Chief Accountant

Publicado 22-06-2021

Evolution

Lisboa Lisboa (Contabilidade / Finanças)


Company Description

  • Entrepreneur culture of the company, which allows you to try new approaches
  • Recognition from the business which translates to a supportive attitude
  • A healthy mix of startup-like culture of the company, which enables us to try new approaches and remain on the edge of technological development and enterprise
  • Being a part of an international team in a successful, publicly traded company
  • Health insurance, contemporary office environment, training, and other benefits and perks.

Job Description


The Chief Accountant will form part of the global accounting team and will be responisble for the month-end accounting procedures and reconciliations of financial data flows as well as ensure quality control over financial transactions and reports. The Chief Accountant will also liaise with external organisations and authorities including external auditors and will analyse all accounting records and ensure financial data is reliable and gives a true and fair view of the financial position. Reporting to the Accounting Manager, you will also support with the day-to-day, monthly and year-end operations of the finance department in Portugal.

  • Ensuring that daily accounting operations are processed in accordance with the Portuguese legislation, IFRS and best practices.
  • Daily management of accounting, e.g. provide control and necessary guidance to ensure that work is done accurately and according to highest quality standards.
  • Cash flow management: monthly cash flow forecast for group Financial Manager, ensure that company has sufficient resources to pay its invoices in the due time
  • Preparation of VAT report & submitting to tax authorities; ensuring that tax is calculated and accounted for in compliance with the Portuguese tax legislation
  • Preparing of statistics reports for the Bank
  • Control and approve payments (payroll, invoices, taxes and other)
  • Follow up that tax payments and payments to suppliers are done within stipulated deadlines
  • Ensuring that Evolution Group?s financial procedures are followed and complied with
  • Monthly closing procedures: ensuring the month is closed properly ? necessary calculations of depreciation and accruals are in place.
  • Ensuring that transactions entered during the month were done properly and accurately by selecting correct accounts, correct periods and correct accounting principles
  • Issue monthly invoicese for services (management fees and similar)
  • Reconciliation of monthly group balances
  • Ensuring that taxes are calculated and accounted for in compliance with the Portuguese tax legislation
  • Cooperation with bank ? requesting documents for changes in users, opening/closing company cards etc
  • Cooperation with tax authorities ? consulting, managing disputes, other communication
  • Partner with accounting systems? providers and support regarding existing problems, possible improvements etc
  • Follow to changes in legislation, necessary software updates etc
  • Preparation of statutory audits ? preparation of annual reports, Portughese tax calculations, preparation of the information required by auditors, answering to auditors? questions, assistance to ensure that statutory audits are finalized within stipulated deadlines
  • Follow up VAT position (balance). Prepare and submit necessary documentation for VAT reclaim.
  • Any other duties as required

Qualifications
  • Professional Accounting education
  • Proven experience working as a Chief Accountant in an international envioronment
  • Strong communication in Portuguese and English both verbal and written;
  • Strong microsoft excel skills and other relevant applications;
  • Proven knowledge of Portuguese tax & employment legislation
  • High sense of responsibility