Accountant at Dragnet Nigeria

Location: Calabar, Cross River

Job Description

• The ideal candidate will report to the Finance and Accounts Manager, prepare timely and reliable IFRS-based financial reports for management analysis.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Maintain various ledgers, journals, registers and other records; allocates revenues to appropriate functions; classifies expenditures and post to various accounts as required
• Produce Monthly, quarterly and yearly Trial Balance reports
• Produce Monthly Revenue Analysis and management accounts
• Review and process expense vouchers, invoices, and other fiscal documents for payment; reconciles various financial reports and other data concerning fiscal operations
• Analyze and interpret financial results for business operations
• Ensure that transactions posted to AP, AR and Fixed Assets modules in Navision are properly represented in GL
• Prepares financial statements, reports of operations, expenditure reports, statistical data, and other information concerning financial requirements; assists in gathering and reviewing data for preparation of budgets
• Set up account codes, Open accounts for new customers, add new GL accounts e.t.c.
• Determine payroll requirements; maintains payroll data; prepare and process monthly- payroll

Key Performance Indicators

• Cost Efficiency
• Customer satisfaction
• Revenue Assurance
• Credit and cost Control Effectiveness
• Treasury Effectiveness
• Tax Management Effectiveness
• Financial Planning and Budgeting Effectiveness
• Financial Management Efficiency.

Job Specification

• Good University Degree
• Relevant professional accreditations (ACCA or ICAN)
• A Master of Business Administration degree is of high advantage
• Minimum of 3 years External Audit experience (Preferably in the Big Four firms)
• Minimum of 9 years cognate relevant professional work experience
• Working Knowledge of port and shipping industry is of critical advantage

Job Competency Requirements:

• Financial Planning and Management
• Financial Accounting and Reporting
• Tax Planning and Management
• Treasury Management
• Management Accounting
• Credit Control
• Excellent team player and ability to pay attention to details
• Employee and Labour Relations.