Accountant Job at PalmPay

PalmPay is an Africa-focused fintech firm, launched in 2019. PalmPay is a mobile payments platform that offers a number of financial services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Accountant
Job Location: Ikeja GRA, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The Accountant is responsible for timely recording of all business expenses from various business units.
• The position is responsible for interacting and communicating with internal and external clientele and ensuring their operations are not unnecessarily jeopardized by responding aptly to authorized requests.
• The position is also responsible for monthly review and reconciliation of accounts payable and receivable.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Authorize all expense vouchers in accordance with company policy.
• Ensure accurate and timely daily recordkeeping and accounting systems  of payment vouchers and classified in accordance with company policy.
• Assist with providing documentation for external auditor requests; perform account analysis and reconciliations as may be required.
• Supervise, manage and train subordinates.
• Daily check, reconciliation, update and correction of transaction postings as appropriate; promptly attend to reported reconciling items from cashier team.
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable ledgers at month end.
• Create visibility into expense drivers through robust reporting and analysis; perform other account analysis and reconciliations as may be required.
• Identify and implement processes improvements in the expense accounting process; establish work flow procedures and policies, develop Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all processes within the job role.

Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Key Accountabilities:
Deliverables / KPI:

Posting of vouchers 30%:

• Ensure instantaneous posting of all authorized payment vouchers with zero error rate.
• Ensure all invoices / vouchers are processed same day received.
• Raise correcting journal entries for accounting errors same day such journal is requested or error noted.

Account reconciliation 30%:

• Complete check of all previous day’s postings for accuracy and reclassification, not later than 10:30 am.
• Complete reconciliation of accounts payable and receivable ledgers at day 1 of month-end closing.

Data analysis and process improvement 20%:

• File off all book closing specifications not later than 5th day of a new month.
• Submit monthly expense drivers report not later than 8th day of a new month.
• Draw out SOP for all expense accounting processes and submit for review and approval not later than end of February, 2018

Key Behavioural Competencies:

Continuous improvement 20%:

• Set and work to meet challenging goals. Strive for improvements which are a definite stretch.
• Organizational commitment and alignment
• Monitor performance against plans, standards, objectives and behavior. Listen to others and can be relied upon.
• Right action and result-oriented
• Take initiative in defining and resolving problems. Be pro-active.
• Balance own achievement drive with the interests of the organization. A good team player.
• Accountability - self and others

Competencies and Attributes

• Attention to Detail - being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
• Strong analytical / problem-solving skill.
• Exceptional organizational, prioritization, decision-making, and planning skills.
• Must have good mathematical and Microsoft office (excel, word) skills.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems,can undertake pressure
• Ability to work collaboratively with all business units across the company.
• Ability to work together in a team setting.
• Efficient communication and interpersonal skill.
• Work experience in well-known companies is preferred,under the age of 30