Accounts Officer at NewGate Hospital

Responsibilities

• Coordinate back office responsibilities as in a responsible and reliable manner
• Effective Coordination of the Accounts Department with the aim of ensuring seamless flow of operations and generate relevant and timely information for the decision making process of the company.
• Ensure adequate record keeping (efficient filing system), book keeping, and posting of transactions on a daily basis and maintenance of all relevant ledger accounts.
• Banking liaison functions including daily banking of all instruments received.
• Conduct a daily reconciliation of all accounts
• Generate weekly and monthly bank reconciliation statements.
• Ensure daily financial transactions are posted
• Review procedural and document flow charts relating to the unit operations with a view to improving efficiency and effectiveness;
• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes.
• Liaise with the company’s auditors with respect to the company’s annual audit.
• Provide general accounting information needs for the Back Office operations
• Any other assignments from the CEO / Managing Director.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent
• 3 years of cognate accounting experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; familiarity with accounting software (e.g., Tally) is a plus.
• A minimum of First Degree in any Management Science / Social Science related discipline preferably in Accounting, Economics / Finance.
• Professional qualification- A minimum of ACA/ACCA is compulsory while other qualifications such as ACS, ACTI, CFA will be an added advantage.
• Living within proximity to Ikorodu is an added advantage.

Skills / Knowledge:

• Negotiation Ability
• Interpersonal
• Leadership
• Integrity
• Team spirit.
• IT savvy.

Attributes

• Leadership
• Ability to influence others to do what is ethically right.
• Must possess good listening skills
• Must be fair, goal oriented, responsible and skilled
• Must be a good director of affairs both human and material
• Must be able to evaluate others
• Must be charismatic
• Proactive decision-maker
• Ability to pay attention to details
• Ability to question assumptions
• Ability to proactively measure performance.
• Self-starter
• Must be an energetic person with unusual initiative
• Must be resilient
• Sound ethics and integrity.
• Must be honest and of consistent upright character.