General Ledger Accountant at Lafarge Africa Plc

Lafarge Africa Plc is a member of the LafargeHolcim Group – the biggest building and concrete solutions company in the world. It is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and serves Nigeria with a wide range of building and construction solutions designed to meet housing and construction needs from small projects like individual home buildings to major construction and infrastructure projects.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: General Ledger Accountant

Requisition ID: 15488
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

About the Job

• The General Ledger Accountant is responsible for managing the General Ledger of the legal entity within their scope.
• The role ensures that the books accurately reflect the financial position of the entity and that all transactions recorded in the accounts are IFRS compliant, conform to relevant local statutory requirements, and adhere to Group policies. The accountant maintains world-class performance and internal control standards by implementing best practices and Group procedures.
• The role ensures that all transactions in the ledgers are fully recorded in compliance with Group and Country accounting policies, the chart of accounts, and related accounting principles. This function is ultimately accountable for the accurate booking of all transactions in line with internal procedures and statutory regulations.

What You'll Be Doing
Accounting:

• Ensure that all account reconciliations are performed at appropriate intervals and discrepancies are resolved promptly in line with group guidelines and professional best practices.
• Ensure accurate, reliable, and timely monthly closing processes.
• Support the preparation of statutory information and validate the data used to compile statutory results.
• Contribute to ad hoc financial reporting by providing the necessary support for the preparation of any ad hoc reports.
• Manage all changes in accounting policies received from both the Group and the Country.
• Lead and perform month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closings.
• Perform periodic balance sheet reconciliations and prepare accompanying schedules.
• Conduct monthly balance sheet reviews, with adequate schedules analyzing the financial position of the business.
• Perform monthly inter-company reconciliations with other business units, ensuring zero variances

Ensure timely reconciliation and closure of open intercompany items across all entities.

• Maintain adequate provisions and accruals on an ongoing basis.
• Ensure all General Ledger balances agree with sub-modules, such as bank balances.

Audit (Internal and External):

• Optimize group and internal control policies and procedures.
• Perform necessary controls and make any required adjustments.
• Ensure that all data and information within the scope of responsibility is reliable and accurate.
• Identify, implement, and communicate process improvements.
• Maintain a master list of journal entries.
• Facilitate the external audit process for the entity, ensuring a smooth audit and maintaining strong relationships with auditors.

Loans & Interest Accounting:

• Ensure the accuracy of loans and bond accounting.
• Keep loans and fixed deposit interest records up to date.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of unclaimed dividends.

Who you'll be working with
Key interfaces, stakeholders and relationships:

Internal to the Country Shared Services:

• Manager, General Ledger Accounting

External to the Country Shared Services:

• Master Data Management
• Finance & Control
• Product Line CFOs and Controllers
• Product Lines Managers to ensure all risks are booked
• Legal department
• Internal auditors and internal control to review process and identify control weaknesses and recommend changes

External to the Group:

• External auditors
• Financial Reporting Council
• Finance team 

Requirements
What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's Degree Preferably in (Accounting/Social Sciences) 
• ACA/ACCA certification required 
• 5 years post NYSC working experience with minimum of 3 years in similar role.
• Good knowledge of an ERP environment – ideally JDE or SAP
• Practical knowledge of IAS, IFRS
• Internal controls
• Good knowledge of cement accounting
• Familiar with local statutory requirements on financial reporting
• MS-Excel Knowledge

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.