Accountant Job at FirstWATT Renewable Limited

FirstWATT Renewable Limited - With headquarters in Alberta Canada, WATT is a private independent producer of clean energy technology. WATT delivers sustainable energy solutions utilizing an innovative mix of PV, advanced energy storage technology and genset. We provide a turnkey EPC and O&M services to our clients globally.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Accountant

Job Location: Lekki Phase 1, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Establish charts of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.
• Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current technology or designated ERP.
• Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting or other tax requirements (make VAT and PAYE returns to relevant tax authorities).
• Maintain or examine the records of government agencies
• Develop, maintain and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
• Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
• Assemble spreadsheets and draw charts and graphs used to illustrate technical reports.
• Analyze financial information to produce forecasts of business, industry, and economic conditions for use in making investment decisions.
• Monitor fundamental economic, industrial, and corporate developments through the analysis of information obtained from financial publications and services, investment banking firms, government agencies, trade publications, company sources, and personal interviews.
• Perform intercompany (related companies) reconciliations using appropriate templates.
  • Scrutiny of control account
  • FIRS & LIRS Compliances and Liasing of Tax audits
  • Fixed assets accounting, depreciation and its certification from federal ministry of industry

Qualifications

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Logical approach to identifying and evaluating issues and problem solving.
• Well-developed organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple assignments.
• Displays awareness of the need for confidentially in sensitive matters.
• Demonstrated job commitment and personal flexibility to meet changing expectations.
• Commitment to self-development and expansion of knowledge
• Ability to conduct and evaluate research.
• Demonstrate working knowledge and expertise.
• Good Decision Making.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good Analytical skills.
• Has a strong knowledge in the use of Finance ERP (Sage and customized ERP).
• Excellent commands over excel and word.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: wattrecruitment@gmail.com using the Job position as the subject of the mail.