Accountant at Signal Alliance

Key Purpose of Job

• The role will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations involving all accounting transactions, bookkeeping, bank reconciliations, expenses, bank payments, local taxes, capital importation, allocation of idle funds, and financial reporting.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage all accounting transactions that come through the business.
• Process the bank statements and perform bank reconciliations.
• Carrying out reconciliation of all bank operations accounts
• Monthly filing of statutory (PAYE, VAT, WHT, etc.).
• Processing of invoices and liaising with other departments regarding payables.
• Handling any other financial function delegated by Superior or management staff.
• Record day-to-day financial transactions.
• Verify that transactions are recorded in the correct account allocations.
• Prepare a monthly Profit and Loss Statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement.
• Audit financial transactions and documents.

Vendor Credit Lines:

• Maintain Payment terms (Zero overdue bills: within 60 days of supply)
• Negotiate Credit terms with Vendors.
• Track Purchase to payment
• PAYE & pension compliances – 21st Monthly

Payable Process:

• Ontime real – time of system vendor processes
• Other assigned duties
• Monthly Depreciation and Fixed Assets schedule

Reconciliation Report:

• Verify entries leading to vendor balances and reconcile them to different reports to verify that balances are correct

Report Weekly:

• Vendor invoice ageing reports

Report Monthly:

• Vendor Currently conversion reconciliation, Product receipt report, remittance report, Vendor history transaction and year to year comparison. Transaction and foreign currency revaluation reports, etc.

Anticipated Outcomes of Role:

• Up to date staff records
• Timely feedback to staff on HR requests
• Excellent employee experience for new and existing staff
• Good synchronization of employee job descriptions and job roles on the organogram of each department
• Accurate stock count of work tools, taking cognizance of entry and exit of employees
• Accurate information on employee offer letters and other staff correspondences

Requirements
Education

• First Degree in Accounting or Finance-related discipline.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years post-NYSC experience.
• Experience in finance or bank related functions

Professional Membership:

• Professional Certification in accounting e.g., ICAN, ACCA, etc., would be added advantage.
• Compensationis very attractive: HMO, Pension, Bonus, etc all inclusive.

Knowledge:

• The incumbent must have proficient knowledge in the following areas:
• Familiar with the use of ERP such as NAV Dynamic
• Competent in the use of spreadsheets like Google sheet, Excel.
• Knowledge of taxation
• In-depth knowledge of book-keeping

Skills:
The incumbent must demonstrate the following skills:

• Strong negotiation
• Advanced skills in MS Office (including highly developed proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint)
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent administrative skills for running the day to day of the jobs