Accounting Lead

Job Summary

Centralization lead role is responsible for overseeing the consolidating financial information from various business units or subsidiaries within the corporate setup. The job holder will need to ensure that financial statements accurately reflect the overall financial position and performance of BGI Ethiopia Plc companies and its subsidiaries.

 Main Duties and Responsibilities

• The job holder will be responsible for ensuring the balance sheet hygiene of the company by having a regular review and analysis of the accounts, recommendation of corrective measures and subsequent follow up corrective actions implementations.
• In doing the different analysis, the job holder is expected to monitor the compliance with of internal controls to mitigate financial risks across the corporate setup.
• Analyze the financial operations of different business units to identify opportunities for cost savings, process improvements, and resource optimization and provide insights to management on how to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness in financial operations.
• Support corporate-level financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting activities.
• Facilitate collaboration among different business units to align financial plans with overall corporate objectives.
• Coordinate with finance teams in different business units to ensure consistent application of accounting standards and practices.
• Ensure consistent, accurate, and compliant financial management across the entire corporate setup, providing valuable insights for strategic decision-making and risk management.
• Regular review of the status of different parts of the trial balance (balance sheet and income statement), carrying out account analysis and reconciliation as required.
• Investigate and resolve irregularities/discrepancies or make recommendation for solution to senior management.
• Perform investigation and clearance of long outstanding balances.
• Assisting with closing and justification account balances at the end of every month and preparing monthly metrics and statistics.

• Perform other duties when assigned

• Expert in accounting, financial reporting, planning and analysis.
• Good understanding of IFRS.
• Self-sufficient.
• Critical thinking.
• Responsiveness.
• Good knowledge of ERP process
• Mastery of Office 365 tools

How To Apply

NOTE: we only accept applications submitted through our website BGI Ethiopia