Accountant at Westfield Consulting

Job Description

• Prepare, examine or analyze accounting records, financial statements or other financial reports to access accuracy, completeness and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting or other tax requirements.
• Develop, maintain and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments and obligations to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
• Prepares amortization of all provisions, prepayments and unpaid bills.
• Presents a monthly performance report.
• Prepares a monthly Bank reconciliation statement.
• Assist in managing cost to client through the re-use of existing assets.
• Institutionalize appropriate tracking of all management/maintenance expenses related to the company’s assets
• Ensure the reduction or elimination of accounts receivables.
• Develop and document a comprehensive "know your vendor" policy covering surveillance procedures and minimum vendor acceptance criteria.
• Manage all statutory compliance, interface with external bodies on financial matters (banks, finance outfits, Tax agencies- FIRS and LIRS, PFA, State & LGA, Estate Association, LAWMA) etc.

Experience, Knowledge and Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or any related discipline with;
• Minimum of Three (3) years related experience and/or relevant professional certification is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of some Accounting software’s like QuickBooks, SAGE, SAP etc.

Key Competencies / Skills:

• Ability to maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of work activities
• Ability to effectively train others in work processes
• Ability to coordinate multiple activities simultaneously.
• Ability to think logically
• Excellent listening and questioning skill
• Strong attention to details
• Strong written and verbal communication skill
• Ability to meet set goals
• Ability to work under pressure and thrive in a fluid environment
• High level of independent judgment
• Ability to maintain customer relations
• Dependability & punctuality.