Account Officer at Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Limited

Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Limited is a Company in the Oil & Gas Sector of the economy with international repute. The Company has vast experience in the importation, supply, distribution, and storage of Petroleum Products and is also actively involved in the official export of Crude Oil from Nigeria being one of the twenty-seven Companies approved by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for allocation and export of Nigerian Crude Oil. Presently, amongst other facilities, the Company operates two (2) Ultra-Modern Mega Petroleum Products Storage Terminals with a combined capacity of 96.8 million litres certified and duly licensed by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and an Ultra-Modern Berthing Facility with an International state of the art Fire Fighting and Safety Equipment in the Calabar Free Trade Zone, Cross River State.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Account Officer

Location: Lagos (Onsite)

Main Key Responsibilities

• Prepare payment vouchers for approved payment requests.
• Ensure accurate and timely disbursement of all vendor payments & staff claims payments
• Ensure accurate and timely remittance of transactions taxes – WHT and VAT
• Ensure accurate and timely remittance of statutory deductions – PAYE and Pension
• Ensure collection and proper storage of payment and support documents
• Effectively manage and maintain vendors’ books and accounts
• Ensure accurate posting of accounting entries in the general ledger system
• Prepare of bank reconciliation statement
• Provide support to external auditors during statutory audits
• Ensure accurate and timely presentation of financial reports and accounts
• Effectively manage and maintain receivables

Qualifications / Experience / Key Competencies

• 1st Degree in Finance related fields
• Higher qualification will be added advantage.
• Professional qualification in accounting: ACA, ACCA etc.
• 2-5 Years Post qualification experience (experience in the Downstream oil sector will be an advantage)
• Self- motivated, a team player, dedicated, diligent and dutiful.
• Candidate must possess thorough knowledge of bank reconciliation exercise including POS transactions, good understanding of accounting treatment of inter-company transactions and other activities of related entities etc.
• Knowledge of computer skills, good communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to be a self starter with minimum supervision and team player.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.