Senior Accountant / Assistant Manager, Finance at Lumos Nigeria

Lumos offers clean and affordable solar power to a market of 1.3 billion potential customers who live off the electricity grid. Lumos enables people to replace hazardous and expensive kerosene generators and lanterns with modern solar electricity that can power lights, cellphones, fans, computers, TVs and other small electronic devices (all at once, every day). By offering Solar Power as a service, Lumos offers homes and small businesses a simple and affordable way to pay for electricity in small installments using their mobile phones.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Accountant / Assistant Manager, Finance

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are seeking to engage a competent Accountant, who will play a role in ensuring the timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of financial reporting processes.
• This includes maintaining general ledgers, preparation of financial reports, budget monitoring, and assisting with audit activities and preparation of monthly management accounts.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing financial analyses and reports
• Conduct in-depth analysis of the company’s financial performance using relevant KPIs
• Review and reconcile general ledger entries on the accounting system.
• Reconcile intercompany accounts with affiliates.
• Support Financial Controller with coordinating month-end/year-end close process/Support the financial controller in the preparation of monthly performance reports.
• Prepare and coordinate tasks for audit activities, including statutory audit and tax audit.
• Supervise and coach junior accountants.
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls accountant.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and internal guidelines and regulations.
• Efficient management of the vendor payment process.
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
• Review and reconcile general ledger entries on the accounting system.
• Monthly bank reconciliation.
• Reconcile intercompany accounts with affiliates.
• Prepare and coordinate tasks for audit activities, including statutory audit and tax audit.
• Manage insurance of asset including claims process.
• Supervise and coach junior accountants.
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls accountant.
• Maintain detailed fixed asset register and prepare monthly fixed asset summary schedule.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and internal guidelines and regulations.
• Efficient management of the vendor payment process.
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
• Assist in the budget preparation and monitoring process.

Requirements
Education:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in related disciplines - Accounting or Finance.
• Chartered accounting qualification (ICAN, ACCA) is an advantage.

Experience:

• 3 - 5 years work experience in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS requirements and accounting principles.
• Experience with preparing financial statements.

Competency and skills requirements:

• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft excel
• Ability to work with little or no supervision

Other requirements (Behavioral etc.):

• Strong financial analysis skills
• Strong communication skills

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.