Accountant at Ghana News Agency (GNA)

About The Role

The Ghana News Agency (GNA) is inviting applications from suitably qualified, result-driven, competent, and dynamic professionals to fill the position of Accountant in Accra.

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepare Statements of Accounts for advertising clients
• Receive, maintain custody of, and effect payments from consolidated and other public funds
• Initiate the preparation of monthly and annual financial reports
• Implement approved accounting and financial policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), guidelines, and work plans to achieve the Agency's targeted objectives
• Identify control risk measures in financial transactions and procedures, proposing improvements to the Assistant Manager for implementation
• Vet payment vouchers, invoices, and other documents, processing them through the General Ledger for approval and payment
• Reconcile balance sheet items and/or General Ledger for review by the Manager
• Maintain and update data and records in approved Accounting Software for all payment vouchers and journals
• Maintain and update records of all accounting transactions across all accounts
• Prepare variance analysis of revenue and expenditure against budget, reporting on any deviations for corrective action
• Maintain and update the effective Fixed Assets Register for the institution
• Collate budget inputs from all Departments for the preparation of the institution's annual budget
• Process employees' benefits entitlements for payment in line with approved conditions of service
• Process monthly payroll for all staff for approval and payment
• Review monthly payroll reports to identify and address inconsistencies

Position Details

• Job Type: Full-Time
• Category: Accounting
• Location: Accra, Ghana