Title: Comptable Junior
Country: Ivory Coast
Duty Station: Abidjan
Publishing Date: 14.04.2024
Deadline: 22.04.2024
Starting Date: 01.05.2024
Period: 12 months
Language: French
Reporting to
- 1st operations manager,
- 2nd country representative
Aim of the position:
A junior accountant supports the finance department by managing daily accounting tasks. He/She will be part of a team of professionals working to maintain order and transparency of the company’s finances.
The preparation of financial statements and reporting constitutes a large part of the daily work of the junior accountant. It is mandatory to be familiar with accounting principles and to be able to work comfortably with numbers and with attention to detail.
The aim is to contribute to the overall efficient functioning of the department and to help the company be fully aware of its financial situation. This way he can make the right decisions and succeed in the long term.
Main tasks and responsibilities
- Reconcile accounts in a timely manner
- Enter key financial transaction data into the database on a daily basis
- Provide assistance and support to company staff
- Find, track and restore accounting or documentation issues and discrepancies
- Constantly update your professional knowledge
Essential Requirements
- High school diploma
- Mastering French
- Proven experience as a junior accountant: 1 year or less of experience in the administration and finance sector
- Additional accounting qualifications are a plus
- English is a plus
Required skills and experiences
- Excellent organizational skills
- Great attention to detail
- Good ability to manage numbers and good analytical sense
- Good understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office and familiarity with relevant computer software
- Ability to perform filing and record keeping tasks
- Data entry and word processing skills
- Good communication/interpersonal skills
- Well organised
- Communication skills (to be able to tell the story behind the numbers in an easy to digest way)
- The ability to work well in a team and independently