Location: Lagos, Utako-Lagos, Onitsha
Our client, a leading transportation and logistics company with operations across Nigeria and West Africa, is seeking a detail-oriented, disciplined, and highly accountable Accountant to join its team in Lagos.The ideal candidate should have practical accounting experience, preferably within the transport, logistics, haulage, or another cash-intensive industry. The successful candidate will play a critical role in strengthening financial controls, reducing revenue leakages, ensuring proper cash collection and lodgement, and maintaining a fraud-free terminal environment.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Monitoring daily financial activities at assigned terminals and ensuring strict compliance with the Company’s accounting and financial policies.
- Identifying, preventing, and reporting revenue leakages, financial irregularities, and suspicious transactions.
- Ensuring that all monies collected from ticket sales, cargo, and other revenue streams are accurately accounted for and paid into the Company’s designated bank accounts.
- Conducting daily cash reconciliation and comparing cash collections with tickets issued, sales records, and other revenue reports.
- Ensuring timely and accurate lodgement of all cash collected into the Company’s accounts.
- Following up with Terminal Managers and other relevant personnel to resolve discrepancies and recover outstanding cash.
- Maintaining proper documentation and supporting records for all financial transactions.
- Ensuring strict compliance with internal financial controls and accounting procedures.
- Monitoring terminal operations to help maintain a fraud-free and financially accountable environment.
- Investigating discrepancies, shortages, and unusual transactions and escalating findings promptly to Management.
- Reconciling cash collections, bank deposits, accounts receivable, petty cash, and other relevant accounts.
- Assisting with bank reconciliations and the preparation of daily, weekly, and monthly financial reports.
- Maintaining accurate accounting records using QuickBooks and other approved accounting systems.
- Supporting Management with relevant financial information and reports for decision-making.
- Working closely with the Finance team and Terminal Management to improve financial controls and operational accountability.
- Carrying out other accounting and finance-related duties as assigned.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate should have:
- A B.Sc./HND in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Previous experience working as an Accountant, or in a similar finance role.
- Experience in a transport, logistics, haulage, courier, or other cash-intensive business will be a strong advantage.
- Practical experience in cash management, revenue reconciliation, bank lodgements, and financial controls.
- Strong knowledge of QuickBooks and other accounting software.
- The ability to identify discrepancies, investigate financial irregularities, and prevent revenue leakages.
- Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
- Excellent numerical, analytical, and reconciliation skills.
- A high level of integrity, accountability, and confidentiality.
- The ability to work independently and follow up effectively with different departments and operational staff.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Professional accounting qualifications are an advantage but not compulsory.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for someone who is:
- Honest and highly accountable.
- Firm and confident in enforcing financial procedures.
- Experienced in handling cash and revenue reconciliation.
- Able to detect and prevent financial leakages.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced transport and logistics environment.
- Detail-oriented and proactive in resolving discrepancies.
- Committed to maintaining a transparent and fraud-free financial environment.
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