Senior Accountant

Introduction

Phoenix Ethiopia, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is a leading distributor of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) products in East Africa. Phoenix Telecom PLC is a master Agent for Safaricom Ethiopia. 

Job Summary: Enthusiastic, Energetic and customer oriented Senior Accountant who will supervise general accounting operations and control our financial transactions include reconciling account balances and bank statements? maintaining the general ledger? preparing month-end close procedures and ensuring accuracy and effectiveness in all company's accounting tasks. We expect the senior accountant to possess both excellent analytical skills and an in-depth knowledge of accounting principles to efficiently analyze financial reports and forecasts. Also able to supervise the works done by the junior accountant. Directly reporting to the Finance Manager

Duties and Responsibilities of senior accountant

• Maintaining and reconciling balance sheet and general ledger accounts.
• Assisting with annual audit preparations.
• Preparing documents for reporting to the revenue office and other regulatory bodies.
• Recording daily sales transactions and keeping the record
• Preparing financial analyses and reports.
• Preparing revenue projections and forecasting expenditure.
• Assisting with preparing and monitoring budgets.
• Maintaining and reconciling balance sheet and general ledger accounts with Peachtree. 

Experience and Qualification for Senior Accountants

1. Degree in ACFN, COC certified is preferable.
2. Experience in (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) FMCG sector 3 + -5 years
3. Experience in manufacturing sector is preferable

Skills Required

1. Communication skills both in Amharic and English orally as well as written
2. People skills
3. Committed
4. Punctual

How To Apply

Any qualified and interested applicants can send their updated CV and Application Letter dates and position named as per the announcement with the following email bilen@phoenix-ethiopia.com. Short-listed candidate will be called for interview.