Junior Financial Accountant at GVA Partners

A global company producing feed for aquaculture with a factory based in Ibadan, Oyo State.
 
Main Tasks and Responsibilities

General
•    Review and verify invoices and check requests
•    Sort, code and match invoices
•    Set invoices up for payment
•    Enter and upload invoices into system
•    Track expenses and process expense reports
•    Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments
•    Prepare and perform cheque runs
•    Post transactions to journals, ledgers and other records
•    Reconcile accounts payable transactions
•    Prepare analysis of accounts
•    Monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date
•    Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues
•    Maintain vendor files
•    Correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries
•    Produce monthly reports
•    Assist with month end closing
•    Provide supporting documentation for audits
•    Maintain petty cash
 
Year-end statutory audits and month-end reporting
•    Prepare draft financial statements for review by the Business Controller
•    Preparation of schedules for the interim and year-end statutory audits
•    Prepare month end journals and balance sheet reconciliations for a number of accounts including the VAT, Fixed Assets, Accruals and etc.
 
Banking & treasury
•    Processing treasury related journals at month-end and reconciling the balance sheet accounts
•    Set up online banking payments and manual payments, including international payments.
•    Prepare regular cash flow forecasting
 
Returns/Corporation Tax
•    Prepare and file monthly  VAT returns
•    Prepare and file monthly NSIT/ ITF
•    Keep abreast of developments in tax regulations and suggest changes to ensure compliance
 
Withholding Tax
•    Withhold applicable taxes from vendors
•    File monthly WHT returns
•    Help develop SKNG's withholding tax strategy, ensuring full compliance while giving vendors credit notes on a timely basis.
 
Education & Qualifications
•    Must have a Bachelor's degree and be at least a part qualified Accountant
 
Experience
•    Must have at least 3 years' experience within a Finance department
•    Experience involving banking, account reconciliations, preparing financial statements and preparing VAT/ WHT returns.
•    Experience dealing with tax/ FIRS at an operational level.
 
Skills
•    Experience in financial accounting – particularly statutory reporting and tax are essential for this role.
•    A high level of computer literacy is needed and they should be a proficient user of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
•    Report Writing skills are also a requirement for the role and they should be comfortable analysing large amounts of data and reporting the results.
•    Experience using ERP systems is must
•    An understanding of statutory (FIRS) accounting rules and Nigerian tax legislation, including rules around VAT/ WHT and corporations tax.