Accountant at Otiz Keepers

Location: Eket, Akwa Ibom

Job Description
Role:

• Ensure all financial records are kept accurately and securely and in line with legislative requirements.
• Ensure timely payment of creditors and invoicing of debtors.
• Implement and follow the debtor management process.
• Responsibility for payroll, pension and tax contribution payments, in conjunction with the Pension Advisor
• Administer the bank accounts and carry out bank reconciliations on all company bank accounts.
• Act as the first point of contact for the auditors and communicate with them to ensure all questions can be answered efficiently.
• Analysis of business performance including benchmarking and making recommendations for improvement.
• Prepare, develop and analyze key financial information to ensure that the organization's management makes well-informed decisions to ensure future stability, growth and profitability.
• Aiding managerial planning & commercial decision making by providing appropriate financial information promptly.
• Orderly execution of the annual budget cycle with provision of approved annual budget
• Ensure the process of cost estimation is scientific, reliable and consistently applied
• Assist other functional units within the Finance team in carrying out jobs as and when required by Management.
• Work closely with Procurement, Store and Field Management to assure proper inventory control and accounting practices.
• Support the Company budgeting process with Account Analysis.
• Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger structure.
• Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year-end close.
• Ensure the accurate and timely processing of positive pay transactions.
• Monitors and analyzes department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Ensure the timely reporting of all monthly financial information.
• Work with each direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitor and advise on the progress to enhance the professional development of staff.
• Support and coordinate all internal and external audits by providing any relevant information and support.
• Provide budget versus actual expenditure reports for review on a monthly basis and highlight any adverse variances.
• Individual reviews requests from staff and process anti monitor spending by reviewing all supporting documents, work with Finance Assistant to perform ad-hoc cash counts for petty cash.

Requirements

• Good grasp of costing & Manufacturing Management Accounting
• Proficiency with Accounting & Microsoft Office Tools
• The individual must be a PC proficient and able to thrive in a fast-paced setting.
• The individual must have at least basic experience with Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong Interpersonal, supervisory and customer service skills required.
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines required.
• A good first Degree in Accounting / Finance or any of the Social / Management Sciences or related discipline.
• Analytical skills
• Financial analysis
• Balance sheet management skill
• P/C productivity tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook etc

Remuneration
N665, 000 - 720,000 / per Annum. Pensionable.