Senior Accounts Officer

Position Overview

The Senior Accounts Officer will take ownership of day-to-day accounting operations and period-end activities, ensuring that financial records are complete, accurate, timely, and supported by appropriate documentation. The role will also review transactional work, resolve exceptions, strengthen financial controls, support audits, and provide clear reporting to management and client stakeholders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• General ledger ownership: Maintain ledger integrity through accurate coding, reconciliations, supporting schedules, and prompt correction of identified errors.
• Accounts payable: Oversee invoice processing, approval follow-up, payment runs, supplier statement reconciliations, and resolution of pricing, duplication, or allocation issues.
• Accounts receivable & credit control: Monitor billing, receipts, allocations, ageing, and overdue balances; coordinate collection follow-ups and escalate risks appropriately.
• Banking & cash: Complete bank and payment-platform reconciliations, investigate unmatched items, monitor cash movements, and support cash-flow reporting.
• Compliance & controls: Apply accounting policies, tax and statutory requirements, delegated authorities, and internal control procedures; retain complete audit-ready evidence.
• Stakeholder & vendor management: Act as a reliable point of contact for clients, suppliers, operational teams, and internal stakeholders; resolve queries professionally and maintain clear status updates.
• Review & team support: Review work prepared by junior team members, provide practical guidance, share knowledge, and help maintain standard operating procedures and process documentation.
• Process improvement: Identify recurring issues and opportunities for standardization, automation, stronger controls, and improved turnaround times; support implementation and track outcomes.
• Ad hoc responsibilities: Complete additional finance activities and analytical requests assigned by the client or management, while managing priorities and communicating delivery risks early.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 2–3 years of relevant accounting or finance operations experience, including hands-on exposure to reconciliations and month-end activities.
• Working knowledge of accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, journals, accruals, prepayments, and financial reporting.
• Experience using ERP softwares (like Xero) and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel; exposure to reporting or automation tools is advantageous.
• Experience supporting audits, maintaining process documentation, and working within defined controls and service timelines.