Finance and Administration Officer at A1 Power Technologies Ltd

Purpose

• To provide financial and operational support to Management.
• Manage company administrative tasks
• To execute daily tasks and responsibilities as assigned.

Duties & Responsibilities
Essential duties/key job roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Finance

• Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to procedural and generally accepted accounting standards and principles
• Prepare Bank reconciliation statement
• Posting to ledgers and reconciling sub-ledger to General ledger
• Prepare bank, receipt, and journal vouchers
• Update fixed assets register for each addition of assets and prepare depreciation on each asset.
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
• Reviewing, implementing, and adopting new and existing financial systems and controls.
• Producing and analyzing annual and monthly accounts.
• Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting, and other tax requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing monthly reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and reporting requirements.
• Preparation of documents for audits and financial inspections

Admin

• Coordinate travel arrangements, meetings, and appointments
• Attend meetings and record notes and messages for management
• Handle incoming and outgoing correspondence and communication.
• Maintain an organized filing system for documents and records.
• Assist with human resource functions, such as onboarding and record-keeping.
• Support management with general administrative tasks as needed.
• Stay updated on relevant administrative laws and regulations.

Key Performance Indicators

• Proper financial recording in the appropriate books with no discrepancies
• Timely weekly budgeting and fulfillment of operational funding requirements.
• Cost control for the company.
• Proper inventory management

Requirements/Education

• B.Sc. Accounting or related course
• Relevant Working Experience including audit/accounting services firm experience.
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience
• Required Certification(s): ICAN, ACCA an added advantage.

Knowledge, Skills & Attitude

• Highly proactive, Excellence, integrity, Attention to detail, creativity, team spirit, commitment
• Highly analytical in problem-solving with the ability to apply original and innovative thinking
• Good technical proficiency in core accounting.
• Conversant with financial / accounting regulations of state and federal laws.
• Basic understanding of service delivery workflow and business processes.
• Knowledge & and experience of Bank Reconciliation.
• Good interpersonal skills
• A high level of oral and written communication skills.
• Flexible in approach and be comfortable with a fluid organizational structure that requires both teamwork and self-sufficiency as necessary, with the ability to work under minimal supervision.