Senior Accountant at RS Hunter Limited

Job Description
The Senior Accountant is responsible for the overall financial management and day to day bookkeeping of the company.

RESPONSIBILITIES

•     Financial Strategy: Responsible for reviewing company financial strategy (including the use of profits and
• reserves) and making recommendations to the Co-operative where appropriate.
•     Financial Accounting: Responsible for producing and analyzing yearend financial accounts; liaising with the company’s auditors, production of statutory accounts and lodgment of the company’s taxation return.
•     Management Accounting: Responsible for producing annual budgets and five year rolling estimates, quarterly management accounts and ad-hoc reports as required.
•     Accounting Systems: Responsible for reviewing, updating and implementing existing internal accounting systems and introducing new systems and controls where appropriate.
•     Accounting Software: Responsible for maintaining computerized accounting software, ensuring the provision of adequate third party support for the software and upgrading the software where appropriate.
•     Expenditure Control: Responsible for monitoring all company expenditure and where appropriate making recommendations to individuals and teams responsible for budgets.
•     Co-ordination of additional bookkeeping support as necessary from time to time. This might include managing temporary workers or mentoring accountancy students on placement.
•     General Ledger: Responsible for maintaining the General Ledger; setting up new accounts and cost centers when required; ensuring reconciliation of control accounts; ensuring correct allocation of expenditure to cost centers.
•     Purchase Ledger: Responsible for accurate processing of all supplier invoices and for their regular payment.
•     Sales Ledger: Responsible for prompt raising of sales invoices for bulk publications customers, advertising and inserts sales, processing of receipts and all aspects of credit control.
•     Banking: Responsible for managing of all Treasury functions including and company bank accounts and company credit cards; ensuring optimal management of cash flows by liaising on a regular basis with the company’s bankers.
•     VAT: Responsible for handing all Tax returns providing advice on compliance with regulations as necessary.
•     Budgeting: Working with the various departments to prepare budgets, forecasts and management accounts
•     Develop financial documents, processing and budget preparation & execution.
•     Provide analytical support for specific programs with respect to budget formulation.
•     Insurance : Responsible for reviewing the company’s insurance arrangements (policies and brokers); ensuring
• adequate insurance cover is maintained; administering the company’s insurance policies and making claims where necessary; liaising with the company’s insurance brokers.
•     Company Secretarial: Responsible for maintaining statutory records (minute books, registers, etc.) and filing all statutory returns.
•     Contribute financial information to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying system improvements.
•     Prepare monthly management reports.
•     Prepare income statements and balance sheets.
•     Support annual audit by providing timely information and answers to auditors.
•     Protect organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
•     Maintain financial security and establish internal controls and checks.
•     Any other activities related to the financial management of the Company.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

•     Minimum of 5 years prior work experience within a financial management role.
•     Experience of preparing budgets, management accounts and end of year financial accounts.
•     Extensive experience and a thorough working knowledge of computerized accounting systems and spreadsheets.
•     Good verbal and written presentation skills.
•     Ability to work independently and on own initiative, within a team environment.
•     Ability to work well under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail.
•     High level of planning & organizational skills
•     Excellent interpersonal skills
•     Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office tools
•     Must be able to gather and analyze information
•     High analytical ability
•     Good investigative skills
•     Good Reporting Skills
•     ICAN and ACCA Certification is an added advantage
•     Abuja resident is preferred.