Job Title: Accountant (Graduate Trainee)
Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Responsibilities
- Manage all accounting transactions
- Prepare budget forecasts
- Publish financial statements in time
- Handle monthly, quarterly and annual closings
- Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
- Ensure timely bank payments
- Compute taxes and prepare tax returns
- Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements
- Report on the company’s financial health and liquidity
- Audit financial transactions and documents
- Reinforce financial data confidentiality and conduct database backups when necessary
- Comply with financial policies and regulations
- Controlling the payroll
- Producing an accurate set of month-end accounts, with comparisons to forecasts and previous periods
- Preparing profit and loss accounts and the balance sheet for senior management
- Assisting in preparing budgets and business planning, including projected room revenue
- Reconciling bank statements
- Ensuring legislation is followed regarding VAT and PAYE
- Chasing late payments, reporting bad debts and keeping a careful eye on the cash flow
- Support the management of disciplinary and grievance issues
- Planning and sometimes delivering training- including inductions for new employees
- Any other duties and specific project work which may be assigned from time to time by the factory Manager.
- Maintain good relationships with suppliers, vendors, and service providers with the purpose of getting high-quality products and services at good bargains.
- Maintain company assets are maintained as at when due, and any other job function that shall be given from time to time.
Requirements and Skills
- Candidates should possess a B.Sc. Degree in Accounting, Finance or a relevant Degree.
- Years of experience from 4 years and above.
- Accountancy skills, ideally honed in a factory/manufacturing environment.
- IT knowledge, as transactions, are usually done through computerized systems, electronic cash tills and so on
- Data processing skills, including spreadsheet packages.
- Analytical and communication skills.
- Unmatched attention to detail as you’ll be preparing detailed financial information for senior management.
- Hands-on experience with Hotel accounting software,Advanced MS Excel skills and pivot tables.
- Experience with general ledger functions.
- Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills.
- Ages between 27 to 40 years.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] and copy to:[email protected] and [email protected]using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Deadline: May 5, 2023
Job Features
Job Category | Accounting / Audit / Finance |