• Application Deadline:
• Position: Head of Accounts


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Location: Lekki, Lagos

Job Summary

• As the Head of Accounts, we need you to be detail-oriented to perform and coordinate accounting duties within our organization. The senior accountant's responsibilities include preparing financial reports, performing account reconciliations , maintaining the general ledger, preparing tax returns, assisting with audit preparations, and performing other accounting duties as assigned.


• To be successful as a Senior accountant, you should have a solid working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and strong financial analysis skills. We also need you to possess strong Excel skills, be detail-oriented, highly organized, and able to work with little to no supervision and perform under pressure.

Job Description

Your Job description entails the following:

• Preparing, examining, and analyzing accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.


• Computing taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment reporting and other tax requirements.


• Analyzing business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments and obligations, to project revenues and expenses or to provide advice.


• Reporting to management regarding the finances of establishment.


• Establishing tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper account.


• Preparing pricelists at different margins and send them to different organizations.


• Developing, maintain and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.


• Advising the company on financial issues, discount periods and peak periods.


• Surveying operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop and maintain solutions to business and financial problems.


• Maintaining and examine the records of government agencies.


• Preparing forms and manuals for accounting and bookkeeping personnel and direct their work activities


• Advising management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.


• Balancing the company’s account weekly

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.


• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience with a portion of it being in a supervisory role


• Strong understanding of accounting, finance, and management principle


• Thorough knowledge of general tax laws and remittances


• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities across all level of an organization


• Strong leadership skills with a dedication to driving and achieving results


• Knowledge of employee relationship building and performance management techniques


• Attention to detail and ability to analyse large amounts of data


• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and the entire Microsoft office Suite with high level of efficiency and accuracy.

Salary

300,000 / Month.