Senior Accountant at Whitetree Gourmet

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

Job Description / Responsibilities

• Analyse financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and prepare balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports to summarize current and projected company financial position.
• Audit contracts, orders, and vouchers, and prepares report to substantiate individual transactions prior to settlement.
• Prepare federal, state, or local tax returns of individual, business establishment, or other organization: Examines accounts and records and computes taxes owed according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations.
• Advise management regarding effects of business activities on taxes, and on strategies for minimizing tax liability.
• Prepare Financial Statement for Management decision.
• Day-to-day management of the Financial and Management Accounting processes.
• Implement approved accounting processes. systems and controls for products and services.
• Ensure all creditors’ balances are diligently & completely recorded and accounted for on a daily basis.
• Render accurate and timely returns to appropriate statutory regulatory authorities in compliance with all applicable requirements.
• Plan, organize and implement accounting operations and objectives, coordinate and integrate activities toward achievement of established goals and objectives.
• Assist management in the formulation of its overall strategic direction
• Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
• Liaising with other function managers to put the finances and accounts in context;
• Monitoring and evaluating financial information systems and suggesting improvements where needed;
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
• Report to management regarding the financial health and status of the Organization.
• Establish tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper accounts.

KPI:

• To prepare & review budgets for new projects
• To ensure that financial statements and management reports on all projects are prepared & submitted on a monthly basis
• To ensure that all projects are correctly closed down including disposal of assets, closure of bank accounts and finalization of reports
• To come up with yearly cost reduction models for the company
• To maintain financial risk assessments of all projects, ensuring that key risks are identified & clear recommendations are presented to the MD
• To manage multiple project accounts
• To develop and deliver relevant financial training to account clerk/assistant

Experience / Competency

• First Degree in Accounting or other numerate discipline.
• Minimum of five (4) years relevant experience in core accounting function with at least two (2) years supervisory experience.
• Experience in retail and with retail management systems is a plus.
• Compulsory Audit/Tax Management Experience
• Strong background in account, stock management process
• High degree of integrity confidentiality, confidence in tasks execution.
• Working knowledge of Oracle ERP and audit management tools and other accounting software.
• Successful candidate must be chattered
• ACA or other relevant international professional qualifications (CIMA, CPA, ACCA)
• Financial management
• Budgeting and planning
• Accounting policies and standards
• Financial analysis and interpretation
• Tax management
• Risk identification & management
• Cost accounting techniques