Account Officer at Saro Lifecare Limited

Saro Lifecare is a company in the Saroafrica Group that plays in the personal and home care category with a national audience in the fast-moving consumer goods industry.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Account Officer

Location: Amuwo, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Ensure Proper receipt of goods into the warehouse alongside necessary documentation.
• Monitoring of Stock arrangement processes along with stacking procedures.
• Proper management of all stocks going out of the warehouse and ensuring accountability.
• Daily Postings of all stock movements.
• Reconciliation of source documents and ERP postings to ensure correctness at all time.
• Daily reporting of the accurate stock position including bad and damaged stock as well as soon-to-expire products.
• Ensure all financial reports are sent timely and accurately.
• Ensuring 100% capturing of collections on bank statements on the collection’s booklet and the ERP.
• Manage territory petty cash for business operations.
• Weekly stock reconciliation reports.
• Ensure proper time management in stock loading and offloading and ensure stock management guidelines are followed effectively.
• Carry out reconciliation between Source documents and ERP Postings and ensure accuracy.
• Always ensure that waybills match the actual quantity of stock received/sent.
• Bi-Monthly reconciliations of bank statement.
• Weekly Customer reconciliation.
• Monthly stock reconciliations.
• Ensure that all stock balances are accurate at all times.
• All stock movement must be approved before the release.
• Ensures better record keeping of all inventories and movements on bin cards and ERP online in real-time.
• Escalating IT issues and ensuring they are resolved within a day.
• Timely reporting of stock damage.
• Timely reporting of soon-to-expire products
• Stock Losses: Ensure strict compliance is followed through to prevent Cash/Stock Losses per location.
• Daily cross-checking of invoices with payments and expenses to ensure accuracy.
• Reporting of infractions for insurance claims within 7 days
• Infraction closure within 7 days for associates under supervision
• Reporting of infraction on SharePoint within 2 days of the occurrence
• Ability to handle other tasks that may be assigned - which are finance-related

Education and Experience

• OND / HND in Accounting / Finance-related course.
• Must be computer literate and have excellent ERP skills.
• Applicants must have proven work experience as an Account Officer.
• Age Requirement: 21 - 30 Years.

Application Closing Date
19th August, 2025.