General Accounting Analyst III at Diversey, Inc.

The Financial Planning Analyst & Financial Controls Nigeria & Ghana will be responsible for:

• Financial reporting
• Bank relations
• Tax compliance
• GL management
• Financial controls
• Statutory audits
• Finance Business Partnering for both BU.

Detailed Responsibilities

• Financial Reporting & Controls:
• Manage the Month End and Year End close process through implementing comprehensive check list
• Prepare monthly trial balance and upload of the trial balance into the global reporting platform (HFM).
• Reconcile monthly sales and prepare the sales flash for reporting locally and globally through HFM
• Facilitate GL creation and mapping for accurate capture of financial data and reporting
• Prepare monthly management accounts and analysis reports for review of trends, variances and guide decision making
• Review of all supplier payments, staff reimbursements and petty cash before bank release for compliance and accuracy.
• In charge of integrity of the Trial Balance through; review of postings, review of all journal entries, GL reconciliations and GL mapping management before the trial balance is closed on a monthly basis.
• Track and ensure reconciliation issues identified are closed
• Review of Fixed Asset reconciliation and accuracy of the asset register
• In charge of review of the SOX policy for financial to ensure proper internal controls are in place as per guidelines.
• Ensure forex revaluations and reclassifications are done monthly
• Review and approve all indirect purchase requisitions in Ariba for accurate cost center allocation and cost package
• Prepare monthly financial performance deck with commentaries

Finance Business Partnering

• Finance Business Partner for the Professional F&B Business units to support all financial related tasks and reporting to the unit.
• Prepare all monthly reports for the business unit including- monthly review deck, price increase tracker, capex and opex tracker, monthly forecast and any other reports
• Review all CAPEX requests for profitability, return on investment and payback period.
• Manage customer rebates for customers to ensure compliance with signed contracts.
• Spearhead budgeting, forecasting and strategic plan development and monitoring for the Professional business unit.
• Prepare sales performance reports for the sales team weekly and monthly
• Compute sales commissions for the unit sales team

Taxation

• Review all tax computations and payments for the other countries in the region for compliance and accuracy before payment.
• Ensure all tax accounts are reconciled and correct
• Manage taxes and statutory deductions for Nigeria and Ghana to accurately compute , file and pay the monthly taxes-WH VAT, VAT

Audit

• Facilitate internal and external audits as per the audit plans for the region.
• Preparation of draft financial statements

Bank

• Manage bank relations
• Manage the documentations of forex bank transfers

Other Duties

• Coach other finance team members on finance related matters
• Any other duties assigned by the supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS DESIRED (SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE)Financial Planning Analyst & Financial Controls Nigeria & Ghana

• A Degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance or any other related discipline with a minimum of 10 years relevant experience.
• Professional certifications in Finance & Accounting
• Knowledge/experience in International Financial Reporting Standards
• Knowledge in information and data management
• Understands the entire accounting process flow
• Must possess good analytical skills
• He /she must be self driven with a “can do” attitude and passion to achieve results under minimum supervision.
• Must possess great interpersonal and communication skills