Accounts Officer

Responsibilities:

• Manage accounting transactions. 
• Prepare budget forecasts.
• Liaise with the human resource department to maintain an effective payroll administration system.
• Publish financial statements and bookkeeping ledgers on time.
• Handle monthly, quarterly, and annual closings.
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable.
• Ensure timely bank payments.
• Compute taxes and prepare tax returns.
• Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements.
• Report on the company’s financial health and liquidity. 
• Audit financial transactions and documents. 
• Reinforce financial data confidentiality and conduct database backups when necessary. 
• Comply with financial policies and regulations. 
• Reconciling the company’s bank statements and bookkeeping ledgers.
• Completing analysis of the employee expenditures. 
• Managing income and expenditure accounts. 
• Generating the company’s financial reports using income and expenditure data. 
• Keeping a check on the company’s finances based on financial status.
• Ensure that taxes, pension and other statutory contributions/payments are properly filed and remitted on or before government-mandated deadlines. 
• Initiating and managing financial and accounting software used by the company. 
• Review financial records of sales to ensure balanced accounts are maintained. 
• Taking responsibility for personal safety and the safety of others.
• Intervening to stop unsafe acts and conditions in the workplace that could injure personnel or adversely impact the environment.
• Participating in daily, weekly, and monthly safety meetings.
• Identifying hazards in your work area and mitigating or eliminating them.

Requirements:

• HND/BSC in accounting or any other related field. 
• 3 -5 years of experience as an accountant, accounts officer or relevant role. 
• Must be proficient in the use of Excel and financial management software 
• ICAN/ACA certification 
• Excellent knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods.
• Ability to strategise and solve problems. 
• Strong leadership and organisational skills. 
• Excellent communication and people skills. 
• Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures, including the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. 
• Hands-on experience with accounting software like ERP (Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, Tally and QuickBooks) 
• Experience with general ledger functions. 
• Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills.

Location: Oyo

Remuneration: NGN 300,000 - 550,000 (Net)