Michael Stevens Consulting, a well known consulting practice with first class strategic alliances. We are currently seeking to employ suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Position: Financial Accountant

Summary of Responsibilities

• To monitor and ensure adequate control over financial administration, accruals, prepayments and expenses across the organizations, preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financials.

Main Functions

• Review the performance of competitors and report on key issues to management.
• Engage in benchmarking studies to establish areas of potential operational improvement.
• Interpret the company’s financial results to management and recommend improvement activities.
• Review processed invoices, ensuring adequacy of supporting documents, accuracy of computations, propriety of authorisations and authenticity of transaction documents.
• Engage in ongoing cost reduction analysis in all areas of the company.
• Review company bottlenecks and recommend changes to improve the overall level of company output.
• Participate in target costing activities to create products that meeting predetermined price goals.
• Collating, preparing and interpreting reports, budgets, accounts, commentaries and financial statements.

Other Duties:

• Co-ordination of the company’s internal and external audits
• Participate in the preparation of the company’s annual plans and budgets
• Review of journal entries and vouchers before releasing them on SAP
• Closing and opening of periods in SAP
• Provide support to the Finance team on the efficient use of SAP.
• Carry out from time to time any other function as may be assigned by the Head, Financial Services