A financial accountant is a person who looks after all the information related to the accounts of the company. The work includes preparing a balance sheet, income statements, a record of all costs and revenue and also provides financial advice to the company.

Financial Accountant Job Description

Financial Accountant is the person whose job profile includes the work of managing financial information. The person is also responsible for producing budgets, making tax payments and managing the internal audits. A financial Accountant is also responsible to analyze the financial condition of the company and supporting the other department of an organization by providing the financial information related to the budget and investment decisions.

Roles and responsibilities

• The responsibility of a financial accountant includes the work of preparing profit and loss monthly and also manages the balance sheet reports.
• Candidate should also manage the process of tax reporting.
• Responsible to make the KPI reports.
• Collect and analyze the financial data for weekly and monthly estimates.
• Advise on the project funding.
• A Financial Accountant has to manage and guide the new staff’ about the company’s work.
• Managing the internal audits which include the wage reviews.
• Responsible for gathering and interpreting data to support financial inquiries.
• Accuracy checking process to manage the financial records.
• Assist while preparing the statutory accounts.
• Manage day to day, week to week cash flow statements to control the excess expense and cash flow.

 Financial Accountant key skills required

• Experience of work as an accountant or financial accountant.
• Proficiency in MS Office and other accounting software.
• Good Knowledge of the Bookkeeping field.
• Good mathematical skills.
• Skills for good time management.
• Candidate should be confident enough to communicate with the clients.
• Good communication and intrapersonal skills.

 Education, training, and Certifications

• Bachelor or Master Degree in the Finance, Accounting or relevant field with the recognized field.
• Certificate in computer’s basic course.
• The CPA certificate holder will be given preference.