Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the accounting activities of the company at head office and across all branches and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
• Develop procedures and prepare financial statements for the monthly accounting cycles for use by the bank’s management, regulatory authorities, and external auditors.
• Preparation of all weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual regulatory reports (Financial statements) and ensure compliance with the Regulatory authorities and FRCN.
• Review of all accounting transactions
• Monitor reconciliations between accounting systems and ensure proper trade bookings.
• Manage costs within the finance department in line with the Accounting policies and procedures.
• Prepare, review and make sure that the Payroll entries are being properly accounted for and correctly posted into the core banking system.
• Preparation, reconciliations, and reviewing the company’s Fixed Asset Register.
• Reconciliations of intercompany accounts
• Reviewing all Bank reconciliation reports.
• Manage the company's statutory obligations (WHT, P.A.Y.E, VAT, and any other statutory Tax estimate, etc.)
• Reviewing Balance sheet analysis (Account reconciliation) schedules on monthly basis.
• Finance IT capacity to support systems implementation and information needs. In collaboration with the IT team to improve and develop a core banking system to organize loan portfolio data, impairments, interest accrual, and client data to more efficiently, reducing turnaround time on important transactions while increasing accuracy.
• Participate in the preparation of the Company Budget, monitoring and controlling the actual budget.
• Assist in preparations and review of the company strategic plans and constantly advise management on the plans.
• Preparation of financial projections, controls and monitor all the company’s products in line with the accounting policies and procedures.
• Preparation of monthly profitability reports (Income & expenditure), advise loss-making branches, and follow up on the strategies to improve them into profitable branches.
• Preparation of management reports as required by the Board and external parties
• Supervision of Internal and External audit

Requirements:

• Minimum academic qualification of a university degree/HND Accounting.
• The candidate must have at least 1 year of working experience in a similar accounting, supervisory role is an added advantage.
• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
• Decision maker - Manages difficult or emotional decisions in any situation; Responds promptly to needs; Meets commitments.
• Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; response well to questions.
• Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret written information.
• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Gives and welcomes feedback.
• Ethics - Works with integrity and ethics.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently.
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret financial statements and come up with Quick Solutions.
• The candidate must possess good report writing and analytical skills.
• Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office packages specifically spreadsheet, Word Processing software, PowerPoint, and computerized accounting packages

Remuneration: NGN 70,000 - 100,000