Senior Accountant | AMW| Union Place

Associated Motorways (Pvt) LTD

No two days are the same at AMW, no matter what role you have. Our work is driven by the desire to make a difference and to have a meaningful impact with the goal of enriching everyday lives. Take our engaging and supportive work environment and couple it with a company culture that recognizes and rewards quality performance, and what do you get, The chance to push the limits every single day.

As a humble family business that started 70 years ago, popularly known as AMW now a fully-owned subsidiary of Al Futtaim Group (AFG) of United Arab Emirates, is one of the pioneers in the Automotive industry in Sri Lanka.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Fully or partly qualified in CA Sri Lanka, ACCA, CIMA or similar accounting body.
• Ten-year experience with at least five years in a similar managerial capacity.
• Proficient in accounting software and Microsoft Office.
• Thorough understanding of accounts payable function.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Sinhala and English.
• Ability to motivate staff.
• Excellent supervisory and analytical skills.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Authorizing payments including Petty cash & IOUs .
• Establish the Minimum order levels of cheque books/continuous cheque leaves for each account under each bank.
• Day End all Unused cheque books/continuous cheque leaves to be returned to Treasury team for safe keeping,
• Monitoring Capex WIP project actual vs. budget status
• Capitalizing and Disposal of Motor vehicle
• Monthly executing depreciation run
• Creating Internal Orders for Capex and Budgeted Expenses
• Accounts Reconciliation – Bonus Payables, Gratuity, Insurance Prepayment, Staff Receivables (Telephone Recoveries)
• Monitoring Computer related Prepayment and Accruals with IT and Snr. Manager- Corporate Planning
• Preparation of Journal entries for uploading Salary, uploading Fuel bills, Telecom, Dialog, Suntel, Lanka bell and Utility Bills
• Reconciles accounts payable total and general ledger with other applicable records (e.g., subsidiary vendors ledger).
• Monthly review of vendor aging, follow up local vendor advance payments and send a status report to Snr. Finance Manager with remarks.
• Ensuring no payables in One time vendor accounts
• Ensures proper recordkeeping of purchases for use in tax preparation and periodic audits.

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