Retail Accountant at Food4Less Grocery Limited

Food4Less Grocery is a budget-friendly supermarket chain offering a wide selection of fresh produce, pantry staples, household essentials, and quality groceries at unbeatable prices. Committed to affordability and convenience, Food4Less provides customers with a no-frills shopping experience while maintaining high standards of quality and freshness. With multiple locations, the store caters to diverse communities, ensuring access to cost-effective grocery solutions for families and individuals alike.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Retail Accountant

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

Job Description

• The Accountant contributes to the efficient and effective operation of Business ensuring all day-to-day finance and accounts requirements are completed as and when required.
• He must work closely with all areas of the department with the day-to-day aspects of financial management.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Produce monthly management accounts timely and accurately
• Compare actual performance against budget
• Maintaining various sales channels accounts and managing processes in relation to Accounts payable, accounts receivable
• Adhere to purchase order procedures such as bank reconciliations, fixed assets, inventory, sales / Point of Sale reconciliations e.t.c
• Timely rendition of accounting information and the preparation of monthly sales budgets, daily reports of individual representatives & product line
• Day-day sales analysis, daily payment analysis (i.e. stock, cash, credit, bank transaction)
• Weekly- Total sales, credit sales, cash sales, sales made to various sales channels, expenses incurred, all deposits.
• Monthly-Monthly analysis of daily and weekly reports, goods ordered.
• Maintaining the accounts of clients, and managing processes in relation to: bank reconciliations, Inventory and stock analysis reports and analyze variances Point of Sale (POS)
• Job costing and management
• Ensure timely rendition of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly sales report (scrutinize the Daily Sales Reports submitted by the Sales Team.)
• Create and maintain weekly dashboard (i.e. sales achieved against budget)
• Timely collection of receivables in line with the stipulated Credit/Payment Policies of the company.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting required.
• Minimum of two or more years experience in accounting and auditing.
• Good Communication skills.
• Proficient in spreadsheet software (Excel) and Word.
• Access and Accounting Software knowledge preferred.
• Knowledge and Experience:
• Ability/experience in processing accounting transactions including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and reconciliations
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize tasks; work efficiently with minimal supervision; detail-oriented.

Application Closing Date
31st January, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@food4lessgrocery.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.