• Application Deadline:
• Position: Account Officer



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience



• Location Lagos




• Job Field Sales & Business Development 
  
  

Job Summary

As one of the company’s Account Officers, you will work to ensure compliance with the company’s policies in relation to the following:

• Account Reconciliation


• Credit & Sales Policies


• Sales Collection & Banking


• Float & Expenses Policy & management


• Inventory Management


• Stock Policy


• Budgeting Guidelines / Budget Implementation


• Statutory Dues Rendition.

Job Details

• Maintain and ensure accurate and up-to-date accounting records and inventory management across branches and locations.


• Ensure that all financial records containing stock and inventory, customer’s purchases, debts and other details across all locations are updated.


• Responsible for customer account reconciliation and accounts receivables.


• Escalate to management possible threats related to high customer debt profile and other discrepancies.


• Analyse trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses.


• Report the organization's finances to management and offer suggestions about resource utilization, tax strategies and assumptions underlying budget forecasts.


• Conduct debtors and ledger reconciliations


• Monitor and reconciled financial/transactional discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.


• Support month-end and year-end financial closing activities


• Investigate and resolve unreconciled balances


• Ensure compliance with financial policies, accounting and internal controls by recommending standard procedures.


• Track outstanding payments and recovery processes


• Analyze financial data for accuracy, completeness, and consistency


• Collaborate with treasury and finance teams on financial operations


• Prepare and post journal entries and account adjustments


• Ensure timely reconciliation of all assigned accounts


• Substantiate financial transactions by auditing documents.


• Ensure accurate capturing of sales records, debts and customer details.


• Comply with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.


• Maintain customer confidence and protect operations by keeping financial information confidential.


• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.


• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Key Qualities Expected

• Appearance and Dress:The Account Officer will be clean and neatly attired while on duty in a manner befitting of your position.


• Integrity: A core value at the center of our business is highly required for this position.


• Teamwork:Ability to work within a diverse team to actualize organizational goals above personal gains.


• Good communication and interpersonal skills.


• Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines.


• Result and service orientation.


• Ability to multi-task effectively.