Financial Accountant at Interswitch

About the job

• To measure and report on key statutory, regulatory and management reports and monitor the day-to-day financial activity of the organization to drive prudent financial decisions and to contribute to the financial health of the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules as per the monthly quarterly and annual timelines to drive the efficient and accurate financial reporting.
• Analyze revenues, commissions and expenses to ensure that there appropriately recorded. Review monthly reporting numbers for accuracy and correctness
• Update/Rewrite Accounting policy of the company and ensure compliance with IFRS Support members of the Finance team and advise on technical accounting queries
• Check requests for payment to budget and approve on SharePoint Analyze financial statements on a monthly basis and report variances to ensure that all statements are an accurate reflection of the financial state of the organization.
• Check payment schedules including account numbers, vendor names and amounts prior to payments in the absence of treasury manager.
• Carries out spot checks of cash count exercise to confirm cash at hand tallies with what is written on the ledger
• Review monthly schedules for approvals, prepayments, WHT etc. and sign off
• Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations carried out by the team (Supplier account, Customer account, WHT, VAT, Intercompany, Inventory, Accruals, COS)
• Enable the financial and tax auditing processes by providing all required documentation and explanations as required by internal and external auditors to ensure the seamless and robust audit process.
• Reconcile management accounts/pre-audit TB to final set of audited financial statements Assists the annual audit process by preparing and reviewing audit schedules.
• Communicate and liaise with the external auditors
• Keep abreast of updates and amendments to accounting standards and local regulatory requirements

EDUCATION

General Education

• 1st degree, Financial Accounting

EXPERIENCE

General Experience

• 7-8 years of experience in heading finance control of an organization of similar size and complexity.
• Big 4 or professional services experience is an added advantage

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Any of the following certifications will be required: ACCA, ACA