Head, Expenditure & Payables at Unified Payments Services Limited

Unified Payment Services Limited is Nigeria’s premier Payments & Financial Technology company that operates as a shared infrastructure for the banking community in Nigeria and Payments Service Provider within and outside Nigeria, with a vision to be the most preferred e-payment service provider in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Expenditure & Payables

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Description 

• To ensure accurate and timely recording of all financial transactions in line with company policies, rules and guidelines as well as regulatory standards.
• To ensure that management reports are produced accurately and timely.
• To produce such reports as may be requested my management for the purpose of decision making. 
• To supervise designated staff.

Duties & Responsibilities 

• Payroll: Ensure that staff salary is paid promptly.
• Ensure remittance of staff pension.
• Inventory Management: To ensure accuracy, completeness and integrity of stock records and balances including Airtime Vending.
• GL Schedules: Ensure that GLs are reviewed and proofed, while errors are detected and corrected promptly.
• GL expense proofing: Ensure that all transactions posted into each expense account and their project codes (if any) belong to such accounts and that there are no duplications.
• Ensure that Expense report is prepared and sent to the required HODs monthly.
• Ensure collection of WHT Credit Notes due to Unified Payments.
• Ensure that Fixed Asset Register is correctly updated and agreed to GL Records.
• Management Accounts: Ensure that Management obtains consistently; timely, accurate and relevant financial information for decision making and planning purposes.
• Staff and Vendor Payments: Ensure that all approved staff and vendor payments or internal requests are effected within agreed timelines.
• Ensure that USD Merchants are settled weekly and in line with terms of agreement with them.
• Staff Loans Administration: Ensure staff loans repayment is in line with Management approvals.
• Ensure Tax Remittances comply with statutory requirements and avoid penalties.
• Delegated tasks: Performing any other tasks as may be assigned from time to time.

Job Requirements

• Education: First Degree in Accounting or any numerate subject.
• Professional membership of ICAN / CIMA / ACCA or similar recognized professional accounting bodies.
• Experience: 7 years and above post NYSC.
• Knowledge Excellent knowledge of cost and financial accounting principles, practices and procedures. Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards Knowledge of supervisory practices and principles. Knowledge of Card Payment industry.

Skill / Competencies:

• Demonstrate ability to cope with pressure and meet deadlines.
• High degree of accuracy.
• Deductive reasoning abilities and eye for details.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Advanced Excel user.

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2025.