Senior Accountant / Office Administrator
Senior Accountant / Office Administrator
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Job Description
Position: Senior Accountant / Office Administrator
Salary: LKR 170000 per calendar month (or higher for the right team member) Bonus
Experience: 5 years or more and at least 3 years in a Senior Accountant Role
Terias is an IT and Business Consultancy with offices in London UK (Head Office) and Colombo Sri Lanka. We have over 15 years of industry experience working with organizations of different sizes business areas and industries. Our customer base extends across areas such as: Agricultural IT Infrastructure Pharmaceuticals Healthcare Finance Design & Marketing Agencies Automotive Manufacturing Charities Hospitality and Software Houses.
We present a dynamic and challenging working environment for our teams to develop as we engage in providing a variety of bespoke solutions and our software products to our customers. Terias provides services in the areas of IT/Business Consultancy Application/Software development and IT Infrastructure.
Due to rapid growth we are hiring a Senior Accountant / Office Administrator to join our growing team.
The role will involve working closely with the managing director and directors of the business in a confidential manner as required by the position. You will also need to manage the accounts of other businesses run by the owner as part of this role. The applicant needs to be aware of Sri Lankan and UK legislative & compliance requirements with regards to the role.
Purpose of role / Responsibilities
- Manage all bookkeeping functions on Xero for all UK and Sri Lankan companies
- Collate and record all purchase invoices in Xero using HubDoc/OneDrive and record purchases against the correct nominals
- Generate monthly quarterly annual and project-based client invoices
- Perform invoice payment collection activities by sending monthly statements calling and following up on overdue invoices
- Ensure that all account related queries from clients and suppliers are responded to in a timely manner
- Administering payroll for UK and Sri Lankan companies using Xero
- Ensure that correct UK National insurance UK Pensions Sri Lankan EPF & ETF and other relevant calculations are carried out and reported to have payments processed
- Working with relevant 3rd party agents to coordinate and execute the above activities
- Preparing monthly accounts and P&L statements
- Preparing maintaining and reporting on company and team budgets
- Preparing maintaining and reporting on company cashflow forecast
- Prepare quarterly VAT/Tax returns for all UK and Sri Lankan companies
- Compiling and presenting reports budgets business plans commentaries and financial statements
- Auditing financial information
- Financial forecasting and risk analysis
- Ensuring all companies are correctly paying required taxes and complying with current legislation across UK and Sri Lankan companies
- Submission of annual R&D Tax Claims
- Generating annual accounts for all companies across UK and Sri Lanka
- Calculating and managing directors and shareholders dividends
- Preparing the directors annual UK self-assessment
- Support and assist with day-to-day office admin & HR tasks
Experience and Qualifications
- Full or part qualification of ACCA or CIMA
- Minimum 5 years of working experience and at least 3 years as a Senior Accountant
- Working experience with Xero Accounting software essential
- Good knowledge of MS Office applications and Office 365
Personal Skills & Requirements
- Have a flair for analytical thinking and planning for growth
- Good spoken English
- Good written English
- Personable & friendly individual
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Loves a good challenge
- Self-motivated learner
- Clever risk taker
- Strong team player
- Willingness to continuously update skills
- Driven to use technology to automate and improve processors
Career Progression
We are a rapidly growing organization and expect to double in size in the next 6 to 12 months. This allows for the ideal candidate who wants to grow and progress with the company since we always prefer to promote from within the organization.
Progression opportunities: Senior Lead Accounts Executive Senior Manager Accounts Head of Accounts Finance Director
Flexible Working / Benefits
This job comes with a good holiday package and flexible working.
In addition we invest in our staff training as our team members are the most important part of our business.
We enjoy company outings for meals and weekend trips so we all can let our hair down and enjoy our team members company to build lasting relationships.
Eligibility to work in Sri Lanka
All candidates need to have the right to work in Sri Lanka.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
