Accountant (Mid Level) at Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN)

Position Purpose, Record, Classify, and Summarize in a significant manner and in terms of money, transactions and events which are, in part at least, of financial character, and interpreting the results thereof; Administer payroll and employee finance while significantly contributing to Budgeting and budgetary control

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage reconciliation of payroll balance sheet accounts.
• Manage employee expense postings such as the corporate bonus, out of station allowance, advance payments etc.
• Recording of account payable, accounts Receivable, procurement activities
• Reconciliation of Bank Accounts
• Running and Preparing monthly and quarterly financial reports (i.e. Income statement, cashflow statement, balance sheet)
• Responsible for quarterly and annual filings
• Maintaining fixed assets register
• Posting of journal entries
• Intercompany reconciliations
• Monthly Financial Close Process
• Communicate and collaborate proactively with project finance and project management in an effort to anticipate project financial needs.
• Advise on financial cash positioning of company and make recommendations on effective ways to keep processes lean/reduce cost
• Provide guidance and assistance on maintaining compliance, audits and research
• Maintain current knowledge of compensation accounting
• Accountable for collation, compilation, preparation and analysis of annual Master
• Prepare monthly comparative report, analyzing and reviewing variance, cash flow and KPI reports
• Maintain internal control compliance on all payroll accounting related activities.
• Point person in internal and external payroll audits
• Identify and drive process improvements consistent with industry best practices
• Responsible for monitoring and resolving bank issues including fee anomalies and cheque differences

• 4-5 years’ accounting experience – payroll, vendor management and employee finance in a reputable organization
• Intermediate to advanced  proficiency in Quick book, ERP, Sage, SAP and Peachtree accounting software
• Budget and Budgetary control
• Proficient use of Microsoft excel
• Financial Accounting, Cash flow management, financial Modelling