Job Vacancies for Accountants in a Leading Inter-State Transportation and Logistics Company
Stresert Services Limited - Our client, a leading Inter-state
Transportation and Logistics company, is recruiting to fill the position
below:
Job Title: Accountant
Job Ref: Log - Acc
Location: Lagos
Job Summary
- Accounts Receivable Management; Accounting Information
Management; Accounts Payable Management; Payroll Processing; Cash
Administration; Non-Current Assets Management; Accounts Maintenance and
Vouchering; Bank Reconciliation and Statement Audit; Document
Management and Petty Cash Administration.
Detailed Responsibilities
- Supervises the day to day finance and accounts operations
- Administers payment transfers through the bank.
- Manages cash advance and reconciles retirement not later than 72 hours from the day of disbursement.
- Prepares bank reconciliation statements for all corporate accounts not later than 7th monthly.
- Audits bank statements to ensure consistency and accuracy of bank charges.
- Raises vouchers for transactions and posts financial data to
the appropriate accounts in the automated accounting system not later
than 24hours.
- Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
- Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
- Summarizes current financial status by collecting information;
preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
- Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
- Guides accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
- Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
- Secures financial information by completing data base backups.
- Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
- Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements.
- Complies with federal, state, and local financial legal
requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing
adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
- Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
- Any other duty assigned from time to time.
- Ensures that all accounting entries posted into the accounting system are accurate.
- Maintains the non-current Assets Register and processes
depreciation for various assets and additions/disposals
entries/journals.
- Maintains relevant non-current Assets accounts as required by FIRS
- Prepares reports to show receivables ageing and submit to management.
- Collects and reviews Purchase Order for jobs done by the Company.
Education/Experience:
- The Candidate must preferably be an Associate member of ICAN, or final stages of the professional exams;
- A graduate with back ground in Accounting.
- Must have 7 - 8 years work experience in core accounting duties with the ability to work without supervision.
Desired Skills:
- Organizational skills with attention to detail
- Corporate Finance, confidentiality
- Reporting skills, deadline-oriented, time management
- Reasoning ability, mathematical ability, and logical thinking skills
- Data entry management, Problem solving skills
- Proficient with MS Office (word, excel, Power point) a MUST and
knowledge of essential accounting software usage such as Peachtree,
Sage, SAP, JD Edward, Tally etc.
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
Note
- Wrongly titled applications will not be opened.
- Applicants who do not meet the above criteria need not apply. Please be guided.
Salary
Salary is between N200, 000 - N300, 000 /m.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to:
[email protected] using ‘Log-Acc’ as subject of mail
Application Deadline: 25th March, 2017.