Nigeria Accounting Supervisor (Treasury & Compliance) at Engie Africa

Job Purpose/Mission

• The holder of this position will be part of the Finance team that is based in Abuja, Nigeria, led by the Head of Finance & Admin.
• You will supervise the operations of the Accounting unit.
• This involves direct oversight and management of the company's accountants as well as accounting support staff.
• You will be responsible for planning, organising and managing the daily operation of the Accounting functions, tasks and projects, while ensuring that department responsibilities are performed and completed in a timely and accurate manner. 

Key Responsibilities

• Providing day to day direction and support to the accounting team ensuring expectations are communicated and departmental goals are achieved 
• Coaching, training and developing the team, including employee performance evaluations and providing career development planning and opportunities 
• Work together with the accounting team to evaluate and improve processes to enhance speed and accuracy of accounting tasks 
• Overseeing: Compliance & Taxes, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, financial statements and cost reports, and analysis receipts and disbursements, general journals, fixed assets and month end processes 
• Lead and provide oversight for month-end close 
• Preparing forecasts and monthly reports 
• Ensuring that accounting practices, records, controls and decisions are made according to accounting standards and Company policy 
• Organising and manage periodic stock takes and perform inventory reconciliations 
• Preparation of statutory accounts 
• Overseeing preparation and completion of the annual tax returns 
• Performing other duties as required

Experience

• 5 years of broad-based accounting/reporting experience, including minimum 2 years supervisory or management experience 
• Knowledge of SAP software 
• Working knowledge of Nigerian tax laws 
• Experience working with and producing management and statutory accounts 
• Excellent computer skills in the Microsoft Office environment with advanced Excel skills 
• Experience in supervising, evaluating, training and motivating employees 
• Excellent communication skills 
• Exceptional attention to detail 
• Experience working at multinational organisations will be advantageous 
• 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 

Highly Desired Skills: 

• Good people skills 
• Ability to organize, multi-task and prioritize tasks 
• Good influencing and negotiation skills  
• Ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues 

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified or equivalent accounting qualification i.e. degree in Finance or Accounting