Head, Expenditure and Payables at Unified Payment Services Limited

Description

• To ensure accurate and timely recording of all financial transactions in line with company policies, rules and guidelines as well as regulatory standards.
• To ensure that management reports are produced accurately and timely.
• To produce such reports as may be requested my management for the purpose of decision making.
• To supervise designated staff.

Responsibilities

Payroll:

• Ensure that staff salary is paid promptly.
• Ensure remittance of staff pension.

Inventory Management:

• To ensure accuracy, completeness and integrity of stock records and balances including Airtime Vending.

GL Schedules:

• Ensure that GLs are reviewed and proofed, while errors are detected and corrected promptly.

GL Expense Proofing:

• Ensure that all transactions posted into each expense account and their project codes (if any) belong to such accounts and that there are no duplications.
• Ensure that Expense report is prepared and sent to the required HODs monthly.
• Ensure collection of WHT Credit Notes due to Unified Payments.
• Ensure that Fixed Asset Register is correctly updated and agreed to GL Records.

Management Accounts:

• Ensure that Management obtains consistently; timely, accurate and relevant financial information for decision making and planning purposes.

Staff and Vendor Payments:

• Ensure that all approved staff and vendor payments or internal requests are effected within agreed timelines.
• Ensure that USD Merchants are settled weekly and in line with terms of agreement with them.

Staff Loans Administration:

• Ensure staff loans repayment is in line with Management approvals.
• Ensure Tax Remittances comply with statutory requirements and avoid penalties.

Delegated Tasks:

• Performing any other tasks as may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• Education: First Degree in Accounting or any numerate subject.
• Experience: 7 years and above post NYSC
• Professional membership of ICAN/CIMA/ACCA or similar recognized professional accounting bodies.

Knowledge:

• Excellent knowledge of cost and financial accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards Knowledge of supervisory practices and principles. Knowledge of Card Payment industry.

Skill / Competencies:

• Demonstrate ability to cope with pressure and meet deadlines.
• High degree of accuracy.
• Deductive reasoning abilities and eye for details.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Advanced Excel user.