Account Officer at Mactay Consulting

Mactay Consulting - Our client is currently recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Account Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Our Client, will like to add a highly skilled accounting clerk to our team to support our finance team with daily operations.
• Our ideal candidate should have a natural passion for math and eagerness to learn more about financial planning, tax planning, and budgeting.
• Under the direction of the financial manager, the thriving accounting clerk will update and maintain financial records, reconcile bank statements, and manage our accounting databases.
• He or she will join like-minded financial experts continually focused on sharpening their skills and dedicated to growing into financial managers.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform routine clerical accounting duties within a fast-paced finance department, while adhering to established accounting standards
• Be a resource for accounts payable and receivable
• Assist in year-end audit requests
• Execute accurate reporting, filing, and database management in multiple systems
• Secures financial information by completing database backups, keeping information confidential.
• Continue training with classes, workshops, and networking events
• Daily and Monthly Responsibilities
• Verify and post details of business transactions, such as funds received and disbursed, and totals accounts to ledgers and databases
• Process journal entries an reconcile bank statements in comparison to general ledger
• Prepare consolidated internal and external financial statements by analyzing information from the general ledger system
• Review and balance internal accounts, analyze variances, and prepare appropriate reports, and monitor depreciable assets with financial software
• Match, batch, and coding vendor invoices
• Prepare and interpret financial summaries and provide reports to management on a daily/weekly/monthly basis
• Participate in month-end close activities, including preparation of journal entries, reconciliation of accounts, sales tax computations, and other accounting duties in a timely manner

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Natural proficiency with math.
• Knowledge of basic financial, tax, and accounting principles.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office with aptitude to learn new systems.
• 1-2 years of clerical accounting experience
• Experience with financial plan.

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2022.