Accounting Assistant
About the role
Benny's is hiring an Accounting Assistant to join its finance team in Belize City. The role focuses on accounts payable and purchasing records, vendor payments, inventory and fleet reporting, and keeping documentation across departments accurate and timely.
Responsibilities
- Keep track of vendor payments and expenditures, purchase orders, invoices and statements, with a solid grasp of accounts payable and purchasing requirements
- Track credit memos due and make sure they are received and entered for future payments
- Manage supplies and fuel movement for all company departments
- Enter data in the accounting program and build inventory and fleet log reports on time
- Update and maintain the vendor database
- Liaise with departments and warehouses to collect data and track the movement of goods
- Handle manufacturing reporting and the management of raw material movement
- Help monitor the integrity and efficiency of documentation produced by departments
- Strengthen relationships with vendors and suppliers through timely payment
- Help streamline and improve the accounts payable process
- Exercise integrity and confidentiality in financial reporting
- Follow all accounting and finance policies, procedures and standards
Requirements
- Strong work ethic and the ability to adapt to a dynamic environment
- Good problem assessment and problem-solving skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Computer skills, including proficiency in MS Office
- Ability to prioritize tasks and execute them efficiently
- Honest, trustworthy, organized, mature, responsible and flexible, with high moral ethics and a professional demeanor
- Team player
Preferred qualifications
- Bilingual
- Associate's degree
Benefits
- Employee transportation available, including a daily staff bus between the Corozal bus terminal and the Belize City Superstore