Account Officer at RS Hunter Limited

RS Hunter Limited is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Account Officer

Location: Lagos

Job Description
The Accounts Officer is responsible for providing financial, administrative and clerical services in order to ensure effective, efficient and accurate financial and administrative operations. The Accounts Officer must comply with established policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and ensure prompt invoicing of services rendered and monitor collections in line with contractual payment terms.
• Post client payments by recording cash, cheques and credit card transactions
• Ensure accurate financial accounting systems, records and reporting for accounts receivables controls.
• Processing journals and maintenance of general ledger
• Monitor the invoice log and ageing of receipts for all customer invoices and alert management and operations of outstanding receivables exceeding stipulated credit terms.
• Match receipts to receivables and update invoice log to capture up-to-date information.
• Ensure the accuracy of posting and entries in the accounting software and usefulness of financial and management reporting.
• Ensure capturing VAT output on all transaction, reconciliation of VAT Liability and remittance to relevant internal revenue service.
• Assist in the conversion process of the company’s accounting system from GAAP to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Prepare all supporting information for the annual audit and liaise with the external auditors as regards: Sales, VAT Output, Receipts and Account Receivables.
• Document and maintain complete and accurate supporting information for all account receivables transactions.

Routine Functions:

• Maintain accurate financial records and filling of invoices, VAT remittances, payment advices/telex in a manner that facilitates efficient retrieval and accessibility.
• Provide accurate and timely information to for preparation of monthly performance reports.
• Prepare and reconciliation of Accounts Receivables for each line of business.
• To ensure that rates on work order(s) are correct and are in line clients standard policies on currency splits.
• Raising exceptions when errors are observed and ensuring they are corrected by Operations team.

Skills

• IFRS Compliance & Knowledge, Accounts Receivable experience, Tax Administration and Knowledge, Financial Accounting, Ms Excel Skills, Knowledge of Sage Accounting is strongly preferred

Qualifications

• BSc Accounting, Banking & Finance or related field.

Application Closing Date
27th March, 2014.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: [email protected]

Note: All application must contain "Food and Beverage Supervisor" as subject matter of mail.