Accountant
Advertised: 04 February 2025
Steamships Trading Company
Accounting / Finance | National Capital District
Steamships Limited is looking for a highly motivated and detail-oriented Accountant to join our dynamic Finance team.
This role is ideal for a detail-oriented accounting professional who excels at using financial data to drive informed decision-making and optimize financial processes.
Key Responsibilities:
Administration
- Prepare accurate and timely financial reports, statements and ensure appropriate accounting control procedures.
- Prepare financial management records.
- Establish and monitor the implementation and maintenance of accounting control procedures.
Operations
- Identify and implement best practice and standardization in further development of financial reporting and other finance processes.
- Support AR & AP functions with posting batches accurately and timely.
- Ensure statutory payments are processed timely to avoid penalties.
- Ensure monthly tax calculations, filing, payments, queries, and inspections from local tax authority are dealt in timely manner.
- Develop and maintain financial databases.
Financial
- Ensure clean bill of health from any internal and external audits on operational finance/accounting issues and make sure no recurring issues found in the audit reports.
- Efficiently manage full end to end monthly reporting function for Corporate Head Office.
- Ensure monthly financial reporting is timely, accurate and complete. Any variances are explained.
- Ensure monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations are timely & quality. Investigate and follow up open items.
- Ensure corporate recharges and cost allocations are issued timely, accurate & complete.
- Ensure all intercompany balances are matched and reconciled monthly.
- Perform treasury related tasks such as prepare bank reconciliations.
- Actively participate in year-end book closing, External Audits (half year, interim & final) and accounting policy implementation.
Qualifications and Skills:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
- Must be a “fully-qualified CPA PNG”
Experience:
Minimum 2 years of accounting experience.
Technical Skills:
Competent in articulating financial reporting including P&L against budgets & cost control plans.
Soft Skills:
- Excellent communication skills
- Extremely strong IT skills
- Proven leadership & coaching ability.
- Attention to detail.
- Super conceptual and analytical skills.
How to Apply
If you are a highly motivated and detailed accounting professional passionate about making a difference, we encourage you to apply!
All applications must include an expression of interest letter with the candidate's updated CV.
These can be sent via email to recruitment@steamships.com.pg with the subject heading APPLICATION-ACCOUNTANT.
Applications will be closed on 18th February 2025.
Steamships Limited is an equal-opportunity employer.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
More information
Job ID: #22439
Industry: Accounting / Finance
Location: National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
Company: Steamships Trading Company
Company Description: Steamships Trading Company or Steamships, as it is commonly known, is a diversified leader in shipping, transport, property, manufacturing, hotels and information technology in Papua New Guinea.
Company Website: www.steamships.com.pg
Source: www.pngworkforce.com