Company Accountant Job at Greener Places Services (GPS)

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Company Accountant

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Scope and Impact

• The Company Accountant role is to assist Executive Management in making critical business decisions by analyzing and presenting regular and ad-hoc key financial reports.
• The Company Accountant oversees the accounting procedures, prepares forecasts, budgets, and risk analysis. He/she will be responsible for the integrity of the accounting system by ensuring that accounting transactions are posted and financial reports are produced on a timely basis.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Prepare financial statements and monthly Management Accounts with trend analytical performance dashboards of the business units for the Management and Board planning and decision decision-making.
• Interphase with all departments and business units for the purpose of financial reporting and analysis.
• Responsible for Monthly Bank Reconciliation for the Branch Bank accounts
• Ensure timely preparation of and submission of all internal and external financial reports and any other report so demanded by the management.
• Review of all manual and system journals for the purpose of analysis and reporting.
• Call up any financial financial-related in the accounting system for further review and explanations.
• Provide explainers to variances in monthly business performance reports.
• Extract and review daily/monthly postings into the general ledger to generate Trial Balance for the company.
• Interphase with external auditors on review of prepared Financial Statements.
• Work with other units in finance such as Treasury, risk management, admin, and legal for the purpose of timely financial reporting.
• Provide support on annual strategic planning and budgeting
• Co-ordinate and prepare reports for the Asset and Liability committee meetings
• Provides support on payables, tax, and other accounting services for the smooth running of the finance department
• Implement and monitor internal controls on general financial and reporting activities;
• Respond to auditors’ comments (findings in the inquiries or transmittals) concerning general finance, reporting, and controls
• Ensure general ledger accounts are reconciled as per standard accounts reconciliation;
• Ensure compliance with financial legislation, policies, and procedures
• Handling the petty cash payments effectively for the smooth operation of the company
• Assists with the maintenance of various financial systems, automated spreadsheets, and database applications for the company as may be assigned from time to time
• Work with external auditors, regulators, and tax auditors during such exercise.
• Engage in team spirit activities such as giving directions, accepting leadership, and supervising other team members on a given task(s).
• Perform any other duty (ies) as assigned by the Management.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Have a Degree in Accounting. Professional membership and a Master’s degree in accounting or a business-related field will be an advantage.
• Possess a working experience across Financial management, reporting and analysis, Budgeting and planning, and Strategic Business Review with the application of IFRS
• Be experienced in Accounts payable, receivables and bank reconciliation, and fixed assets management.
• Possess interpersonal and good leadership abilities
• Be able to liaise with external auditors, tax consultants, and other service providers.
• Must be abreast with the current reporting standard.
• Sound Knowledge of Excel
• Must be familiar with accounting software.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@greenerplaces.net using the Job Position as the subject of the mail.