Accountant (reconciliation & Audit Support) At Teamace Limited

Duration: 2 Months

Job Sumary

• One of our clients in the retail industry is looking for an Accountant (Reconciliation & Audit Support) to support a short-term finance and audit project.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for performing account reconciliations, investigating historical transactions, preparing audit support schedules, and assisting with ERP migration and tax audit activities.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed reconciliations of bank, control, and balance sheet accounts.
• Investigate and resolve historical reconciling items and outstanding transactions.
• Prepare audit support schedules and maintain supporting documentation.
• Compile and organize documents required for tax audits and regulatory reviews.
• Reconcile accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, fixed assets, and intercompany balances.
• Support data cleansing and validation activities for ERP migration.
• Maintain reconciliation trackers, issue logs, and progress reports.
• Support month-end close activities and assist in resolving audit queries.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or HND in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline with 3 - 5 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Strong reconciliation and financial data analysis skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience using ERP systems.
• Ability to work with large volumes of financial transactions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.

Key Deliverables:

• Significant reduction of reconciliation backlog.
• Fully reconciled audit support schedules and working papers.
• Historical transactions analysed and properly documented.
• Well-organized audit evidence repository.
• Reduction in outstanding audit and reconciliation issues.
• Clean and validated financial data ready for ERP migration and reporting.

Priority Areas:

• Bank and Control Account Reconciliations
• Accounts Receivable
• Accounts Payable
• Inventory
• Fixed Assets
• Related Party and Intercompany Balances
• Accruals and Provisions
• VAT, Withholding Tax (WHT), and Other Tax Accounts.