Junior Accountant at a Beauty and Wellness Company - HR-EX Consulting

HR-EX Consulting - Our client, a beauty and wellness company, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Junior Accountant

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The Job function is to oversee various financial and administrative tasks crucial to maintaining the smooth operation of the business.
• This includes extracting sales data from relevant platforms, analyzing petty cash expenditures, reconciling sales receipts, recording and distributing tips, reconciling bank statements, managing pension schedules, coordinating bill payments, overseeing inventory counts, and ensuring adherence to organizational and financial regulations

Responsibilities

• Sales Report: Extracting data from Timely and Fresha to determine the total sales generated from the previous day
• Petty Cash Analysis: Analysing data from the group chat and other communication platforms to identify petty expenses, excesses, and current balances and determine the appropriate timing for reimbursement.
• Sales Reconciliation: Verification of store receipts to ensure alignment with the sales report.
• Tips Analysis: Recording the distribution of tips given by customers to staff members on a spreadsheet to determine the amount each member is entitled to collect accurately.
• Bank Reconciliation: Combine the bank and cash book statements to verify if they reconcile.
• Pension Schedule: Establishing the schedule for disbursement of employee’s pension.
• Bill Payment Schedule: Creating a timetable withspecified dates for paying internet, DSTV, and other related bills.
• Inventory Count: Overseeing the inventory counting process to ensure accurate goods accounting and prevent discrepancies.
• Ensure compliance with organizational guidelines and procedures and other financial regulations.

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related.
• 1 year of accounting work experience (essential).
• Sound understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices.
• Analytical mind with strong conceptual and problem-solving skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail with superb organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Critical thinker with a high proficiency in math.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent report writing, communication and IT skills.
• Advanced competency in Microsoft Office and Accounting software packages

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.