Roles & Responsibilities:

• Ensure accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses; Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities
• Ensure that records comply with laws and regulations.
• Compute taxes owed, prepare tax returns, ensure prompt payment (VAT, PAYE. WHT, WVAT etc.)
• Timely posting and processing of all business transactions and journal entries
• Ensure all statutory details are accurate and payments are remitted on time
• Updating accounts receivable, issuing invoices and allocating payments promptly, and sending monthly statements to customers and debtors aging reports to the sales team and management
• Updating accounts payable, settlement of supplier invoices, and performing supplier reconciliations
• Maintain an updated Fixed Assets register, with timely recording of asset purchases and disposals
• Assist in the processing of balance sheets, income statements, and other financial statements according to legal and company accounting and financial guidelines.
• Update financial data in databases promptly to ensure that information is accurate and available when needed
• Assist the Finance Manager in the preparation of the monthly/year-end closing
• Petty Cash Issuance Control and Reconciliation
• Expenditure budget monitoring, assist with reviewing expenses, payroll records, etc, as assigned
• Monthly stock take and reconciliation of variances, and follow up with the relevant team for variance explanation and clearance
• Daily confirmation of the production report posting into Sage
• Undertake all other roles or assignments given by management.
• Perform timely Bank and Till reconciliation and follow up to clear any outstanding amounts

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Business-related field from a recognized university,
• Certified accountant – CPA or ACCA, CA or CIMA
• 5+ years of accounting experience with two 2years in a financial accounting and reporting environment, and conversant with IFRS, with hands-on experience in the application of IFRS 16
• Must be conversant with and have hands-on experience in tax and other statutory returns filing and remittance - VAT, PAYE, WHT, WVAT, Standard Levy, etc.
• Hands-on experience in debtors, payables, inventory, and fixed assets management
• A proficient user of the MS Office suite tools