Accounts and Reconciliations Officer
Location | Lagos, Nigeria |
Date Posted | August 3, 2022 |
Category |
Accounting
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | NGN |
Description
Responsibilities
- Perform and evaluate general reconciliation of transactions
- Ensure that processes are in place to measure and monitor operational and financial effectiveness.
- Carry out reconciliation of customer accounts to the general ledger balances. Identify irregularities and ensure prompt resolution
- Reconcile the payroll accounts to the company’s accounting systems
- Maintain a comprehensive record of all approved invoices, bills and payment supports
- Coordinate reconciliation of all bank accounts, and identify and rectify all variances and exceptions
- Carry out Vendor reconciliation/ Supplier reconciliation and address discrepancies. Put in place adequate controls to minimize discrepancies
Education and Work Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance / Accounting or relevant field
- 2 - 3 years’ experience in similar role
Skills and Competencies:
- Analytical thinker with strong conceptual and problem-solving skills
- Meticulous attention to detail with superb organizational skills.
- Ability to work to deadlines
- High level of attention to detail
- The percentage of reconciliations completed on time
- The percentage of reconciliations that were auto reconciled
- Frequency of material errors and omissions on management reports
- Frequency of fraud incidences
- In-depth knowledge of financial regulations and accounting processes.
- Experience reconciling accounting figures and financial records
- Outstanding analytical and time management skills
- Appropriate handling of sensitive information
- Accuracy and timeliness of management reports.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong client relationship management and customer service skills
- Team player with the ability to work with multiple parties
- Intermediate to advanced computer software skills, including Excel and Accounting packages
- A comparison of actual completion to scheduled completion
- Completeness of reconciliation register
Salary
N99,000.00 - N130,000.00 per month.