Financial Accountant at Salpha Energy Limited

Location: Akwa Ibom

Job Description

• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
• Produces payroll by initiating computer processing; printing checks, verifying finished product.
• Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts and providing information for auditors.
• Avoids legal challenges by complying with legal requirements.
• Secures financial information by completing database backups.
• Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
• Preparing the company annual Financial Statement.
• Preparing meaningful, accurate and timely Monthly Management Reports, identify, review and report trends on due dates
• Attending to External Auditor during statutory Audit.
• Reviewing and ensuring Posting of all IFRS Adjustment.
• Ensuring up to date Inter-company reconciliation with parent company and all other subsidiaries within the group.
• Assisting budget holders in the preparation and coordination of annual budget.
• Review and ensure Withholding Tax (WHT) are deducted correctly from Vendor Invoices and subsequently remitted promptly to the respective tax authority (FIRS and LIRS) accordingly.
• Review and ensure all monthly provisions (Audit Fee, Tax Consultancy Fee & etc) prepayment and amortization are made on a monthly basis.
• Review and ensure daily and end of month posting of all payment vouchers and Journals before impacting into general.

Qualifications

• B.Sc Degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field Advanced
• 12+ years experience as a Financial Accountant or similar role
• Advanced MS Excel skills including Vlookups and pivot tables
• Hands-on experience with softwares and accounting packages like Sage
• Hands on experience with Google Suite
• ICAN and ACCA certifications
• In-depth understanding of business bookkeeping procedures
• Solid knowledge of accounting regulations
• Excellent math skills with an attention to detail
• Time-management abilities