Account Payable Officer at Eye Foundation Hospital

Eye Foundation Hospital (Operated by Summit Healthcare Hospital Limited) is the leading eye care hospital in Nigeria with a vision to eliminate avoidable blindness in Nigeria and Africa. For over three decades, we have been at the forefront of delivering excellent and quality eye care through a network of primary, secondary, and tertiary eye care centres across Nigeria. We are a one-stop-shop for eye care with a wide range of comprehensive services of international standards offered by well-trained professionals with state-of-the-art equipment and environment. Renowned for our unwavering dedication and commitment to quality, we take pride in our esteemed reputation as a trusted and reputable healthcare institution.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Account Payable Officer

Location: GRA Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• An Account Payable Officer is responsible for the financial, administrative, and clerical support of Eye Foundation Hospital.
• He/she is in charge of making payments owed by the company to suppliers and other creditors, paying vendor invoices or bills, and recording the company’s short-term debts.

Responsibilities

• Post business transactions, process invoices, verify financial data for use in maintaining accounts payable records
• Provide other clerical support necessary to pay the obligations of the organization
• Maintain meticulous records of outstanding payables
• Ensure the accuracy of an organization’s financial documents for payment, auditing, and tax purposes
• Protect businesses against unintentional overpayment
• Practice effective monitoring to ensure payments are made to vendors in a timely manner
• Clarify any questionable invoice items, prices, or receiving signatures
• Assemble and review invoices to be completed for payment
• Maintain copies of vouchers, invoices, or correspondence necessary for files
• Type periodic reports and other records
• Obtain proper information and/or data regarding invoice payments
• Check vendor files for any previous payments and assign voucher numbers
• Prepare vouchers listing invoice number, date, vendor address, item description, amounts, and coding per accounting policies and procedures
• Reconcile bank statements
• Input daily bookkeeping and record keeping
• Verify invoices against purchase orders and ensure goods or services were received before issuing payment to vendors.

Requirements / Skills and Competencies

• Candidates should possess an HND / BSc qualification with 3 - 6 years work experience.
• Analytical skills
• Detail oriented and organized
• Computation skills
• Leadership abilities
• Written and oral communication skills
• Problem solving skills.

Application Closing Date
4th January, 2025.