General Ledger Accountant Vacancy at Eye Foundation Hospital Group

About the role

General Ledger Accountant job opportunity is available at Eye Foundation Hospital Group for individuals who possess B.Sc in Accounting.

• This role requires a thorough and deep understanding of basic and fundamental accounting principles.
• Ideal candidate for this role must have good communication ability, he must be a team player with outstanding mathematical skills.

Responsibilities

• Review of payment vouchers to ensure that transaction classifications are in appropriate heads
• Daily postings of all payment vouchers
• Maintain general ledger accounts for all assets, liabilities, income and expenses
• Prepare journal entries for accruals, prepayments, depreciation, amortizations, errors and variances.
• Perform accounting analysis for cash accruals, account payables, account receivables, reconciliations and foreign exchange.
• Provide appropriate accounting information on any customer accounts/ledger and balances whenever needed.
• Assist various departments in detailing or resolving any accounting issues or queries.
• Analyze and perform foreign currency transaction reporting, and provide foreign exchange related data.
• Assist in tax preparation and filing activities.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts with trial balance and revenue accounts with cash lodgment, receipt raise/issued and credit sales.
• Prepare schedule of provision for doubtful debts.
• Review financial reports to identify and explain variances.
• Follow documentation retention policy to maintain accounting files.
• Prepare cash flow statements and resolve outstanding balancing issues.
• Ensure that the accounting department adheres to the standard accounting principles and procedures of the company.
• Perform the end of the month account closing activities.
• Provide details and commentaries for all balances on trial balance with analysis of variances and movement in balances.
• Adhere to standard accounting principles and company procedures.

Experience and qualifications

• B.Sc in Accounting only is required for this role
• Professional stage of ICAN is also required… Certified ICAN members will not be shortlisted.
• Minimum of 2 years working experience in a similar role is required.

Summary of Skills:

• Working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, and bookkeeping procedures.
• In-depth and broad information about patterns of preparation of balance sheets, profit or loss, maintaining general ledgers, and reconciling account statements.

Application deadline

31st January, 2020.

Application details

Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application Letter and CV to: healthcare.recruitment@yahoo.com clearly indicating the “Job Title” as subject of your mail.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

WHO IS Eye Foundation Hospital Group?

The Eye foundation hospital was started in 1993 as a high tech specialist Eye hospital capable of providing services comparable to those obtainable abroad. It is the first and foremost indigenous eye practice in the country that runs a group practice with many sub specialized ophthalmologists.