Owens & Xley Consults - Our client, a leading party supplies company, well known for their quality and affordable party gift and decoration items, is looking to recruit qualified candidate to fill the position below:
Job Title: Accountant/Admin Officer
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full time
Job Descriptions
- He/She would be responsible for maintaining the financial and accounting function.
- S/He or she will be tasked with preparing financial statements, maintaining cash controls, preparing the payroll, managing the company’s expenses and carrying out administrative duties.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Assist with the preparation of the company budget
- Implement financial policies and procedures
- Establish and maintain cash controls
- Manage petty cash
- Manage expense requisition
- Manage payment process to the vendors with Business Director
- Follow up with creditors
- Ensure that invoices are sent
- Ensure that payments are made
- Assist in the day to day running of the store
- Manage employee requests
- File and manage employee records
- Reconcile bank statements
- Establish and maintain supplier/vendor accounts
- Ensure transactions are properly recorded and entered into the accounting software
- Prepare financial statements such as income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
- Prepare quarterly reports and report on variances
- Assist with the annual audit
- Maintain financial files and records
- Perform other duties as assigned/required by the Business Director
Professional Qualifications/Experience
Educational Qualification:
- Minimum of HND/B.Sc. in a Finance and Administrative role
Experience:
- 2+ years’ experience in a similar role
- Experience in the retail industry a plus
- Use of accounting software
- Compulsory skills required (E.g. must be proficient in Excel)
- Proven integrity
- Familiarity with financial and customer service principles
- Good math skills with the ability to create and analyze reports, spreadsheets and sales statistics
- Proficient user of MS Office (MS Excel in particular)
- Must be able to prepare management reports and correspondence
- Good initiative, time and stress management skills
- Leadership and organizational abilities
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Problem-solving attitude
- Keen eye for detail
- Preferably lives within the Lekki axis.
Renumeration
N80,000 - N100,000/Month
Application Closing Date
5th November, 2019.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to:
recruitment@owensxley.com using the "Job title" as subject of the email.