Job Description
Location: Lagos (Ilupeju)
Salary: 170,000 – 200,000 Gross
We are seeking an Accountant to oversee all financial transactions, ranging from fixed payments and variable expenses to bank deposits and budget management.
Responsibilities:
- Manage all accounting transactions
- Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
- Ensure timely bank payments
- Compute taxes and prepare tax returns
- Pension Remittance
- Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements
- Audit financial transactions and documents
- Comply with financial policies and regulations
- Ensuring of prompt delivery of goods to customers
- Raising and Posting of Customers Invoices
- Ensure monthly reconciliation of bank statement
- Ensure monthly reconciliation of debtors/creditors account
- Ensure compliance with internal control procedures
- Ensure compliance with accounting procedures/manuals
- Raising and posting of adjustment journals
- Prepare monthly analysis of balances in suppliers and debtors accounts from the invoice register
- Handling of cash and disbursement of petty cash
- Manage external auditor’s relationships
- Monitor budget performance to analyze variance
- Develop the department and ensure internal control compliance
- Assist in preparation of financial reports
- Liaising with bank on various issues
Requirements:
- 4 - 6 years of work experience as an Accountant/Account Executive
- BSc in Accounting
- Additional certification (ICAN) is a plus
- High Integrity and Character
- Confidentiality
- High Professionalism
- Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures
- Hands-on experience with various Accounting Packages (Zoho Books, Peachtree, NetSuite, 4Site Management, Sage 50 Evolution)
- Excellent Customer Service Skill
- Excellent Understanding of Banking Operations
- Advanced MS Excel skills
- Experience with general ledger functions
- Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills
- Good Accounting skill
- Excellent team player and Team Lead
- Hands on experiences in maintaining proper office filling system
- Sound Knowledge of Computer Operations