Job Title: Payroll / Financial Accountant
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Responsibilites
- Payroll accountant prepares, submits and validates the monthly payroll in Payroll accounting system (Sage).
- Works independently using judgment and discretion to ensure overall compliance and efficient payroll processing.
- Responsible for updating payroll changes, manual adjustments, tax and reporting procedures.
- Ensures that payroll updates are timely and accurately prepared.
- Prepares monthly general ledger account reconciliations.
- Payroll statutory deductions and timely remittances.
- Inputs or uploads all benefits deductions and earnings.
- Responsible for maintaining and managing records.
Payroll / Tax Management:
- Processes monthly payroll for 30+ employees
- Reviews taxes, deductions, and earnings for accuracy and make necessary corrections
- Updates payroll changes in payroll/accounting systems
- Inputs/uploads all benefits deductions and earnings
- Prepares monthly general ledger account reconciliations
- Prepares and manages payroll processing, researches and resolves discrepancies, and handles correcting entries.
- Ensures paychecks are correct and delivered on time
- Enters and reviews additional payments needed to include bonuses, allowances and overtime
- Updates new hires and terminations in payroll system
- Managing Tax Audits along with Tax consultants
- Engages the tax consultant on all pending tax issues Financial Accounting Bank Reconciliations
- Preparation of monthly GL Proof report
- Preparation of transaction journals and posting of entries
- All other assigned duties
Requirements
Hard skills and experience:
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- A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
- 3-4 years cognate experience or any similar combination of education and experience.
- Experience at a Big Four firm is an added advantage.
- A professional member of an industry-relevant association (ACCA or ICAN) is an added advantage
- Knowledge of SAGE accounting software/package.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word. Advance proficiency in Microsoft Excel is mandatory.
- Knowledge of IFRS, local taxes and requirements.
- Experience in liaising with the auditors
- Ability to create and manage a database Soft skills:
- Demonstrated abilities in management reporting: preparing and presenting. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong organizational and analytical skills. Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous service to customers. Ability to effectively present information.
- Ability to manage multiple work streams/projects of various sizes and complexity across diversified customer base.
- Ability to comprehend, analyse, and interpret documents. Ability to solve problems involving several options in situations.
- Attention to detail Personal characteristics:
- Self-driven
- Resilient
- Tenacious
- Result-oriented
- Ability to work effectively under pressure;
- Team player with good interpersonal skills.
Remuneration
N500,000 – N700,000 Monthly.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to: [email protected] using “Payroll / Financial Accountant, Nigeria” as the subject of the mail.
Deadline: May 31, 2023
Job Features
Job Category | Accounting / Audit / Finance |