Financial Accountant at Human Resources Specialists Limited

Job Ref.: ACCT 2016

Job Description

• The successful candidate will be responsible for all accounting functions, processes and reporting.
• She/he will ensure that Finance is seen as a value adding business partner (Business Tenants, property management and clients); and build and strengthen the ability of Finance to make sound business decisions. The position reports to the Finance Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Financial Reporting: Provide accurate and timely statutory reports, standard and ad hoc financial reports to clients and management.
• Be proactive, accurate and timely in your communication with clients, management, and other stakeholders. Respond to queries from internal and external clients and stakeholders promptly, accurately and in a courteous manner.
• Budging and Forecasting: Coordinate budget management to include establishing and reporting on deviations, compiling annual budgets.
• Handle all related inquiries accurately in a prompt and courteous manner. Manage budget class rates to include comparing tariffs against budgets, identifying tendencies, updating tariffs, and amending monthly projections.
• Audit: Schedule and organize timely audits, prepare audit packs and respond to all audit report queries accurately, promptly, and in a courteous manner.
• Data Integrity: Review all contract summary for accuracy. Check and Assume responsibility for all entries on Nicor Lease Audits to ensure data integrity.
• Balance Sheet Control: Maintain GL account list, clearing of take on accounts, conduct monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet items.
• Maintain intercompany loan account, invoice and account receivables. Maintain fixed registers, follow up on long-standing items, and report on balance sheet.
• Take on and Handovers of buildings: Capture take on balances on TB handovers, and coordinate financial process.
• Monthly management meetings: Attend monthly client meetings and provide accurate and timely feedback to management.
• Review of Accruals: Verify expenses against project lists; ensure use of correct accounts. (Expenditure vs Capital), control accuracy, and investigate problem areas in actuals.
• Management fees & Commissions: Calculate and invoice management fees. Review commissions for accuracy and posting of batches.
• Legal Compliance: Complete VAT returns and complete income tax returns as necessary.
• Review of GPS: Manage GPS sundry debtor including commissions. Provide input in GPS property management budgets.
• Cash management: Process owner payments and manage and reconcile cash flows.
• TI and Technical fees: Calculate and invoice TI and Technical fee in accordance with clients’ approval framework, and collect fees promptly.
• Liaise with various agencies and contacts to ensure full regulatory compliance.
• Put forward suggestions to improve quantity and quality of work.
• Manage and lead staff, and manage professional relationships with external contacts.
• Work as an effective team member, anticipate to ensure tasks are completed in a timely manner.
• Ensure each assignment or task is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
• Ensure that staff behavior and conduct conform to company values, expectations, and policy.
• Lead by example, use good judgment, and maintain the highest level of discretion and confidentiality.
• Keep supervisor apprised of all matters relating to Finance in a timely manner.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
• Professional certification in Accounting strongly preferred.
• Six years of directly related experience; 2 in property management is strongly preferred.
• Excellent computer skills, proficient in MS office Suite, NICOR, MDA, and SAP.
• Strong knowledge of capital expenditure, legal aspects of accounting, taxes, GAAP and FIRS.
• Superior knowledge of advanced calculations and reporting.
• Excellent ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing.
• Strong ability to train and present reports to non-finance/accounting audience.
• Demonstrable knowledge of company policies & procedures, administration principles and reporting.
• Methodical approach, analytical and critical thinking skills in problem solving and decision making.
• Demonstrate sound financial expertise and business acumen.
• Superb ability to consistently produce timely and error-free work at all times and to all contacts.
• Demonstrable ability to network, represent self, department and the company well.
• Excellent customer service, interpersonal and relationship management skills.
• Superb ability to interact with staff, clients and all contacts in a professional manner.
• Strong people management and leadership skills.
• Team player with strong ability to work collaboratively to meet goals.
• Ability to make quick decisions and solve problems.
• Strong ability to plan, coordinate, and organize projects.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work under pressure, to meet deadlines.
• Accurately and speedily analyze scope of work and schedule work for on-time delivery.
• Ability to listen, understand, and ask relevant follow-up questions.
• Persistent, resilient and resourceful demonstrating a positive can-do attitude at all times.
• Reliable, dependable, and able work diligently with the uttermost level of integrity.