Financial Accountant Job at Oriental Energy

Oriental Energy is a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Nigeria. Oriental Energy, founded in 1990, has expanded its portfolio and currently has three assets under development offshore Nigeria. These include the Ebok Field (OML 67), Okwok Field (OML 67) and OML 115.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Financial Accountant

Job Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Provide support to the organization’s operation through the provision of qualitative and timely financial reports and other financial advisory services.

Responsibilities and Key Objectives

• Review bank reconciliation for all bank accounts.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliation and schedules.
• Prepare Business Running Cost (BRC) report and forecast.
• Prepare monthly exceptional reports.
• Prepare monthly cash call report.
• Prepare annual budget.
• Review all requisitions, purchase orders, and invoices on EAM.
• Prepare monthly and annual financial statements.
• Provide support for annual statutory audit.

Person Specification
Education:

• First Degree in Accounting or any other Finance/Business-related discipline
• Qualified – ACA, ACCA
• Minimum of five (5) years of cognate experience
• Job Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
• Strategic thinking, planning, and implementing skills.
• Keen attention to accuracy and detail.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Relationship management skill
• Ability to identify and solve problems.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and practices (GAAP), and a good understanding and application of concepts, theories, principles, practices, terminology, and applied bases of accounting.
• Supervisory skills.
• Willingness and ability to work with a team.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft office.
• Proactive and self-motivated approach to achieving targets and goals.
• Knowledge of ERP systems and other general system applications required.
• Remain efficient under pressure.
• Character of proven integrity.