Nigeria Accountant at Engie Africa

Job Purpose/Mission

The holders of this position will be part of the Finance team that is based in Lagos and Abuja Nigeria, led by the Head of Finance & Admin. You are expected to handle data entry, processing, and recording transactions, updating the ledger, assisting with audits or fact-checking, and preparing budgets and reports. You should be thorough, accurate, and honest with good bookkeeping skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure correct posting of transactions in the financial system (SAP) daily.
• Reconciling the company’s accounts payable and receivable 
• Liaising with internal and external auditors and deal with any financial irregularities as they arise 
• Tracking all payments to internal and external stakeholders 
• Assist with budget forecasts for the company
• Processing EEA Nigeria’s tax payments and returns 
• Continuous management of financial & Inventory systems  
• Producing reports and recommendations following internal audits or public sector audits
• Explaining billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, vendors and clients.
• Resolving accounting discrepancies.
• Assist in Month-end closing process and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Dealing with daily transactions for the petty cash and ensuring that reconciliations are completed on a weekly and monthly basis

Experience

• 2-4 years Accounting experience
• Experience in any major accounting system (SAP an advantage) with ability to work on spreadsheets.
• Excellent understanding of accounting policies, standards and processes
• Excellent attention to detail, thoroughness and accuracy when accomplishing a task
• Technical skills and competence
• Team player and self-starter
• Ability to influence, inspire and motivate people who are not directly under your responsibility
• Computer literate with experience in using Accounting Systems
• Intermediate Excel skills, ability to work with lookups and pivot tables.
• Strong organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Awareness and ability to demonstrate the importance of ethics & appropriate codes of conduct in the workplace
• Ability to achieve daily targets while attending to impromptu activities that may occur

Qualifications

•  Degree or diploma in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or other related field