General Ledger Accountant at BIC Nigeria

Job Summary

• This position will assist the Finance Manager, Nigeria for developing and maintaining accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements.
• The position will be responsible of the General Ledger accounting within the perimeter of Nigeria office.

Main Responsibilities / Tasks

• Ensure that all documents and information are recorded on-time and accurately in the accountancy system respecting local legal and corporate regulations;
• Inventory: check inventory & stock take adjustments, standard cost variances
• GL: Payroll entries, local and group adjustments, allocations, accruals
• AR: Check sales integration, book non inventory invoices, challenge Import and Sales Support Specialist on AR bookings
• FA: Book purchase, sale, scrap, depreciations
• Treasury: supplier payments, bank reconciliation, liquidity report, book FX local adjustments
• Provide external finance consulting company with data for legal declarations (VAT, withholding tax,) if any
• Preparation and booking of documents such as prepaid expenses, bank statements, etc;
• Control all prepaid expenses and accrued expenses according to statutory and Group rules;
• Assist Finance Manager, Nigeria in the preparation of local and consolidated reports;
• Prepare the monthly statutory declarations within the given deadlines;
• Ensure that all payments are carried out on-time and accurately;
• Closely follow-up the balance sheet: coordinate and supervise the Balance sheet analysis, regular reviews with the Accounting manager;
• Control all calculation and booking of VAT charges, WHT deductions and internal invoices;
• Review and balance, on a monthly basis, all accounts with debtors and creditors;
• Analyze all cost accounts at the month end according to statutory and Group rules and reclassify if necessary;
• Control the cash management and employee expense booking and balancing;
• Revaluate foreign currency accounts;
• Analyze and improve the quality of inferior accounting processes together with Finance Manager, Nigeria;
• Provide support for the external Audit teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or equivalent with at least 5 years’ experience in accounting and reporting.
• Professional Accounting certification such as ICAN
• At least 5 years in statutory accounting ie practical experience of bookkeeping
• Ability to prioritize and perform under pressure;
• Good sense of responsibility, discrete and reliable;
• Accurate, efficient, well-organized;
• Pro-active and positive-minded;
• Drive for results
• Courageous
• Professional knowledge of English is required

Complex Criteria
Required:

• Good knowledge of the local taxes, VAT and general accounting practices along with international accounting standards (IAS/IFRS);
• Familiar with accounting software and Excel;
• Respect of MPD standards

Desired:

• Experience in an international company appreciated (transactions with foreign companies).
• JDEdwards (Peoplesoft Enterprise One) finance, inventory, fixed assets modules and HFM know how is a plus
• Knowledge of French is a plus

Remuneration

• BIC offers a competitive salary, health insurance and 401(k). Successful candidates are required to pass a drug test and undergo a security check.