Accountant

Easterly Global Limited is a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy offering geotechincal, civil, structural, energy, mechanical and electrical engineering services. Working for a wide variety of clients across a range of sectors including retails,residential, automotive, education, industrial and commercial. We thrive on diverse and technically challenging requirements, and our collaborative internal culture ensures coordinated project delivery across all disciplines.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare asset, liability and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Document financial transactions by entering account information.
• Recommend financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Summarize current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement and other reports.
• Substantiate financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Guide accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Secure financial information by completing database backups.
• Verify, allocate, post and reconcile transactions Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results.
• Analyze financial information and summarise financial status.
• Provide technical support and advice on management.
• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures.
• Participate in financial standards setting and in forecast process.

Requirements:

• Thorough knowledge of basic accounting procedures and principles.
• Awareness of business trends.
• Experience with creating financial statements.
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process.
• Excellent accounting software user and administration skills.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience.
• Intermediate understanding of accounting and reporting standards, gaining experience in researching as it relates to accounting issues.