Job Opportunities at Sahara Group

What You’ll Do

• Overseeing Payments for the relevant entities.
• Monthly Invoices to Customers
• Monthly and Quarterly Recon of Accounts Payable and Receivables
• Receivables and Payables Aged Analysis
• Monthly Remittance of WHT and VAT and filing returns for the relevant entities.
• Posting of Transactions on the ERP
• Monthly and Quarterly Bank Recon for the relevant entities
• Maintaining up to date Fixed Asset Register
• Monthly Prepayment and Accruals Schedules
• Intercompany Reconciliations with related parties
• Manage relationship with Key external stakeholders (Bankers, Auditors and Tax Authorities)
• Manage general ledger and account statements; and ensure all transactions are processed in line with IFRS
• Revenue Assurance for the relevant entities
• Preparation of Monthly and Quarterly Management Accounts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a Finance / Accounting / Economics or Social Science discipline
• 3-5 years relevant work experience within a similar role
• Professional Accounting Certification (ACA/ ACCA) is an added advance
• Good understanding and application of International Financial Reporting Standards.

Your Personal Attributes:

• Intrinsically motivated;
• Results - oriented and pragmatic with exceptional problem solving and decision making skills;
• Emotionally intelligent and team player with an international outlook
• Excellent and precise communication & presentation skills;
• Comfortable and effective in managing and communicating with team members and stakeholders
• Ability to deliver results with low levels of supervision;
• Strong interpersonal skills, time management and planning skills
• Conscientious in approach to work
• Good Knowledge and Application of Nigerian Tax Laws
• Strong demonstrated use of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Indebt understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards
• Strong financial planning, organizational, and analytical skills.

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Purpose of the Job

• Provide value added advice and support to business partners on the creation or modification of policies, procedures, processes, products or services to ensure an appropriate level of internal control and compliance is maintained.

What You’ll Do

• Assess the risk management techniques/principles of assigned business or functional areas within the required timeline. Identify possible red flags and draft risk based audit programs for different audit tasks.
• Carry out the audit of business processes, policies, systems, financials, operations, governance and HSSE.
• Discuss audit findings/significant variations with relevant staff and senior management after each audit task and proffer suggested solutions.
• Prepare draft audit report and work papers with minimum supervision.
• Carry out investigations as may be assigned or deemed necessary by the line manager
• Review the suitability of internal control design and test their operating effectiveness.
• Perform the audit of business information technology and data management system tools (like ERP).
• Evaluate the level of business compliance with its policies, processes and existing systems.
• Discuss possible control issues with relevant business heads so as to improve and add value to the system.
• Participate actively in the review of Business processes to drive efficiency gains.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory provisions of the businesses
• Carry out spot checks and quarterly/periodic inventory counts and reconciliation.
• Carry out any other duties as may be assigned by the Head, Audit

Requirements

• University Degree in Accounting or any other course.
• 3-5 years of cognate experience in similar role, IT/System Audit or other audit experience (The “Big 4” is a plus).
• Relevant professional qualification (CIA, CISA, ACA, ACCA etc) will be an added advantage.

Your Personal Attributes

• Intrinsically motivated;
• Results - oriented and pragmatic with exceptional problem solving and decision making skills;
• Top-notch networking and negotiation skills
• Emotionally intelligent and team player with an international outlook
• Excellent and precise communication & presentation skills;
• Comfortable and effective in managing and communicating with team members and stakeholders
• Ability to deliver results with low levels of supervision;
• Strong interpersonal skills, time management and planning skills
• Conscientious in approach to work
• Customer-centric and good leadership skills.