Accountant (Junior) at SPIE Oil & Gas Services

SPIE Oil & Gas Services (part of the SPIE Group) provides a complete range of services to some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies through its network of offices in 25 countries across Africa, the Middle-East and Asia-Pacific.

Our turnover has more than doubled in the last few years thanks to the dedication of our 4,000 employees to whom we give training, recognition, and genuine opportunities for career development. In order to support this growth, SPIE Oil & Gas Services is always seeking talented individuals to join its teams.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Accountant (Junior) M/F

Reference No: 2023-32030
Location: Lagos
Contract type: Temporary work contract
Contractual hours: Full time
Contract duration: 1 year renewable

Job Description
We are looking for profiles to fill the position of Accountant (Junior). He/She will be required to:

• Receive invoices and confirm the attachment of relevant documents (Purchase Order, Job Progress Completion, Mission Order, Training attendance etc.), to invoices submitted.
• Control each invoice to be validated to ensure that no duplicated entry has been registered into the accounting system.
• Prepares monthly cost report with variance analysis to help technical responsible manage their budgets /costs
• Schedules meetings monthly to discuss reports and finance related issues with Technical responsible.
• Assist in the preparation and issuance of monthly Cash Call statements to Partners in line with the JOA
• Preparation of monthly cash flow forecast and other ad-hoc request from the Partners
• Assist in the preparation of monthly Billing statements and Working Capital issued to Partners
• Provide support to Venture Management department and prepare prompt responses to queries received from Partners and Authorities
• Ensure that the correct tax codes are applied (VAT, WHT, NCD and Cabotage) for appropriate deductions on invoices and subsequent remittance to the relevant government agencies.
• Follow-up with Cost Controllers, Technicians, Job Progress Completion (JPC) Creators/Releasers in respect of outstanding invoices in invoice processing workflow.
• Investigation and follow-up of invoices overdue for payment and other invoices stuck in the workflow due to various reasons.
• Initiate and coordinate all necessary actions to be taken by invoice processing actors, Payment or General Accountants, Cost Controllers and if necessary Technical Departments for the regularization of all Expense Documents which could not be validated.
• Respond to circularization letters received from external auditors on behalf of vendors.
• Investigate and respond to vendors enquiries.
• Other duties as may be assigned from time to time by hierarchies.

Profile

• B.Sc in Accounting / Business related Degree (First Class or Second Class Upper only).
• 0 - 3 years work experience
• Professional qualification will be an added advantage.
• Ability to use specialized accounting software and other Windows PC applications.
• Basic understanding of Oil and Gas Upstream operations.
  Good interpersonal skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.