Givanas Cosmetics Nigeria Limited is a specialized Manufacturing company with wide range of products for the Nigerian markets like powder, petroleum jelly, perfumes.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Accounting Manager
Location: Lagos
Job Purpose
- The Accounting Manager is responsible for all areas relating to financial accounting.
- This position will be responsible for developing and maintaining accounting principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements.
- The Accounting Manager supervises four staff accountants and is responsible for day to day operations to ensure that work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner.
- This position addresses tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including general ledger preparation, year-end audit preparation, and other duties to be assigned.
Job Description
- Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial accounting and general ledger structure.
- Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close.
- Assist the Finance Manager in the daily requirements.
- Ensure the accurate and timely processing of transactions.
- Collaborates with the Finance Manager to support overall department goals and objectives.
- Monitors and analyzes department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Advises staff regarding the handling of non-routine reporting transactions.
- Responds to inquiries from the Finance Manager, CFO, General Manager and firm wide managers.
- Work with the Finance Manager to ensure a clean and timely period end audit.
- Supervise the general ledger group to ensure all financial reporting deadlines are met.
- Assist in development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the department.
- Provide training to new and existing staff as needed.
- Support Finance Manager with special projects and workflow process improvements.
- Ensure that all transactions posted in accounting software is accurate, error-free and in adherence to the existing policies and procedures.
- Ensure that all posting is properly allocated with correct account and proper notes are mentioned.
- Maintain all transactions with schedules and properly monitor the movements
- Attend all inter departmental queries and assure that everything has been accounted
- Assist the Finance Manager with proper period end closing
- Monitor each suppliers’ and customers’ account every month and verify the reconciliations
- Ensure that bank reconciliations are made twice a month
- Maintain fixed assets register and administer stock count
- Screen all transactions and provide 3-way matching
Key Technical Skills
- Strong sense of deadlines and time management
- Good communication skills and adaptability
- Aptitude to learn and strong analytical skills
- Ability to develop checking strategies
- Multi-cultural Understanding
- Sound good decision-making skills
Education & Professional Experience
- Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
- Minimum of 4- year general accounting experience with taxation background
- A professional license
- Sound Knowledge in IFRS and IAS regulations.
- An audit experience (preferable from Big 4)
- Ability to handle full set of accounts for a manufacturing firm
Application Closing Date
26th January, 2018.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to:
[email protected] with the subject of the mail as “Accounting Manager”
Note: Only qualified persons will be contacted for an interview.