General Ledger Accountant at Groupe Aldelia Limited

Groupe Aldelia Limited - Founded in 2005, Aldelia is currently present and operating in more than 30 countries, across Europe, Middle East, South America, and particularly Africa.Our tailor-made and successful recruitment solutions are designed to proactively respond to clients’ needs at all levels.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: General Ledger Accountant

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• As a General Ledger Accountant of the company, you are responsible for the full function of accounting duties pertaining to the business – customers, suppliers, petty cash, banking accounts, statutory payments and monthly reporting in accordance with company's guidelines.

Role Accountabilities
Customer Receipting:

• Capture customers’ payments in a timely manner
• Ensure customers’ payments are allocated based on the invoices
• Ensure customers’ balances are not in credit except there are advance payments.

Supplier Payments and Expenses:

• Ensure all suppliers’ (AP & FI) invoices are appropriately booked, authorized for payment and captured in a timely manner.
• Make supplier payments in accordance with management’s instructions and suppliers aged analysis.
• Ensure all suppliers’ balances are not in debit except there are advance payments
• Request for suppliers’ statements and reconcile with General Ledger Balances on a monthly basis

Petty Cash Expenses:

• Ensure petty cash expenses are complete in term of approval and supporting documentations
• Ensure petty cash expenses are posted accurately in a timely manner
• Ensure petty cash expenses are debited to employees’ personal account when retirement is not done within the stipulated period/ month end reconciliation
• Ensure Cash Counts are done and signed off latest by last day of the month.

Bank Reconciliations:

• Ensure all incoming and outgoing payments are posted on a daily basis.
• Ensure bank statements’ balances agree with General Ledger Balances daily
• Ensure the available and current balances are the same and reconcile with the ERP, any disparities noticed during the period must be investigated and corrected before the close of period.

Statutory Payments:

• Ensure all statutory deductions( PAYE & Pensions) are paid before the statutory deadline and the matching/clearing are done on a regular basis
• Work with the consultant in preparing the schedules of WHT and VAT on a monthly basis
• Ensure WHT and VAT payments are paid before statutory deadline and the matching/clearing are done on a regular basis
• Maintain the records of all the statutory payments for future audit purposes.

Training and Development:

• Work with the Finance and Admin. Manager to identify the training needs during the annual performance appraisal
• Follow up on a regular basis to ensure that the training needs are met as part of annual performance evaluation

Month End Reporting:

• Support the month end process by ensuring that all the postings are accurate and the balances in the ERP represent the true and fair view of the financial information
• Inter-company reconciliation, Fixed Asset Management and Prepayment charge-out

Others:

• Carry out any other duties as requested by the Senior Financial Analyst/ Finance manager of the company.

Requirement

• Candidate should possess relevant qualifications.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.