Recruitment at Givanas Cosmetics Nigeria Limited
Givanas Cosmetics Nigeria Limited is a specialized Manufacturing company with wide range of products for the Nigerian markets like powder, petroleum jelly, perfumes.
We are recruiting to fill the positions below:
Job Title: Junior Accountant
Location: Lagos
Job Purpose
- The Junior Accountant is responsible for day to day transaction posting.
Responsibilities
- Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial accounting and general ledger structure.
- Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded
- Update accounts receivable and issue invoices
- Update accounts payable and perform reconciliations
- Assist in the processing of balance sheets, income statements and other financial statements according to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines
- Assist with reviewing of expenses, payroll records etc. as assigned
- Update financial data in databases to ensure that information will be accurate and immediately available when needed
- Prepare and submit weekly/monthly reports
- Assist senior accountants in the preparation of monthly/yearly closings
- Assist with other accounting projects
Experience Required
- B.Sc. in Accounting, Finance or relevant field
- Minimum of 1-year general accounting experience preferably in a manufacturing firm.
- Audit and taxation experience preferably from Big 4 will be an added advantage
- Sound knowledge of IFRS and IAS regulations.
- Professional Qualifications (ICAN/ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
- Ability to develop checking strategies
- Strong sense of deadlines and time management
- Excellent organizing abilities
- Good attention to detail
- Strong financial and analytical acumen
- Good understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office and familiarity with relevant computer software (SAP)
- Good communication skills and adaptability
- Good interpersonal and team work skills with good decision making
Job Title: Production Manager
Location: Lagos
Responsibilities
- Plan, implement, review, control and adjust production schedule where needed to ensure company’s targets are met.
- Developing and implementing short- and long-term plans to ensure that production has the necessary resources to meet business objectives and volume targets without disruption.
- Ensure that all products manufactured are produced efficiently, and are consistent with company established targets and goals for quality.
- Coordinate, recommend and manage improvements to reduce costs, increase productivity and efficiency, and sustain improvements.
- Ensure quality standards and processes are utilized throughout production and constantly work with Quality Control and Assurance on continuous improvements and provide preventive and corrective actions when problems occur.
- Determine human resources and material resources required, and manage these resources to meet production targets.
- Direct the entire production operation towards complying with customers specifications on quality, quantity and delivery time and meeting company’s standard of efficiency.
- Work out and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for production operations and ensure that SOPs are adhered to.
- Prepare, maintain and analyze production reports to determine deviations and make necessary improvements where needed.
- Set and manage production budgets, and implement cost control programs to reduce production operating expenses.
- Ensure efficient collaboration and coordination between relevant departments including Supply Chain, Procurement, Distribution, Sales and Marketing and Management.
- Track competencies of subordinates and provide leadership, development, and training as required.
- Setting up directional guides for the effective and efficient conduct of internal business processes that produce and deliver the products to the markets;
- Initiating the establishment of systems and procedures and compliance review system that are based on policies and anchored on corporate values;
- Initiating the continuing rationalization, resource implementation and documentation of systems, procedures and structures.
- Developing corrective/ preventive measures to make systems and procedures more effective and efficient;
- Managing all production personnel to ensure that they are appropriately motivated, trained and developed, and can carry out their responsibilities to the required standards and statutory requirements;
- Facilitating the employment and directing the training, coaching, mentoring and development of personnel.
Requirements/Experience
- A graduate of Chemistry, Chemical or Industrial Engineering, Business Management or any related course.
- Master's Degree in Management, Engineering an advantage.
- A minimum of 4 years of experience in a relatively large organization and at least 1-year experience as a production manager in a manufacturing firm.
- With wide knowledge of the Quality Management, Quality Control, Process engineering, with a very high level of policies, processes and procedure development and documentation
- Able to express ideas clearly both in oral and written communications.
- Trustworthiness, resourcefulness and hard work
- With excellent organizational. analytical and problem-solving skills
- Computer literacy
- Problem Solving/Analytical
- Time Management
- Initiative
Job Title: Accounting Manager
Location: Lagos
Job Purpose
- The Accounting Manager is responsible for all areas relating to financial accounting.
- This position will be responsible for developing and maintaining accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements.
- The Accounting Manager supervises four staff accountants and is responsible for day to day operations to ensure that work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner.
- This position addresses tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including general ledger preparation, year-end audit preparation, and other duties to be assigned.
Job Description
- Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial accounting and general ledger structure.
- Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close.
- Assist the Finance Manager in the daily requirements.
- Ensure the accurate and timely processing of transactions.
- Collaborates with the Finance Manager to support overall department goals and objectives.
- Monitors and analyzes department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Advises staff regarding the handling of non-routine reporting transactions.
- Responds to inquiries from the Finance Manager, CFO, General Manager and firm wide managers.
- Work with the Finance Manager to ensure a clean and timely period end audit.
- Supervise the general ledger group to ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met.
- Assist in development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the department.
- Provide training to new and existing staff as needed.
- Support Finance Manager with special projects and workflow process improvements.
- Ensure that all transactions posted in accounting software is accurate, error-free and in adherence to the existing policies and procedures.
- Ensure that all posting is properly allocated with correct account and proper notes are mentioned.
- Maintain all transactions with schedules and properly monitor the movements
- Attend all inter departmental queries and assure that everything has been accounted
- Assist the Finance Manager with proper period end closing
- Monitor each suppliers’ and customers’ account every month and verify the reconciliations
- Ensure that bank reconciliations are made twice a month
- Maintain fixed assets register and administer stock count
- Screen all transactions and provide 3-way matching
Key Technical Skills
- Strong sense of deadlines and time management
- Good communication skills and adaptability
- Aptitude to learn and strong analytical skills
- Ability to develop checking strategies
- Multi-cultural Understanding
- Sound good decision-making skills
Education & Professional Experience
- Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
- Minimum of 4- year general accounting experience with taxation background
- A professional license
- Sound Knowledge in IFRS and IAS regulations.
- An audit experience (preferable from Big 4)
- Ability to handle full set of accounts for a manufacturing firm
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to:
[email protected]
The Subject of the mail should be the position title, eg: “Junior Accountant”
Note: Only qualified persons will be contacted for an interview.
Application Deadline 26th January, 2018.