Job Description
ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE / ERP
Use the Company's accounting software and ERP for the effective day-to-day operations (production, sales, inventory management) and accounting functions of the Business units.
GENERAL LEDGER/TRIAL BALANCE:
- Daily monitoring of General ledger / trial balance to ensure correctness of balances: Cash, other liabilities, other assets accounts, operating expense accounts, operating income accounts, interest income accounts, interest expense accounts, other internal accounts;
- Ensure daily posting of all transactions by all desk officers;
- Ensure all errors are promptly corrected;
- Daily review of ledger accounts, via assets, liabilities, income and expenses, to ensure
- (1) genuineness, (2) correctness, and (3) the completeness of all entries;
- Ensuring the correctness of all balances shown in the trial balance.
BANKS & CASH:
- Reconciliation of all bank accounts and agreeing them to the general ledger;
- Raising entries to clear all outstanding items in bank’s reconciliations;
- Reconciliation of all cash accounts, including the vault;
- Raising entries to clear all outstanding items in cash accounts;
- Reconciliation /clearance of petty cash and cash advances.
- Reconciliation of all intra-company and inter-company transfers done within the group.
INCOME & EXPENSES:
- Proper record of all incomes;
- Proper record of all expenses;
- Proper record of all production costs;
FIXED ASSETS/OTHER ASSETS:
- Regular maintenance of fixed assets registers/schedules;
- Agreement of fixed assets schedules to the general ledger;
- Preparation of additions schedule;
- Preparation of transfers’ schedule;
- Preparation of consolidated fixed assets movement schedule;
- Computation of monthly depreciation charges in line with policy agreement;
- Preparation of amortization schedules for all fixed assets;
- Agreement of amortization schedules to the general ledger;
- Maintenance of back-up vouchers for all fixed assets;
- Opening and maintaining a fixed asset file for all items of fixed assets.
RETURNS RENDITION/COMPLIANCE:
- Preparation/rendition of all taxes promptly (PAYE, VAT, WHT & INCOME TAX).
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
- Preparation of monthly financial reports/statements;
- Computation of all required ratios and variance analysis;
- Preparation of year-end financial statements & audit schedules for internal/external audit;
- Follow up/resolution of all audit queries by internal/external Auditors.
EXPECTED REPORTS:
- Daily cash inflow reports;
- Daily reconciliation reports;
- Weekly sales reports;
- Daily/Weekly cashflow projections;
- Monthly reports;
- Quarterly reports;
- Half-year reports;
- End of year (Annual) reports.
OTHER DUTIES:
- Shall perform all other duties assigned by Head of Department and/or Top Management of the company.
- Note: The Company reserves the right to modify job duties or job descriptions at any time.