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Administration & Accounting Officer - International Bank
Rothstein Recruitment
Accounting, Auditing & Finance
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Experience Level: Senior level Experience Length: 5 years
Job descriptions & requirements
Administration & Accounting Officer - International Bank
Excellent opportunity opens to join an International Bank as their new Administration & Accounting Officer. You will play a pivotal role in the smooth operation of the bank's finance and administrative function through taking ownership of monthly reporting and driving improvements in operational risk.
Key Responsibilities
• Prepare monthly financial reports covering the Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss Account, Account Summary, Proofs of Accounts and Bank Reconciliation including the drop-in centre.
• Expenditure budgeting for the Rep Office and drop-in centre quarterly and preparation of variance report.
• Oversighting the management of the Rep Office petty cash/imprest account.
• Maintain fixed assets register and other bank’s assets, including store accountability and control.
• Processing payments of bills to third party service providers.
• Ensure all accounts related documents and receipts are referenced in alpha-numeric order, scanned, and posted to London on a monthly basis.
• Processing of staff compensation and benefits, including the administration of statutory deductions working in conjunction with the bank.
• Yearly update of financial control procedures and accounting policies relating to the Rep Office.
• Carrying out operational risk function (OR Champion) such as health & safety, spot checking staff on clean-desk policy/Data Protection, reporting to compliance and operational risk department.
• Logistics management of staff in the bank's offices.
• Keeping records of spot-checks and operational risk findings and relating such to the necessary department. Raising Near-Miss and relevant reports.
• Management and administration of the office space/premises.
• Supporting the Contract company and Support staff in terms of payments of salaries, overtime and other issues.
• Any other projects/duties assigned.
Qualifications/Experience
• Bachelors Degree in Accounting.
• Have a strong focus on numbers, data, and analytics
• Up to 5-7 years’ experience in accounting practice
• Excellent QuickBooks, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook skills
• Experience with using industry standard statistics and data visualization packages.
• Strong attention to detail, quality, and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment
• Proficiency in English (verbal and written)
Desirable:
• Masters in Business Administration (Finance Specialism)
• Demonstrate awareness of standard business processes and an ability to quickly understand the business, its internal systems, processes, and procedures; and its relevant external influences (competitors, laws and regulations, market conditions etc.)
Interested? Please Apply!
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