• Application Deadline:
• Position: General Accountant


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 4 - 5 years


• Location Lagos


• City Ikeja


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Job Description

• Engage all external stakeholders, regulators and government agencies by providing required reports, documents etc


• Supervise all regular accounting processes such as account payables, account receivables and journal entries plus monthly closure accounts


• Organize all company financial programs and ensure compliance to budgetary requirements


• Analyze and forecast financial requirements for the organization


• Supervise and ensure efficient working of all financial transactions in the organization


• Monitor and implement all accounts payable, check activation and other forms of transactions


• Assist departments in account reconciliation process on monthly basis


• Monitor authorized account reconciliation process


• Administer all bank transactions and oversee data recording procedures monthly


• Provide support to auxiliary schedules for auditing purposes as per assigned work


• Analyse different general ledger accounts regularly


• Develop budgetary plans for processes as per requirement


• Prepare journal entries and synthesize common ledger for subsidiary accounts


• Collate all bank statements on a monthly basis


• Design and prepare audit schedules for external audit processors.


• Ensure timely conduct and completion of annual audits


• Provide support to safe keeping of internal expenses in the organization


• Monitor account reconciliation, tax and calculations inclusive of cost accounting plus factory data recording processes


• Manage and maintain finance related programs and documents inclusive of future plans and programs


• Develop and formulate all reports and deliver presentation projects for repeated usage


• Evaluate current methods and processes inclusive of upgradation of process development


•  Engage all external stakeholders, regulators and government agencies by providing required reports, documents etc

Requirements

• Graduate of Accounting or Banking and Finance, Economics, other numeric degree etc (candidates with disciplines other than Accounting must have commenced professional certifications by examination and show proof of previous stage’s results).


• Experience working as Accountant in a microfinance bank or relevant financial industry that use core banking software


• Should be able to use accounting software


• Should be able to use core banking software


• Should be able to thrive in a fast-paced work environment with timelines 


• Ability to lead a small team and play as part of a larger team


• Good customer service skills


• Should have clerical and accounting knowledge