Accounting Officer at Edgewood Consulting Limited

Edgewood Consulting Limited is a Professional Management Consulting, Recruitment and Business Training firm. Our firm provides a wide array of management consultancy services classified into two disciplines Recruitment/HR services, and Training & Development.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Accounting Officer

Location: Sagamu, Ogun

Job Description

• Monitoring and keeping records of petty cash
• Prepare and process payments in the banking system
• Proper recording of daily transactions into the accounting software program
• Weekly and Monthly reconciliation of cash & bank accounts
• Filling supporting documents at the appropriate time
• Maintain an up-to-date cheque register
• Collating requisitions and getting proper approvals before disbursement
• Handling of statutory payment remittances
• Timely payment of bills, ensuring suppliers & vendors are paid at the appropriate time.
• Timely receipting for payments into the company account.
• Support the organization’s effort in the collation and collection of outstanding payments.
• Monitor all of the organization’s accounts and report outstanding balances on a regular basis
• Assist in the annual audit process and related activities
• Assist with the organization’s procurement process
• Ensure adherence to all major financial rules and regulations especially those stated in the organization’s financial and operations manual.
• Preparation of accurate and timely financial reports.
• Maintain a high degree of safety and confidentiality of the organization’s documents and property in their possession.
• Practices a high level of accountability and integrity.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree / HND in Accounting
• Must have previous experience in middle finance/accounting role in a corporate environment.
• Must have knowledge of generally accepted accounting theories, principles, methods, practices, and terminology in a multidisciplinary and multi-functional environment.
• Must have knowledge of the application of data processing and terminology as it applies to maintaining financial control and accounting records.
• Must have knowledge of cost accounting and cost funding procedures.
• Must have the ability to collate and organize accounting data, interpret its significance, and prepare accurate financial reports.
• Ability to maintain records and prepare reports.
• Minimum of 1 year on the job accounting experience
• A Professional Certificate in accounting (ACCA or ICAN)
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be versatile in the use of IT systems/office application
• Must have excellent knowledge of the Microsoft office suite (Word, PowerPoint and Excel packages).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using "Account Officer - Sagamu" as the subject of the email.

Application Deadline 30th March, 2021.

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted.