Chief Accountant at Westfield Consulting Limited

Westfield Consulting Limited - Founded in January 2012, by a team of forward thinking Nigerians with over 40 years of cumulative work experience in management and consultancy, Westfield Consulting is a provider of Human Resource and Strategic Management Services. Our innovativeness and excellence in service delivery has made us a first choice to our growing clientele in various sectors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Accountant

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Prepares asset, liability and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
• Review and implement financial policies, budget and monthly, quarterly and annual financial report preparation.
• Serves as intermediary between all statutory financial bodies and the company.
• Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports .
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Creating and processing invoices.
• Tracking organization expenses.
• Processing refunds.
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Secures financial information by completing database backup.
• Maintains financial security by following internal control.
• Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements.
• Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations.
• Complies with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing account information and trends.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, participating in professional societies.
• Manage accounting activities including bank reconciliations, accounts payable and accounts receivable with excellent organizational skills.
• Ultimately responsible for the day-to-day management of the financial transactions and procedures.
• Communicating with clients regarding billing and payments.
• To continually maintain an appropriate level of awareness, knowledge and preparedness across the organization, by educating workers about cost benefit.
• Any other duty assigned by management

Job Requirements

• Interested candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.

Key Performance Indicator:

• Timely presentation of reports to end users.
• Punctuality.
• Accountability.
• Integrity.
• Savings on income leakages.
• Error free accounting feedback.

Application Closing Date
3rd May, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the job title as subject.