Finance Officer at Agurate Online Limited

The Finance Officer is responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and completeness of financial transactions across all sales channels, including physical stores, POS systems, and e-commerce platforms. This role requires a finance professional with strong reconciliation expertise, the ability to investigate discrepancies, and the discipline to strengthen financial controls within a fast-paced retail environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliation of bank accounts, POS transactions, Payment gateways, and E-commerce sales records.
• Reconcile store sales reports and EOD against accounting/ERP records.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies, chargebacks, and unidentified variances.
• Maintain detailed reconciliation schedules and audit trails.
• Monitor receivables and ensure timely collections.
• Process payments and maintain accurate payables records and compliance with internal financial policies and regulatory requirements.
• Work with Retail Auditor to strengthen internal controls to minimize financial risk, support audit preparation, and respond to audit queries.
• Strengthen reconciliation processes to minimize financial risk and fraud exposure.
• Recommend automation or system improvements to enhance reconciliation accuracy.
• Liaise with Store Supervisors and Operations teams to resolve financial discrepancies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in a finance or accounting role (retail experience is an advantage).
• Strong expertise in financial reconciliation (Bank, POS, payment gateways, inventory).
• Strong proficiency in Excel (advanced functions, pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP).
• Experience using retail-specific software.