Senior Accountant at Topaz Energy and Marine

Job Description

• Team Offshore Nigeria Ltd is looking to recruit a Senior Accountant to join their team in Lagos.
• The main purpose of this role is to assist the Finance Controller in accounting, auditing and local compliances including tax, statutory reporting & working capital Management.
• You will be joining a high performing and passionate team who are looking for someone to take on the following key accountabilities:

Accounting & Finance:

• Ensure proper GL Accounting, accounting for intercompany transactions, month end closing entries and fixed assets booking.
• Produce accounting and financial information that are accurate, reliable and compliant with acceptable standards, statutory requirements and Group financial policies and procedures.
• Prepare month end balance sheet schedules for submission to corporate office (Dry dock, intercompany reconciliation, Capex report, Cash Flow etc.)
• Prepare and send monthly reports to Shared services finance - Debtors balances, Fixed Assets, utilization report etc.
• Assist in preparing consolidated MMR with variance analysis for AR, AP and GL.
• Audit lead during internal and external audits for standalone and consolidated financials
• Assist in budget preparations and Rolling Forecasts

Tax:

• Prepare monthly tax calendar for Nigeria with reason of variances, if any.
• Ensure timely filing and accounting of tax (WHT, VAT, CIT and other local taxes) returns with government bodies.
• Liaise with tax consultants to get timely tax advices as and when required.

Revenue assurance, Debt Management and Treasury:

• Ensure timely and accurate raising of customer invoices (charter and other revenues) and subsequent debt collection.
• Map out procedures to record efficiency/completeness in the collection process to guarantees that all payments are properly accounted for and guide against any loophole in the collection process.
• Strengthens controls to avoid non-invoicing/Process review to ensure additional revenue opportunities.
• Ensure adequate funds are available and priorities according to operational payments requirements.
• Consolidating the weekly cash flow with all the loan payments, AR and AP inflows and outflows

Requirements
Who are we looking for?

• A qualified Chartered Accountant  with minimum 5 -7 years’ relevant industry experience in an international company of which at least 4 years should be in similar role.
• Exposure to Nigerian tax system is must.