Accounting Officer at an Oil and Gas Firm

Job Description:

 The Accounting Officer shall:

•  Analyse various General Ledger accounts and investigate issues arising there from with special emphasis on the Working Capital accounts;
•   Reconcile Partners’ current account balances with Cash calls, Billing statements and the General ledger;
• Account for Cash Calls / Draw-downs paid by and on behalf of Partners into the JV Accounts;
• Analyse and reconcile inter venture payables and receivables;
• Review the cutback process from a Cost Trial Balance (CTB) and General Trial Balance (GTB) perspective to determine accuracy and completeness of Partners’ share in line with contractual agreements, and investigate of issues arising there from;
• Analyse and reconcile consumable stock balances between FI/CO and MM modules of SAP;
• Compute and post Service fee and Parent Company Overhead in line with contractual obligations and agreements;
• Prepare Accounting analysis in support of Partners, Group, NNPC, Tax, External & Internal audits and other special investigations and ad hoc audits;
• Monitor and follow closure processes and provide relevant inputs as may be required;
• Prepare monthly returns for Withholding Tax (WHT), Value added Tax (VAT), Nigerian Content development (NCD) levy and Cabotage deductions;
• Provide support to other entities that interface with the Accounting department;
• Carry out any other adhoc duties as delegated.

Qualification :

The Accounting Officer shall possess a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of second class upper division in either Accounting, Finance, Business related discipline, computer science, engineering or any numeric discipline. Completion of NYSC is mandatory.
Other requirements include:

• Very good organizational ability with effective communication skills;
•  Aptitude for specialized accounting software (SAP) and other Windows office applications;
• Good organisational, interpersonal, writing and analytical skills.