Senior Accountant - Internal Corporate

Our clients are looking for Accountants with experience & knowledge in accounts. The accountant is responsible for managing a team of clerks and executives alongside another accountant and the accounts manager and will assist the accounts manager in monthend tasks.

Tasks

• Managing and mentoring more junior members within their team and liaising with management and other senior colleagues in the reviewing of the accounts of the more junior team members in the department;
• Being a point of reference within their team and assisting in solving high level technical accounting queries supervising and assisting other team members with their daily tasks;
• Organising frequent catchup meetings with their team to monitor the progress of their own portfolio of clients as well as for any general feedback which may arise;
• Completing the management accounts of their own portfolio of clients including where applicable managing the annual audit processes to provide the auditors with the required information in a timely manner to meet statutory deadlines;
• Preparing and submitting of VAT Returns of their own portfolio of clients;
• Ensuring that all the tasks within the assigned portfolio of their clients as well as their teams portfolio are completed in accordance with statutory requirements and client deadlines;
• Liaising closely with management with regards to clients requirements from an accounting perspective focussing on ensuring and improving the quality of service provided;
• Reviewing of financial statements (including the complex disclosures);
• Reviewing of VAT Returns of other team members.

Requirements

• Locally based and settled in Malta
• Minimum of 3 years experience in Internal or External Accounting
• Qualifications in accounting
• Knowledge of MS Office software especially Excel
• Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively and efficiently manage a team
• Ability to work well under pressure and within set timeframes