Tax Accounting Compliance and Reporting Senior at Ernst & Young

Job description

Requisition ID:  1492057

• The Accounting, Compliance and Reporting (ACR) team builds a better working world by enabling client to focus on their core business. ACR offers clients a business solution that enables them to outsource their support functions such as accounting and payroll to the experts while focusing on their key mandate.

The opportunity

• We are looking for senior to join our robust ACR team.

Your key responsibilities

The work mainly involves working with the ACR Team by carrying out the following tasks:-

Senior Accountant Roles;

• Ensure all Invoices received are booked in BC 18.
• Ensure prepayments are expensed monthly (rent, insurance etc.)
• Ensure monthly vendor reconciliations are done
• Create new vendors when necessary.
• Send out remittance advices when payments are done.
• Book all the payments as per bank statement.
• Ensure monthly bank reconciliations are done in the system.
• Ensure necessary accruals & provisions are taken and the schedules updated monthly
• Perform monthly vendor aging analysis.
• Prepare month end closing and month end reports for our clients
• Prepare Statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRSs
• Coordinate annual audits on behalf of our accountancy clients
• Support the managers and partners in growing EY business

Senior Payroll Consultant’s roles.

• Ensuring that all monthly data input is received from the client.
• Any roll forward data input is captured and back- up taken from the previous month.
• Ensure that PAYE is computed correctly and in accordance with Income Tax Act.
• Ensure that monthly reports are generated and given to manager for reviews
• Send the reviewed payroll reports to client’s contacts on time.
• Book net salaries on the client’s online banking system accurately and on time
• Issue the payslips on time
• Ensure that the statutory payments are done as per the due dates
• File all relevant statutory deductions (PAYE, NSSF, NHIF, AHL,HELB and NITA) on or before the due dates.
• Prepare and issue clients fee notes on a monthly basis.

Skills and attributes for success

• How your skills and experience will make an impact, followed by sub-headings:

To qualify for the role, you must have: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in either Economics/Business/Finance or a related field with a minimum of upper second-class honours or its equivalent
• A minimum overall grade of a B and B in both English & Mathematics at Secondary School level
• Professional qualification in accounting (ACCA, CPA or CA Finalist)
• SAP/BC18/Navision /Pastel/Quick books Knowledge or its equivalent
• Computerised accounting skills
• Experience working with payroll packages such as VIP or Payspace
• Advanced Excel knowledge and macros
• Hands on iTax knowledge
• 5 years hands on experience in monthly management reports, payrolls, annual audit and preparation of statutory financial statements in accordance with IFRSs

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Working experience in Accounting/Finance department for at least 5 years or more with hands on experience with computerized Accounting Systems like ERPs e.g., NAVISION,BC 18, SAGE and payroll computerized payroll systems.

What we look for

A person who is:

• Able to prioritize, multi-task and work independently
• Proactive
• Attentive to detail
• Agile and curious to learn
• Discrete & Honest