Account Intern at Meyerswright

Meyerswright, a Recruiting and Consulting Company, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Account Intern

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The successful candidate must possess good accounting knowledge, a strong work ethic, personal and professional integrity and must be efficient in their work practices so as to meet deadlines and deliverables.
• The candidate will work as part of a high performing, dynamic and profit driven team, hence required to be professional and customer focused at all times.

Duties

• Analyses financial information and prepare balance sheets.
• Coordinate with management and staff to prepare budgets.
• Ensure compliance with organizational guidelines and procedures and Federal and State regulations.
• Maintain account payables and receivables.
• Develop monthly financial statements that include cash flow and profit and loss statements.
• Complete all end of month procedures.
• Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Secures financial information by completing data base backups.
• Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements.
• Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations.
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or HND in Accounting or related course
• ICAN will be an added advantage.

Experience, Skills & Competencies:

• At least 2 years work experience as an Accountant
• Sage Software Knowledge
• Time management Skills
• Meticulous, thorough and good attention to details
• An ability to work to tight deadlines
• Outstanding Reporting Skills
• Data entry management
• Corporate Finance Knowledge
• Confidentiality.

Application Closing Date
9th September, 2021.