JOB TITLE: Assistant Financial Accountant (OMAO)
JOB LOCATION: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time
JOB DETAILS:
- This role is a specialized financial operations position in business units and is mainly responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the financial operations aspect of the business.
- This includes timely recognition of inflows as well as ensuring prompt payments within set timelines. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts.
Role Description
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- Ensures smooth running of the financial operations aspect of the business
- Reviews control accounts and reconciliations.
Key Result Areas
Personal Effectiveness:
- Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
- Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality over periods of 1 day to a maximum of three months.
- Makes increased contributions by broadening individual skills.
- Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal results.
- Accepts and lives the company values.
Reconciliations:
- Reviews control accounts and reconciliations.
- Ensures accurate reconciliations are done and followed up.
Financial Operations:
- Compiles and populates records to Trial Balance level
- Ensure the timely recognition of inflows and correct allocation
- Ensure the timely processing of payments within the agreed timelines
- Ensure the accurate recognition of payments including VAT and WHT if any
- Provide needed support towards the implementation of various IT initiatives
- Act as the main point of contact for addressing any inquiries and questions related to financial operations
- Supervise the daily operational tasks of the collections team
- Develop financial policies and procedures for operational efficiency
- Develop operational initiatives to achieve financial goals.
Qualifications & Experience
- Professional accounting qualification (ICAN/ACCA) is an added advantage
- Is able to demonstrate recent, relevant experience of managing a Financial Operations team in an insurance Company
- Has a sound understanding of accounting concepts and reporting requirements under relevant accounting standards
- Has a sound understanding of VAT and WHT requirements
- Cognate experience with bank reconciliation in insurance
- Has previous financial accounting experience
- Has a good eye for detail
- Good interpersonal skills.
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Deadline: May 31, 2022
Job Features
Job Category | Accounting / Audit / Finance |