Account Officer

Job Purpose

Responsible for accounting transaction/data entry, data verification, and records maintenance. with a primary focus on general transaction recording and control/reconciliation of accounts who work in organizations with separate specialists performing some or all of the budgeting, cost accounting, internal management and/or external financial reporting work.

Job Description (Accountability)

Accounting includes work across multiple areas of Accounting including:

• Ensuring compliance with financial transaction recording standards (e.g., general ledger, cash payments/collections, tax transactions, etc.)
• Control/reconciliation of accounts and records (balance sheet, PandL, bank accounts, etc.)
• Accounting reports/schedules for internal audiences (management reporting) and/or for external audiences (compliance reporting) including consolidation of financial statements, cash flow reporting, budget reporting, etc.)
• Cost accounting/budgeting (allocation of direct/indirect costs, variance analysis, budget preparation, etc.)

Competencies