Accountant at Minim and Tonye Nigeria Limited

Reports to: The Finance Manager

Job Summary

• The position of Accountant is a full-time role and consists of analyzing financial information and preparing financial reports, maintaining records of assets, liabilities, profit, and loss, tax liability, or other financial activities within the organization.
• This role may also be responsible for finance and administrative functions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Be responsible for book-keeping and maintaining financial records
• Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology
• Manage imprest system
• Process vendor and client invoices and payments
• Handle accounts enquiries from both internal and external sources
• Maintain transaction records and posting to appropriate general ledger
• Manage reconciliations of bank accounts with related general ledgers
• Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting or other tax requirements Manage financial and accounting software used by the company
• Support in the budget preparation process
• Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Produce monthly financial report
• Produce management reports and other ad-hoc reports as may be required
• Comply with financial policies and regulations
• Ensure compliance with internal controls
• Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards
• Reinforce financial data confidentiality and conduct database backup when necessary
• Support the HR functions in payroll handling
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice
• Provide all other support as may be required by the finance manager in the discharge of his responsibilities

Qualifications and Competencies

• A Bachelor's Degree (or its equivalent) in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Banking, and Finance, or any other numerate discipline
• ICAN/ACCA qualification or part-qualification is an added advantage
• 4 - 7 years work experience.
• Proficiency in the use of accounting software, especially SAGE 50, SAP, is an added advantage
• Competency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, especially MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
• No more than 35 years old by 1 August 2022
• Ability to use logic and reason to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions;
• Ability to identify complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Attention to Detail - The job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
• Integrity - The job requires being honest and ethical.
• Dependability - The job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
• Analytical Thinking - The job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
• Achievement/Effort - The job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.