Accounts Officer at a Reputable FMCG Company

A reputable FMCG company in Lagos, Nigeria with operations in bakery and confectionery food items require the services of:

Job Title: Accounts Officer

Location: Ikeja, Lagos

Job Description

• The Accounts Officer will champion the provision of a comprehensive accounting service for his/her assigned Business Division, ensuring the TC&C is fully in control of all its financial transactions and also ensure all finance data and ERP related reports are created and submitted in a timely manner (as related to payables & receivables)

Job Responsibilities

• Provide financial analysis and decision support to the head of the business division, through both proactive and reactive performance analysis, whilst offering advice on cost management strategies as required.
• Liaise with all internal and external audit functions, ensuring that relevant information is supplied as at when due
• Assist the Head Finance Operations with financial accounting related reviews, whilst driving the implementation of recommendations for procedural changes
• Ensure the timely processing of suppliers / vendor invoices for payment.
• Effective monitoring of TC&C’s debtors’ and creditors’ schedule.
• Keep all financial operations documents organized and filed.
• Detect and eliminate errors in payment request.
• Imputing of all invoices and payment vouchers to the ERP general ledger.
• Confirm all retirement before another cash advance is processed for any staff.
• Ensure posting of items received by the store into appropriate Trade Creditor’s account
• Finalize posting of products received by Warehouse and recognize respective suppliers.
• Prepare Creditor’s Age Analysis for tracking un-paid invoices.
• Schedule payment of suppliers’ invoices and ensure that they are due before being paid.
• Prepare schedule of paid invoices and Bank confirmation letter.
• Update Creditor’s account through proper allocation of payments made on daily basis.
• Ensure proper posting of Payment Vouchers for OPEX, salaries, projects and repairs.
• Prepare weekly Payment Analysis for Cash flow report.

Education, Experience & Attribute

• A Bachelor's degree / HND in Accounting or a related discipline from a reputable tertiary institution.
• Other relevant postgraduate degree(s) will be an added advantage.
• Must have or be in the process of obtaining relevant Professional Certifications and Memberships
• A minimum of three (3) years cognate experience working in an FMCG Mass Market Company
• Living around Ikeja and environs will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of complex Food manufacturing Accounting system will be an added advantage
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong business ethics and high level of integrity.
• Excellent Bank Transaction execution skills.
• Good Inter personal and Communication skills.
• Good record keeping skills
• Petty Cash Management skills
• Must be Computer Literate.

Salary and Remuneration
Attractive and negotiable salary & remuneration.

Application Closing Date
7th July, 2020.