New Job Openings at Alfred and Victoria Associates, 3rd August, 2018

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Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market. AVA has three major arms which have been streamlined to meet our customer's needs. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Payroll/Tax Accountant Location: Lagos Position Description

• The Payroll /Tax Accountant reports to the Financial Controller and is primarily responsible for providing and ensuring the accuracy of payroll reports and time sheets.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Coordinate monthly Payroll activities.
• Ensure Payroll is run in compliance with company policy, accounting standards, legal and SOX requirements.
• Manage Payroll interfaces with HR, Treasury and Banks, Governmental Agencies (Tax.
• Authorities, Pension Fund Administrators, and Insurance, Industrial Training Fund etc.).
• Manage 3rd party payments (NDDC, NCD, DPR and other regulatory Agencies).
• Manage Employee Contributory/Voluntary Pension Scheme and Gratuity Scheme
• Manage employee tax payment (PAYE), tax returns and tax relief claims.
• Process and report ex-staff final payment/indebtedness.
• Manage employees expense claim, floats and deductions
• Manage control issues and resolves escalations.
• Monitor system performance as business requirements, identify system deficiencies, prepare
• Feasibility analysis and liaise with Business Unit heads to implement required system enhancements.
• Support Payroll System Assurance process (DR testing, Backup Restore).
• Manage Payroll accounting in the Accounting system.
• Develop and implement effective and robust internal control systems around payroll and taxes and liaise with the internal audit department for implementation.
• Ensure proper accounting treatment of all pay elements.
• Ensure company policies and salary regime are correctly implemented.
• Provide timely, reliable and fit for purpose payroll management information.
• Ensure compliance with JOA, and all related agreements, government and third party regulations.
• Manage information security in payroll processes.
• Compute Petroleum profits tax, CIT, Deferred taxes and all other government taxes.
• Perform year-end accrual review and prepare the tax provision.
• Prepare PPT and EPPT returns.
• Prepare/Review other various tax filings: Annual reports
• Assist in federal and state tax audits.
• Manage, account and make timely returns of all transaction taxes
• Develop and monitor processes and procedures for the management of fixed assets.
• Record fixed asset acquisitions and disposals in the accounting system in line with accounting standards
• Ensure that fixed assets in AFE costs in CIP /WIP are adequately tracked and recorded and such fixed assets are transferred to the appropriate asset category and closed out those accounts once the related projects have been completed.
• Conduct periodic reviews of the fixed asset schedule to determine disposals. Reconcile fixed assets count with book values
• Reconcile the balance in the fixed asset subsidiary ledger to the general ledger.
• Run depreciation for all fixed assets.
• Prepare audit schedules relating to fixed assets and assist the auditors in their inquiries.
• Collaborate with team members to monitor asset disposals and movements.

Qualifications Required

• University degree in accounting (second class division). Distinction in HND may be considered.
• Professional qualification (ACCA/ ICAN) is an added advantage
• Professional qualification CITN would be an added advantage.

Job Knowledge and Experience:

• Finance professional with broad experience in Finance, with at least 5 years in a similar position
• Good (multidisciplinary) team and networking skills.
• Must be PC versatile and can pay attention to details.
• Must be up-date with company and fiscal policies on staff remuneration.
• Results & deadlines focused.
• Knowledge of Financial Controls.
• Strong on controls; strong team player.
• Ability to Influence staff and peers to deliver targets within deadlines.
• Ability to manage diverse set of priorities and deliverables.

Dimensions:

• Key Job Challenges
• Key Interfaces
  • FIRS, State Internal Revenue Boards/PF Administrators.
  • Internal/External Auditors
  • Financial Controller/JV Finance Analyst/JV Audit Liaison.

KPI's:

• Accuracy and timeliness of monthly payroll
• Accuracy of tax charge
• Promptness of tax returns/response to tax queries
• Tax audit findings
• Timely reconciliation of payroll accounts
• Timeliness of PAYE Remittance
• 100% confidentiality of staff information.

Skills & Competencies:

• Leadership – Awareness
• Personal and Business – Awareness/ Knowledge
• Functional Finance Leadership – Knowledge
• Financial Risk Management – Knowledge
• Governance, Risk Management and Internal Controls – Knowledge
• Accounting Operations – Awareness
• Treasury Operations – Awareness
• Management Information (MI) and Decision Support – Skill.

Salary Very Attractive.     Job Title: Senior Project / Facilities Engineer Location: Lagos Position Descriptions

• The Senior Project/Facilities Engineer will utilize strong hands on engineering and management skill set to effectively and efficiently deliver oil and gas facilities from initiation to handover within a brown (and sometimes semi green) field environment in a timely and safe manner.
• The role will directly support oil production objectives and operations and maintenance of the producing onshore/swamp assets including all processing, utilities and evacuation systems.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Manager, Project Execution, and the successful candidate will be responsible for daily operations and project management of facility projects from inception to completion for the Projects and Facilities Engineering Department.
• Support business objectives and, project delivery objectives by developing, implementing, using and communicating appropriate processes, systems and procedures with a focus on Health, Safety and Environment (HSE).
• Within the Project Delivery framework, the successful candidate will:
• Ensure that production facilities projects, corporate and legislative standards are met.
• Conduct/lead project evaluations and scope identification/development. Support Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) and Detailed Engineering activities including cost estimates, schedules, contracting, designs, equipment sizing, HAZOP studies, regulatory permitting, construction work packages.
• Trouble-shoot, analyze and solve problems as they arise. Learn from all situations, listen to expertise ideas and apply solutions and lessons learned to future projects.
• Carry out procurements, cost control and supervise the execution of facilities projects including contracting, quality control, construction management and handover to operations.
• Lead engineering activities and execute projects in a team environment involving petroleum engineering, production services, operations and maintenance personnel.
• Interphase with operations and maintenance personnel, and provide technical field support for Management of Change (MOC) projects (optimization projects) or like-for like replacement projects to ensure operational integrity of facilities.
• Provide input into facilities design, P&ID and HAZOP reviews.
• Interface with support teams (Regulatory, Land, Technical Services, others)
• Provide supervision and direction to Junior Engineers and multiple on-site.
• Representatives and Contractors.
• Work closely with outside engineering firms and consultants during the detailed engineering phase when required.
• Support facilities pre-start up inspection, commissioning and turn over to operations.

Job Knowledge and Experience

• Facilities and field engineering experience, including working knowledge of Hysys, Pipesim or similar modeling tools
• Have working knowledge of engineering standards and codes (API5L, ASME B31.1, B31.3 and ASME Sec VIII etc)
• Have working knowledge of Occupational Health & Safety, Government regulations and requirements
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication and organizational skills; capable of working in a team environment
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced multi-disciplinary work environment while managing multiple priorities.

Qualifications Required Our suitable candidate will have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant engineering discipline
• Possess demonstrable experience and specialism in Pipeline Engineering and evacuation systems design and operations.
• Be a professional engineer/registered engineer recognized by COREN (or similar Engineering
• Practice regulatory organization) with 15- 20 years of experience in the Oil and Gas environment.

Dimensions:

• Several medium sized Oil and Gas facilities projects annually.
• Annual CAPEX : Above US$20 million

Key Job Challenges:

• Stakeholder management; communities, JV partners, HSE.
• Fast paced delivery in a brown field environment; requiring wide breadth of technical skill set.
• Significant level of interfaces.

Key Interfaces:

• Senior Process/ Concept Engineer; project sand facilities.
• Project Controls Engineer.
• Field Operations Manager.
• Operations Team Leads.
• Community Affairs Advisor.
• Head Maintenance Services.
• Head Maintenance Execution.
• Senior Production Engineer.

Remuneration

• Very Attractive.

    Job Title: Commercial/Shipping Officer Location: Lagos Job Summary

• Generating income from Lifting to shipment activities related to the sale of Oil & Gas Production of Eroton Exploration and Gas as well as negotiating contracts and setting up risk review committees to ensure operations remain profitable and within the bounds of the law.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensure early application and approval for form-1 from DPR, Start at least 8 weeks before the expiration of the existing permit from FMOC, Abuja
• Ensure proper distribution of permit to Nigerian Customs in Abuja, Bonny Terminal as well as DPR
• Prepare vessel & crude oil nominations, follow-up clearances, and ensures all administrative work with partners, NNPC & ensure smooth lifting operations at the Bonny Terminal.
• Prepare all documentation in respect of the Joint Venture partners, liaising with NNPC and Production Department.
• Prepare certificates relating to the quality/quantity of all crude oil shipments and ensures that all paperwork associated with shipping activities is efficiently prepared and approved to enable all such activities to precede as planned.
• Ensure that all Eroton lifting programs at Bonny Terminal are efficiently implemented and updates the Status Report for circulation to all interested parties on daily and monthly basis.
• Carry out all governmental procedures for ensuring openness in crude lifting operations.
• Participate in the monthly curtailment pre-meeting activities & meeting attendance with NNPC.
• Assist with OPTS Terminals Operators Meetings reporting.
• Renew application for NCS Form C30 for agency signatory renewal for lifting personnel and ensure payment of requisite fees on schedule.
• Ensure that lifting is conducted within 36 hours of lay can to avoid demurrage and obtain promptly documented instructions preceding lifting proper.
• Obtain on schedule proper nomination advice to DPR, COMD and NAPIMS.
• Ensure crude oil analysis result is within specification to avoid poor quality crude shipment.
• Ensure proper documentation with export tanker captain, DPR, Bonny Terminal etc.
• Attend Quarterly Crude Oil Market Review meetings with COMD and other meetings.
• Resolve issues regarding shipped Orders while ensuring compliance to legal regulations and company Policies.
• Maintain quality, safety and environment standards.
• Negotiate, develop and manage all commercial agreements to optimise the Company’s commercial interests
• Carry out any other duties that may be assigned by the hierarchy
• Other responsibilities of this role are:
• Organize Crude Oil Reconciliation Meetings with Partners & relevant Government Agencies.
• Crude Oil Stock Management and activity reports to Eroton Leadership, government agencies and partners.

Key Interfaces Internal:

• Chief Financial Officer (Direct Report)
• Eroton Leadership Team
• Operations and Production Managers
• All Managers
• Project Manager

External:

• Regulators and other regulatory Agencies
• COMD, DPR /NAPIMS
• SPDC
• Aiteo

KPIs:

• Quality of service delivery.
• Chartering process turnaround time.
• Frequency of issues with regulatory bodies as regards vessel movement.
• Quantity of products received daily.
• Compliance with HSE standards.

Qualifications

• University Degree in Engineering or Science discipline.
• MBA will be an added advantage.
• Membership of COREN/NSE will be an added advantage.

Job Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in similar job role or managing a business unit or commercial responsibilities
• Industry experience as an advantage.
• Must be well organized, affinity for details, able to handle large volumes of work and capable of adapting to sudden changes in priority.
• A team player with good public relations skill.
• Demonstrated ability to distinguish and balance priorities within the areas of responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver commercial excellence.
• Experience in liaising with relevant statutory bodies and contractors.
• Excellent planning skills will be an added advantage.
• Strong understanding of HSE and Engineering standards
• Experience in budget preparation and NAPIMS liaison.

Salary

• Very Attractive.

    Job Title: Engineering Team Lead Location: Lagos Reports to: Projects and Facilities Engineering Manager Summary

• The Engineering Team Lead will lead a team of discipline engineers to provide technical discipline support to the Projects, Operations and Maintenance teams especially in the typical brown field onshore/swamp assets.
• As a key interface person, he/she will co-ordinate the Facilities Engineering involvement in Field Development Planning and project development in the front-end phases.

Key roles and Responsibilities Technical:

• Identifying and assessing the value and capability of new or additional technologies.
• Responsibility for compliance to Technical HSE requirements in asset development.
• Take lead in identifying, providing and facilitating solutions to engineering and technical problems especially as it relates to brown field onshore/swamp assets
• Responsibility for the preparation, review and securing approval of feasibility studies, concept designs and costing for projects in the front-end development phase.
• Responsibility for custodianship and maintenance of appropriate engineering standards.
• Ensuring high-quality documentation and currency of the Engineering and Operations.
• Reference data describing the status and operating limits of Oil and Gas processing facilities within the OML 18 Asset Area.

Operations:

• Providing support to the Operations Team in resolving issues and optimizing overall performance of processing assets.
• Providing expert in-house advice on engineering matters, including signing off certificates of conformity.

Commercial:

• Providing key technical input in the evaluation of the technical elements of opportunities.
• Proactively contributing to the preparation and implementation of the business plan, including securing JV Partner Approval.
• Health, Safety & Quality
• Ensuring Health and Safety documentation is in place in line with regulations.
• Support the development of processes and systems to ensure that engineering activities are carried out in compliance with design standards and regulations.
• Fully support and comply with company HSE policies.

Job Knowledge & Experience

• Minimum of 15 years relevant experience working in similar assets like OML 18.
• Deep knowledge of oil and gas industry.
• Strong understanding of HSE and Engineering standards
• Extensive work experience in a comparable position in an Oil and Gas environment.

Qualifications required:

• University degree in relevant Engineering discipline (minimum B.Sc. Hons. Second class upper).
• Registration with COREN a requirement. Direct Engineering Leadership experience in a similar role within the Oil and Gas industry will be an advantage

Dimensions:

• Maintenance Manager.
• Field Operations Manager.
• Govt. agencies, DPR, NAPIMS, JV partners and other stakeholders.
• Key Interfaces.
• Reports to the Projects and Facilities Engineering Manager.
• Petroleum Engineering Manager.

KPIs:

• TBD

Competencies & Skill:

• Promotes teamwork and diversity.
• Demonstrates growth and customer focus.
• Self-awareness and learner.
• Delivers.
• Teamwork.
• Self-Motivation.
• Ability to attract and retain a strong project team.
• Stakeholder communication skills.
• Commercial acumen.
• Management of Technical Discipline Authority.
• Change Management.
• Technical excellence in Oil and gas Operations.

Salary Very Attractive.     How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their tailored CV's to: [email protected]   Application Deadline 10th August, 2018.   Note: Any application received after this time will be automatically rejected.

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