Chartered Accountant at a Leading Engineering, Construction and Procurement Company

A key player in the Engineering, Construction and Procurement Industry located in Warri - Delta State, with a focus on being the leading provider for sourcing, contracting, procurement and supply services urgently seeks seasoned professionals to fill the below:

Job Title: Chartered Accountant (Female - for Gender balance)

Location: Warri - Delta

Key Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will have overall responsibility for the account department. The Job duties include but are not limited to:
• Preparing monthly account reconciliations
• Analyzing revenues, commissions and expenses to ensure they are recorded appropriately on a monthly basis
• Preparing financial statements and supporting schedules according to monthly close schedule
• Assisting with analyzing financial statements on a monthly basis and report on variances
• Anticipating the challenges in the financial system of the organization and prepare a plan of action to counter it.
• Verifying the invoices that have been submitted for approval and present it to the manager. This also includes balancing the travel and lodging allowances etc.
• Maintaining and balancing subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.
• Coordinating and resolving various issues with bank such as cleared check differences, bank fee anomalies, targeted balance calculations and enhancements to online services.
• Assisting with preparing tax returns and corporate reporting requirements
• Assisting in documentation and monitoring of internal controls
• Preparation of management accounts (Profit and Loss Accounts, Balance Sheet and Cash flow statement)
• Preparation and monitoring of company budgets and reporting on variance analysis for management consumption
• Planning and evaluating all accounting procedures and policies to ensure transactions are efficient/ effective, accounting is accurate and complete.
• Managing assigned accounting operations including payables, receivables, monthly reconciliation.
• Projecting finances for long term investments and future projects of the company.
• Preparing and auditing all financial statements including but not limited to: monthly financial Statements, monthly closings, monthly accounts payable, accounts receivable, and monthly Cash Flow statements.
• Assisting the upper management with formulation of annual budgets. Preparing & presenting monthly, quarterly and annual reports, recommended improvements in organization’s accounting and management practices.
• Reconciling bank statements, cash accounts, accounts receivable and payable balances on a monthly basis.
• Prepare year-end schedules for audit.
• Management of the main cash and petty cash account.
• Ensuring timely payment of undisputed suppliers’ invoices in accordance with payment terms.
• Managing key banking relationships to facilitate company’s operation.
• Checking and reviewing the monthly payroll, contractual staff salaries and the salary slips.
• Supervising of the filing of withholding tax, VAT and PAYE.
• Coordinating activities of accounts staffs.

 Qualifications / Competencies

• Bachelor's or higher Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• ICAN, ANAN or ACCA designation preferred
• 5+ years accounting/finance experience
• Highly detail oriented and organized in work
• Excellent Computer Skills: Accounting software - preferably QUICKBOOKS, Microsoft package
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Application Closing Date
22nd February, 2023.