Bookkeeper / Accountant

Reccounting specializes in a wide variety of bookkeeping services for our clients. Our team has the experience and qualifications to provide expertise in different areas of accounting services. So whether you are looking for honest accounting guidance or tax advice, we’re here to help. We are recruiting to fill the position of:


Job Position: Bookkeeper/Accountant
Job Location: Lagos

Qualifications

• A minimum of HND/BSc degree from a reputable university
• 2-3years experience in similar role
• Must be good with accounting packages like Sage, Wave, Xero

Skills: 

• Good with developing standards
• Ability to analyzing information
• Good knowledge of taxing issues in Nigeria
• Ability to multi-task
• Professional composure
• Good communication and presentation skills

Job Description

• Develops system to account for financial transactions by establishing a chart of accounts;
• Maintains subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, and posting transactions.
• Balances subsidiary accounts by reconciling entries.
• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary account summaries.
• Balances general ledger by preparing a trial balance; reconciling entries.
• Maintains historical records by filing documents.
• Prepares financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Establish tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper accounts.
• Represent clients before taxing authorities
• Liaise with auditing partners in getting audited financial statement
• Liaising with tax consultants for getting tax clearance certificates on behalf of client
• Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
• Liaise with client regularly to get bank statement and other transaction records.
• Processing sales invoices, receipts and payments
• Completing VAT returns
• Advising clients on accounting issues
• Conduct periodic reconciliations of all accounts to ensure their accuracy
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.