Accountant at TekniTeed NG

Roles & Responsibilities

• Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems. Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice. Provide periodic reports.
• Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop, or maintain solutions to business and financial problems.
• Develop, maintain, & analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting or other tax requirements.
• Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
• Preparation/Supervision of Imprest, Payroll, Claims and bonuses.
• Oversee and manage all banking relationships on behalf of Company. Reconciliation of banks statements.
• Liaising with Consultants in handling of Local govt, State, and Federal govt. tax matters like payee, Company tax, VAT, WHT etc and other government levies.
• Managing/processing of payments for local/foreign suppliers. Preparation of Customers statement of accounts.
• Consolidate Intercompany Accounts.
• Achieve planned reporting time in quality and timeliness.
• Cash Control - ensure a strcutured mode of handling cash /credit transactions.    
• Reduce internal financial fraud and external auditors adverse comments.
• Ensure proper use and up-keep of company property. Ensure 100% asset verification.
• Ensures reconciliation of purchase interface and suppliers clearing account.
• Carry out any other assignment as may be given by the MD, and Head of Operations.
• Achieve savings plan for the company.
• Personally represent the TekniTeed brand professionally and ethically at all times.

Qualifications

• B.Sc / HND in Accounting / Finance / ICAN

Experience:

• Two years working experience in similar role
• Communicates clearly and professionally in written and oral forms to both internal and external clients.
• Ability to communicate and interact at all levels (upper management and staff)

Initiative and Confidence:

• Generates and acts on new ideas that add value to the business. Looks at different ways to solve problems and address difficulties.

Achievement Drive:

• Sets goals and strives to achieve them with enthusiasm and determination.

Business Acumen:

• Has a good understanding of the business environment and the impact their behaviour has on the reputation of the company.

Respect:

• Treats colleagues and customers in a manner which demonstrates integrity, honesty and fairness

Role Specific Competencies:
The following Role Specific Competencies are the skills, knowledge and behaviours that lead to a staff member being successful in their role:
Accounting / Financial Reporting Skills:

• Expertise in all aspects of the job including accounting, financial analysis, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and MIS. Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Flexible Team Player

• Works effectively within a variety of situations, individuals and groups applying the ‘whatever it takes’ attitude.
• Team player with a focus on the Company’s results first

Planning and Organisational Skills:

• Establishes a clear course of action to achieve long or short-term goals in an organised manner.

Analyzing Data & Solving Problems:

• Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Communication:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including ability to articulate recommendations in a concise and timely manner.

Information Technology:

• This position is heavily computer, software, systems, and data driven. You must be a quick learner who loves using the computer to complete projects, ranging from data entry and financial analysis to managing / processing information.