalate potential tax risks arising from projects, contracts, and cross
border transactions.
Key
Deliverables
Accurate
and timely revenue recognition and revenue reporting.
Revenue
and collections monitoring.
Project
BVA and financial performance reporting.
Monthly,
quarterly, and annual investor reporting.
Timely
and accurate financial reconciliations.
Effective
month-end and year-end close.
Timely
project setup and financial system maintenance.
Audit
schedules and support across multiple jurisdictions.
Effective
finance approval workflows and user onboarding.
Strong
financial controls and compliance.
Continuous
improvement and automation of finance processes.
Qualifications
& Experience
Bachelor’s
degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field.
CPA,
ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent professional qualification.
6-8 years
of relevant accounting/finance experience.
Strong
experience in financial accounting, revenue recognition, reconciliations, and
financial reporting.
Experience
with project accounting, budget monitoring, and BVA reporting.
Experience
preparing investor or external stakeholder reporting.
Experience
supporting audits across multiple entities or jurisdictions.
Strong
Excel and accounting/ERP systems skills.
Experience
with process improvement, automation, or finance system implementations is an
advantage.
Key Competencies
Excellent
financial communication skills, with the ability to analyse and interpret
numbers, clearly articulate the story behind financial performance, and
communicate complex financial information, trends, variances, risks, and
opportunities effectively to both finance and non-finance stakeholders through
strong written and verbal communication.
Strong
technical accounting and analytical skills.
Excellent
attention to detail and accuracy.
Strong
commercial and business partnering mindset..
Strong
problem-solving and decision-making ability.
Ability
to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
High
level of ownership, accountability, and integrity.
Proactive
approach to identifying and resolving financial issues.
Continuous
improvement mindset
