Recent Job Vacancies at Terragon Group, 5th July, 2018


Terragon Group - We pride ourselves as a new Media business focused on Africa. We have built a strong competence across the new media ecosystem comprising mobile, online and content. Within digital we understand the interplay between content and platform and we have business verticals that deliver on both components of the digital world. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Accountant Location: Lagos Job Description

  • Responsible for examining, analysing, and preparing financial records and statement and providing input and advice on financial matters including tracking and recording costs and expenses.
Key Responsibilities
  • Prompt coding and registering of commitments in the accounting system, maintaining chart of accounts, invoice numbers.
  • Documenting financial transactions by entering account information.
  • Recommend financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
  • Liaising with accounting officers with respect to bills receivable, bills payable, etc
  • Providing assistance to auditors with regards to scope and items
  • Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
  • Guide accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
  • Ensuring internal control system is effected and adhered to on the assets and accounting system of the company.
  • Prepare asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analysing account information
  • Summarise current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
  • Preparation of the monthly bank reconciliation of the accounts of the company.
  • Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
  • Develop, implement, modify, document, record keeping, and accounting system, making efficient use of the accounting
  • Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information needed for the audit of financial statements
  • Ensure all costs are captured on SAP daily and revenues captured promptly
  • Compute statutory taxes i.e VAT, PAYE, local government and preparation of tax returns, ensure compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
  • Maintaining account payables and accounts receivables: Collate payments due to the vendors for each unit of the business.
Job Requirements
  • A First Degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics
  • ICAN or ACCA Certification
  • 5 years relevant in Audit, Tax and Financial Accounting
  • Knowledge of:
    • International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
    • Corporate Reporting and Finance
    • Governance, Risk and Control
    • Taxation
    • Leadership & People Management
    • Financial Analysis
    • Financial Management
    • Audit and Assurance
    • Stakeholder Relationship Management
    • Professionalism & Ethics
  • Advanced ability to use spread sheet packages.
  • Proficient in Microsoft applications
  • Proficient in Accounting Software; Peach Tree, Quick books.
    Job Title: Human Resources Business Partner Location: Lagos Key Responsibilities
  • Provide a professional and strategic consultancy and advisory service to Business Units and staff.
  • Custodian, owner and driver of the Terragon Learning & Development process.
  • Work with key stakeholders to develop a group wide L&D strategy, focusing on all aspects on the employee journey.
  • Identify training and development needs within an organization through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with business managers and human resources departments
  • Design and expand training and development programs based on the needs of the organization and the individual
  • Deliver the strategy in conjunction with the wider business and ensuring that all L&D needs across the organization are regularly assessed and reviewed.
  • Ensure all training needs is established in the business aligned to the organizational mission and objectives.
  • Ensure we deliver of our core competence and statutory/regulatory training.
  • To lead on design and delivery of the organizations leadership and management programs.
  • To lead a key initiatives program on developing our L&D agenda with utilization of the succession/grooming levy and other resources as appropriate.
  • To manage the group L&D budgets and external supplier relationships ensuring quality, cost and ethical investments are made and providing robust reporting on ROI and ROE of all activity.
  • To lead on key organizational people, change programs, providing OD, L&D and engagement diagnostics and solutions.
  • Develop a suite of measurement KPIs that clearly demonstrate the impact and experience of learning within all delivery models.
  • To develop and improve our competency framework in the organization, developing key programs of work that improve the capability of our overall business.
  • To act as the key driver in our L&D agenda acting as a L&D and People Champion.
  • Maintains organization staff by establishing a recruiting, testing, and interviewing program; counseling managers on candidate selection conducting and analyzing exit interviews; recommending changes.
  • Facilitate Career Management implementation
  • Maintains the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
  • Maintains a pay plan by conducting periodic pay surveys; scheduling and conducting job evaluations; preparing pay budgets; monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions; recommending, planning, and implementing pay structure revisions.
  • Maintains employee benefits programs and informs employees of benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.
  • Drive key initiatives on Employee Relations and HR-Employee collaborations
  • Drive Staff Engagement Initiatives e.g. Village Meetings, Team-building sessions et al
  • Assist to drive Culture Transformation Projects
  • Design when required different process tools i.e. templates, worksheets, reporting documents, forms et al
  • Assist to ensure that all conflicts are resolved within stipulated time -Coordination of staff Disciplinary matters and grievances
  • Provide supervision, coordination and development of Welfare Management system
Job Requirements
  • Minimum university degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Behavioural Science, or Management.
  • Preference would be given to applicants with HR consulting background from the big 4.
  • Professional qualification of CIPMN, CIPD, SHRM is an added advantage
  • Experience in setting and managing budgets
  • Proven experience leading the development of L&D strategies, initiatives, policies and programmes
  • Proven project management skills to ensure effective delivery of project outcomes
  • Ability to persuade and influence mangers regarding the most appropriate approach within a given situation
  • Proven experience at building strong relationships with managers at all levels within the organisation
  • Professional qualification of CIPMN, CIPD, SHRM is an added advantage
  • Experience in setting and managing budgets
  • Proven experience leading the development of L&D strategies, initiatives, policies and programmes
  • Proven project management skills to ensure effective delivery of project outcomes
  • Ability to persuade and influence mangers regarding the most appropriate approach within a given situation
  • Proven experience at building strong relationships with managers at all levels within the organisation
  • 3 - 5 years’ experience in working as HR Generalist
    How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: [email protected]   Application Deadline 19th July, 2018