Account Officer Job at BankSome Group of Companies

BankSome Group is made up of highly talented, diverse and motivated people who are dedicated to re-defining the business of Construction, Real Estate, Insurance Brokerage, International health Insurance, Bricks & Blocks, Wood & Aluminium, Renewable Energy and Property Management. Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria and having presence in the United Kingdom and China. The company has developed a good business relationship with a vast network of experts around the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Account Officer

Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Accounting Officer is part of a team that administers the efficient and effective operation of all financial aspects of the Banksome Group’s development, sales, and marketing operations. The focus of this role is to handle the day to day processing of procurement transactions (purchases of services) from suppliers  

Key Responsibilities

• Learn, develop and maintain expertise in the operation of the relevant entities in Banksome and their expenses processing systems.
• Gain understanding of all relevant policies, procedures and internal controls for procurement and expenses and comply with these at all times.
• Set up new vendor (supplier) accounts.
• Process purchase requisitions, invoices, expenses claims and other expenditure source documents including appropriate coding of transactions to the chart of accounts.
• Liaise with transaction approvers to ensure there are no delays in obtaining approvals for purchase requisitions.
• Liaise with colleagues at all locations to answer queries in relation to the status of procurement and expenses transactions.
• Ensures month-end closing timelines are followed and managed effectively.
• Performs regular ad hoc report as requested by Account Manager 
• Prepare Pension schedules 

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Fully paid premiums for life insurance