UN COMPTABLE

The Accountant works under the supervision of the Accounting Manager and will be responsible for carrying out and monitoring accounting and/or financial operations, and for producing reliable accounting and financial documents.  Main responsibilities:

• Maintain general and/or cost accounting, and check the consistency of the accounting documents produced;
• Process supplier invoices and record service station expenditure;
• Manage, monitor, control and value inventory;
• Maintain fixed-asset accounting and reconcile it with the inventory;
• Produce accounting and statutory documents (balance sheets, income statements, notes, management reports, etc.) for distribution;
• Contribute to defining, drafting and updating accounting procedures and rules, and the conditions for applying them;
• Maintain relationships with financial partners and supervisory bodies;
• Contribute, working with the Finance Director, to the company's financial, statistical and budgetary analysis;
• Help the company optimise its tax decisions and contribute to managing tax files;
• Contribute to the preparation of financial statements.

Required qualifications:

• Holder of a Higher Diploma in Accounting or a Master's in Finance/Accounting/Management
• Have at least five (5) years of relevant experience;
• Good IT skills (ERP, Office). Knowledge of the JDE software would be a plus;

Key skills: Knowledge

• General and cost accounting;
• Financial analysis;
• Drafting procedures;
• Budgeting principles and management indicators;
• Sound theoretical and practical knowledge of Senegalese taxation;

Technical skills

• Analyse situational data: reporting anomalies, consistency of the data reported;
• Pass on financial or administrative information promptly, in a clear, concise and accessible way;
• Define and implement a procedure and indicators for control and monitoring;
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;

Interpersonal skills

• Be customer- and service-minded;
• Show initiative;
• Be responsive;
• Be rigorous and well organised (meeting deadlines, reliability, etc.);
• Show initiative and work independently;
• Ability to work in a team

Interpersonal skills 

• Organise and prioritise your work according to the stakes, the context and the deadline;
• Be able to work within an accounting decision chain;
• Be able to handle emergency situations;

Interested candidates may submit an application comprising:

• A cover letter addressed to the Chief Executive Officer
• A curriculum vitae

by sending an email to: recrute2023@elton.sn with the following reference as the subject: COMPTABLE 2023