• Application Deadline:
• Position: Accountant / Account Officer (Reconciliation & Audit Support)



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience 3 - 5 years



• Location Lagos




• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  
  

Description

• Our clients is looking for an Accountant / Account Officer (Reconciliation & Audit Support) to support a short-term finance and audit project.


• The ideal candidate will be responsible for performing account reconciliations, investigating historical transactions, preparing audit support schedules, and assisting with ERP migration and tax audit activities.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed reconciliations of bank, control, and balance sheet accounts.


• Investigate and resolve historical reconciling items and outstanding transactions.


• Prepare audit support schedules and maintain supporting documentation.


• Compile and organize documents required for tax audits and regulatory reviews.


• Reconcile accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, fixed assets, and intercompany balances.


• Support data cleansing and validation activities for ERP migration.


• Maintain reconciliation trackers, issue logs, and progress reports.


• Support month-end close activities and assist in resolving audit queries.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or HND in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.


• 3–5 years of relevant accounting experience.


• Strong reconciliation and financial data analysis skills.


• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.


• Experience using ERP systems.


• Ability to work with large volumes of financial transactions.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.


• Excellent attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.Key Deliverables


• Significant reduction of reconciliation backlog.


• Fully reconciled audit support schedules and working papers.


• Historical transactions analysed and properly documented.


• Well-organized audit evidence repository.


• Reduction in outstanding audit and reconciliation issues.


• Clean and validated financial data ready for ERP migration and reporting.

Priority Areas:

• Bank and Control Account Reconciliations


• Accounts Receivable


• Accounts Payable


• Inventory


• Fixed Assets


• Related Party and Intercompany Balances


• Accruals and Provisions


• VAT, Withholding Tax (WHT), and Other Tax Accounts