Accounting

The role involves handling every aspect of the accounting functions for the group of companies and its international clients :

•  Assisting in the firm’s accounting processes, right up to a trial balance level;
• Posting payments and journal entries, accruals;
• Maintaining the accounts for a portfolio of client companies;
• Assisting with payroll calculation;
• Assisting with end-of-year tax submissions and VAT returns.
• Handling all reconciliations, including bank reconciliations;
• Handling any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the Accounts Departmen
• Management accounts
• Monitoring of bank accounts and posting of bank transactions
• Processing of payments
• Updating and processing (credit card) transactions
• Inter-company transfers and monthly reconciliation of inter-company balances
• Ships ledger disbursements and invoicing
• Internet banking
• Coding of new clients accounts
• Local regulatory filing
• Other ad-hoc duties normally performed in an accounts department
• Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Excel to advanced level
• Fluent in English and Maltese and able to communicate both in writing and orally
• Well organised and quick to adopt as per company exigencies

Ideal candidate:

• Liaise with auditors to be able to audit the accounts
• Ability to reply to client queries
• Liaise with clients to obtain the required signatures to sign off the accounts
• Prepare schemes of distributions for audit purposes
• Must be organised and assist in keeping a good filing system
• Assist colleagues with queries
• Compile lists and reports as required by the accounts department from time to time
• Assist client with importation documents