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Position: Accountant

Location: Hargeisa - Somaliland

Reports Directly To: General Manager

Works Directly With: GSG managers

Company Summary:

GSG Professional is one of the major vehicle repair and overhaul companies in Somaliland.  GSG Professional offers a premium vehicle service including complete auto repair, bodyshop, electric vehicle care, and vehicle modification services. We believe in transparency, affordability, and customer satisfaction.

General Position Summary:

Accountant is responsible for managing the company’s financial transactions by recording summarizing and reporting, he/she manages daily accounting activities by closing sales and cash books and managing regular bank transactions and reconciliations. The accountant is responsible for managing monthly accounting schedules and closing of all accounts and preparing statutory financial statements.

Essential Job Functions:

• Review, verify, and sign off on daily income reports; ensure proper filing and documentation.
• Verify the accuracy of all transaction postings, including bills and journal entries.
• Reconcile temporary and suspense accounts, ensuring they are cleared appropriately.
• Ensure no invoices, bills, or journal entries remain in draft status for more than 24 hours.
• Identify posting or process issues and refer them to the client’s accounting team, copying the supervisor.
• Prepare cut-off schedules to ensure period-end transactions are recorded accurately.
• Supervise physical inventory counts, signing counting reports and reconcile results with system data.
• Conduct key reconciliations such as Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), and Intercompany balances.
• Uphold strict confidentiality regarding client financial information and internal operations.
•  Adhere to the company’s policies, professional standards, and code of conduct at all times, and ensure compliance of all policies
• Manage collections processes and operations.
• Conduct monthly payroll management procedures.
• Carry out periodic financial closing.
• Consolidate financial information and prepare financial statements.
• Ensure compliance to reporting standards.
• Manage company purchasing process and proper inventory management.
• Liaise with auditing function, external auditors, government auditors and regulatory authorities.

Skills and qualifications

Minimum Experience & Essential Knowledge

• Experience in leading the financial management of an organization, preferably a manager level in similar company’s
• Depth knowledge in accounting and reporting systems such us Odoo ERP systems, and advance excel knowledge.
• Through understanding in procurement and administrations surrounding the accounting function.

Minimum Entry Qualifications

• 3 years’ experience in accounting in similar positions.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting/ finance or similar qualification from a reputable university.
• Proficient and fluent in spoken and written Somali & English Language.

Environmental Conditions

This position is based in Hargeisa, Somaliland and is unaccompanied. GSG Professional team members represent the company during and outside of work hours when deployed in a field posting or on a visit to a field posting. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and company’s policies, procedures, and values always and in all in-country venues.

Fostering a diverse and open workplace is an important part of GSG Professional’s vision. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment.

How to Apply

Written applications should be addressed to:

GSG Professional

Qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications by submitting a detailed CV, certificates and Cover letter as a single pdf document via Email:  ahmed.jama@meritadvisory.so   to be received on or before 25th December, 2025 with the subject line ‘‘Accountant – GSG Professional”

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Apply to ahmed.jama@meritadvisory.so