Financial Accountant at Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark and its well-known global brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 150 countries. Every day, 1.3 billion people - nearly a quarter of the world's population - trust K-C brands and the solutions they provide to enhance their health, hygiene, and well-being. With brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, and Depend, Kimberly-Clark holds No.1 or No. 2 share positions in more than 80 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Financial Accountant

Job Requisition ID: 839103
Location: Lagos
Worker Type: Employee
Worker Sub-Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Key contact for Shared Service Centre and taking accountability for and managing the following areas:
- Accounts Payable (GBS Krakow)
- Order 2 Cash (GBS Krakow)
- Fixed Assets (SSC Costa Rica)
- Monthly Accruals/posting of month end journals
- GI review and tax postings
- Balance Sheet reconciliations
Support managing relationship with EY and provide them with information to aid them with compilation of AFS, Income Tax, VAT and WHT returns.
Balance sheet review. Review monthly for reasonableness and accuracy. Provide assistance with Quarterly Review with EMEA Controller.
Oversight of day to day accounting to reporting operations ensuring that issues are timely identified and solved or escalated to the appropriate level including establishing and maintaining a robust and sustainable balance sheet reconciliation process
Assist Financial Controller in treasury operations: cash flow management, forex forecasting, relationship management with Banks.
Assist Financial Controller to drive Working capital Initiatives in the business and manage Cash Conversion Cycle
Main point of contact for external auditors for providing source information and driving completion of audits.
Develop continuous improvement in the control environment by ensuring Corporate Financial Instructions, Policies & procedures are implemented, maintained and adhered to.