Audit & Tax Associate

Responsibilities:

• Start and take financial advisory assignments (forensic accounting investigation, Due Diligence) to a logical conclusion with minimal supervision
• Start and take audit assignments to logical conclusions with supervision.
• Demonstrate basic awareness of prevailing accounting standards, as well as accounting disclosure requirements for the captions, worked on
• Prepare audited financial statement for medium/large companies with minimal supervision.
• Prepare and put together simple audit working papers and schedules with minimal supervision (expenses, cash, and bank, property, plant and equipment e.t.c)
• Assess and research difficult tax issues to identify solutions.
• Ensure you comply with regulations by forwarding required information to federal, state, and local authorities.
• Maintain a high level of professionalism and competence in client communications, which includes existing clients and new clients, which includes understanding relevant tax and regulatory laws.
• Monitor and report the status to clients regularly of a relationship with the government agency. (Federal Inland Revenue Service, Lagos Internal Revenue Service, etc.)
• Determine tax-saving and recommend strategies to improve profits.
• Must be ready to attend to tax issues, reconciliations with relevant authorities, and get tax certificates for clients.

Requirements:

• BSc minimum of 2.1 or HND upper credit in accounting or related courses from a reputable institution.
• Minimum of 3 - 4 years post-NYSC relevant experience in a consulting firm
• Professional membership in ICAN or ACCA is compulsory
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
  
• Must possess critical thinking skills and analytical skills
  
• Must possess the ability to pay attention to details.
  
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
  
• Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills.
  
• Willingness to learn and develop accounting skills.

Remuneration: NGN 250,000 - 350,000

Note: We are committed to improving diversity in the workspace and work to ensure that our team is supportive of our employees. We strongly encourage applications from women.