For a European Startup slowly creating a satellite office in Accra, we are looking for a young and dynamic
DIGITAL BOOKKEEPER / ACCOUNTANT M/F
in Accra
Any age any gender!!
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You must be extremely extremely familiar with Excel and ideally, you have 2+ – 5 years of experience in a corporate office or a Reservations environment as an Accountant
You must have experience setting up at least once (twice is preferred) a corporate accounting system from scratch in Ghana and in hopefully also in Europe
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The Company/ the Setting
This is a startup in the hospitality/entertainment industry… They buy holiday packages and event tickets (eg music concerts, sporting events, etc..) worldwide in large quantities and resell them.
Everything is done online. So you need to be IT-savvy – more specifically hands-on experienced with Excel.
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We are looking for some kind of reservation & administration bookkeeper / accountant m/f.
Initially, you will work from home to start with, till the office opens in Accra 6-8 months later. So self-discipline and time- management is essential. You will be talking to your boss on daily basis and will have a virtual team meeting 1-2 times a week.
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You will need to be familiar with spreadsheets. For example: how to make changes and add data and do all sorts of calculations; experience with macros is a plus.
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In a startup everybody does everything… So you might need to also be distributing online tickets for sporting events to their clients, issuing invoices, buying tickets online in sales, and keeping a good record of it all on spreadsheets.
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They will supply a laptop, and a router (if needed) and pay for data.
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You:
will oversee every activity relating to the accounting of all these ticketing transactions with responsibilities such as:
- the management of your own time and disciplining yourself- working from home is not an uncontrolled or unmonitored activity. this is not a job for anybody
- to keep proper and correct records of all transactions – create relevant reports
- proactively updating your manager on any escalations or open issues
- super interactions and service with the customers/clients that you are in contact
- with explaining simple questions to customers/ clients
- Offering expert advice as well personal recommendations where appropriate
- Providing accurate information
- Also assisting the UK / European Teams with accounting issues
- Handling all inquiries with the highest quality, professionalism, and courtesy
- Maintaining and improving quality customer experience at all points of engagement.s
- You got good interpersonal relationship skills and can speak fluent English and you are agile and has a great attitude.
- you also got superb personal hygiene and are customer-friendly with a smile on your face please.
- Again… Excellent customer service (internal and external) and sales skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Basic computer skills and working knowledge of the internet
- Problem-solving skills
- A dedicated phone line
- A high-speed internet connection
- A quiet workspace or home office <<=== that’s a must and you cannot be doing chores for your mom when you are working from home
- The flexibility of scheduling to work overtime, evenings, and weekends -if needed, will be an advantage
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Qualification
– An HND or Bachelor’s in Accounting or Bookkeeping
And of course, you are done with NS, if you have an HND or BSc.
– So welcome any experience in customer service.
–Excel knowledge must be above average (you will be tested)
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work hours
Monday- Friday, but 10 hours per day please if you work from home and a normal 9-6 or 8-5 when working from the office
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Salary
circa 3500-4300 cedis all-inclusive – ie you will have to pay your own ssnit, taxes, etc as if you were a company/ freelancer
possibility of a monthly performance bonus (to be defined)
you can receive the money in cash or in your Ghana account or in a forex account (Ghanaian banks can open a GBP or Euro account for you so your saved money does not get to depreciate)
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How-to Apply (only if you qualify please)
As a professional, we expect you to properly follow these instructions please – otherwise the client will not consider your CV:
- Apply only if you really qualify 100%- must have 3-5 years of work experience as a Bookkeeper/ Accountant, and you must reside in Accra, and your Excel knowledge is hands-on and superb
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you must have set up an accounting system from scratch – tell us about it on a separate page/ file
- Send us your highly customized 2-3 page CV (longer CVs will be rejected since they do not reflect your ability to communicate with brief focused clear sentences) CV in Word (so NO PDF files please) to: CV @ HIREgh . com(remove empty spaces) with the appropriate heading: ‘Digital Bookkeeper / Accountant’ in your email’s subject/ Title line.
- Ideally please use Arial font No 10 for all of your CV and capitals for your headings
- Also, please indicate when is the earlier that you can start
- Once again: DO NOT SEND a CV that is 2+ pages long and DO NOT SEND a CV in PDF format or as GoogleDoc –our ATS is set to ignore CVs longer than 2 pages
- Please: No Google Docs either – we do not have permission to open them and getting one from you is too complex
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We are looking forward to receiving your CV and meeting with you this week.
Thank you,
HIREghana
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