Accountant (French speaking) job at Aldelia

Job Description:
The accountant reports to the Administrative and Financial Manager (RAF) of the establishment. She/He is under his/her direct authority as well as under the authority of the head of the establishment.
The accountant ensures the daily accounting monitoring and must provide a professional accounting and financial management service.

Main Tasks:
• Ensure daily accounting monitoring (control and data entry of purchase, sale, payroll, bank, petty cash)
• Carry out bank and cash reconciliations
• Ensure the compliance of the school’s accounts in accordance with French accounting standards and norms, with appropriate documentation and in real time
• Ensure the accuracy of documentation and financial records, the proper management of bank account and petty cash, in strict compliance with financial management rules
• Ensure the correct inventory of assets (stocks, fixed assets) and the keeping of records.
• Assist the Administrative and Financial Manager (RAF) with monthly/annual tax returns and declarations.
• Carry out, in collaboration with the RAF, the annual closures and produce balance sheet & PnL statements according to the CoFi system (AEFE system)
• Prepare audits and financial analysis in collaboration with external auditors.
• Provide the ad-hoc documents to the various authorities which the school depends on (AEFE, Ugandan tax and social administrations, etc.)

Qualifications:
• Holder of a diploma in accounting (minimum Bachelor level), he/she has significant professional experience.
• Fluency in French and English is essential.

Competence/Skills:
• High level of integrity, trust and honesty,
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of information
• Rigorous, precise and organized
• Dynamic, flexible and responsible,
• Know how to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Ability to work alone and in a team
• Ability to communicate effectively in French and English, both orally and in writing, with a variety of interlocutors
• Good knowledge of accounting principles and practices, in particular the French accounting system
• Practical knowledge and conception of legislation relating to taxes, duties and social charges
• Mastery of office tools such as Word and Excel
• Practice of accounting software (software currently used at school: EBP/Evogest)

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