General Accountant

Accountant duties include:

• Preparing monthly and annual accounts
• Corporate document maintenance
• Projecting cost calculations
• Liaising with auditors
• Processing employee expenses
• Costing for projects
• Data gathering
• Receiving and storing invoices
• Using digital systems to keep records and create payments
• Preparing and posting journals
• Logging daily entries in accordance with accounting policy

Accountant skills, qualifications, and experience

To become an accountant, professionals should have a degree-level education in a finance subject (accounting, mathematics etc.) and an accounting qualification or part-qualification in ACA, CIMA or ACCA.

Accountant skills and experience can include:

• Excellent MS Excel capabilities/Tally
• Regional experience

Soft skills needed for the role are as follows:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Good time management
• Strong commercial acumen
• Good problem solving skills
• Analytical thinking
• Relationship building skills