The Role
Manage day-to-day accounting operations, ensure financial integrity and compliance, produce reports, support audits, oversee staff, improve systems, and manage public funds and grant-related financial processes.
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Job Summary
The Accounts Manager maintains the financial wellness and integrity of the organization. Establishes the organization's financial status by developing and implementing systems for collecting, analyzing, verifying, and reporting financial information and managing accounting staff.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Manage and oversee the daily operations of the accounting department (i.e., month-end and year-end processes, accounts payable/receivable, cash receipts, general ledger, payroll and utilities, treasury, budgeting, cash flow forecasting, revenue and expenditure variance analysis, capital assets, reconciliations, account statement reconciliation, check runs, fixed asset activity, and debt activity).
- Monitor and analyze accounting data and produce financial reports and statements.
- Establish and enforce proper accounting methods, policies, and principles.
- Assist the Director of Finance with the coordination and completion of annual audits.
- Provide recommendations as they relate to accounting activity.
- Improve systems and procedures and initiate corrective actions.
- Meet financial accounting objectives.
- Assign staff projects and direct staff to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Support the Director of Finance to ensure all finances are appropriately administered, processed, and monitored in line with Managing Public Funds, Grants, Other Funding, Government Financial Reporting, and relevant accounting standards, ensuring compliance with current financial procedures and internal controls.
- Work across the organization to ensure that appropriate financial controls are adhered to at all times.
- Manage the organization’s accounting deadline deliverables.
- Undertake professional development and training, as necessary, to meet organizational objectives.
- Assist in the training and development of other personnel who have responsibility for providing information/documentation for accounting purposes.
- Protect the organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
- These duties are neither exhaustive nor exclusive and the position holder is required to undertake reasonably determined duties with the organization driven by the needs of the business.
Requirements
Education/Experience:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting, finance, or related field
Considerable proven relevant experience in accounting and related field
Five years’ experience in a managerial role
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Excellent organizational skills and high attention to detail
Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to adapt to the needs and requirements of the organization
Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate
Thorough knowledge of accounting and finance regulations
Knowledge/proficiency with QuickBooks
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting, finance, or related field
- Considerable proven relevant experience in accounting
- Five years' experience in a managerial role
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent organizational skills and high attention to detail
- Excellent time management skills with proven ability to meet deadlines
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to adapt to organizational needs
- Ability to prioritize tasks and delegate when appropriate
- Thorough knowledge of accounting and finance regulations
- Knowledge/proficiency with QuickBooks
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The Company
What We Do
Access Accelerator is a non-profit organization that supports Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in The Bahamas by providing business development services, mentorship, advisory, access to funding, and educational resources to foster their growth and success.
