Consultant For Business Process Solutions

Job Summary

Grant Thornton Ethiopia is seeking an experienced senior accounting professional to support the profitability and service quality of the Business Process Solutions (BPS) line. The role involves managing multiple complex client engagements, supervising junior staff, executing accounting and payroll operations, ensuring compliance with Ethiopian tax laws, and facilitating financial audits.

Key Responsibilities

• Accounting & Bookkeeping Operations: Review coding and posting of transactions, perform bank reconciliations, and prepare monthly, quarterly, annual, and statutory financial statements for clients.
• Payroll & Tax Compliance: Manage client payroll timelines, process payroll, generate payslips and bank instructions, and prepare and file monthly statutory tax declarations (VAT, WHT, PF, IT).
• Audit & Advisory Support: Assist and facilitate client account audits, coordinate year-end inventory and fixed asset counts with reconciliations, and collaborate with the Tax Service line to address client inquiries.
• Client & Engagement Management: Handle client communications proactively, issue and follow up on service fee notes, archive client documentation systematically, and ensure adherence to local financial legal requirements.
• Team Leadership: Lead complex client engagements, supervise and mentor junior team members, review their work, and perform additional duties directed by BPS management.

Qualifications

• Education: BA Degree in Accounting and Finance.
• Experience: Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, with at least 3 years in a senior position. Prior background in BPS, outsourcing, accounting consultancy firms, or private limited companies is highly preferred.

Required Skills

• Technical Skills: Deep understanding of accounting cycles and Ethiopian tax laws, QuickBooks, Peachtree, ERP systems, Excel/TurboTax bookkeeping, financial analysis, and statutory tax preparation.
• Core Skill Tags: Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, effective decision-making, interpersonal communication and negotiation, ability to plan and coordinate, and teamwork.