Accountant at Descasio - Nigeria

Responsibilities

• Administer accounts receivable and accounts payable;
• Provide a wide range of essential financial analysis to the company operations.
• Prepare, develop and analyse reports for decision making purposes.
• Awareness of the wider business environment in order to drive business growth.
• Control the cash flow position throughout the company, maintain the integrity of funds and other valuable documents
• Understand and approve client and vendors business legal contracts, statutory and tax obligations
• Communicate the company's expected and actual performance using financial statement ratio analysis and other reporting tools.
• Support the company’s accounting and financial functions using job descriptions, policies, and procedures, and methods for automating document control.
• Ensure the maintenance of appropriate financial records, prepares required financial reports, insures audits are completed in time and statutory book closing occur.
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements in all finance related functions.
• Supervise the budgeting process to ensure timely completion of the budget, undertake bi-annual budget review and securing Management’s approval for company annual budget.

Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum of a B.Sc qualification
• ICAN certification is a requirement
• Experience in Financial planning & analysis is an added advantage
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Insightful, can suggest and implement changes to improve individual and team processes, sales methodology and user experience.
• Master and maintain strong knowledge of market needs, competition and latest industry news and trends.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with fluency in English. Be able to articulate when under pressure.