FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT Ascentech Lagos

Location: Lagos
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
• Produces payroll by initiating computer processing; printing checks, verifying the external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts and providing information for auditors.
• Avoids legal challenges by complying with legal requirements.
• Secures financial information by completing database backups.
• Protects organization’s value by keeping the information confidential.
• Preparing the company annual Financial Statement.
• Preparing meaningful, accurate and timely Monthly Management Reports, identify, review and report trends on due dates
• Attending to External Auditor during statutory Audit.
• Reviewing and ensuring Posting of all IFRS Adjustment.
• Ensuring up to date Intercompany reconciliation with the parent company and all other subsidiaries within the group.
• Assisting budget holders in the preparation and coordination of the annual budget.
• Review and ensure Withholding Tax (WHT) are deducted correctly from Vendor Invoices and subsequently remitted promptly to the respective tax authority (FIRS and LIRS) accordingly.
• Review and ensure all monthly provisions (Audit Fee, Tax Consultancy Fee & etc) prepayment and amortization are made on a monthly basis.
• Review and ensure daily and end of month posting of all payment vouchers and - Journals before impacting into the general ledger.
• Carry out all other duties as delegated by Senior Officer.

REQUIREMENTS:

• BSc degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field
• 3-5 years of experience as a Financial Accountant or similar role
• Knowledge of MS Excel and accounting software.
• In-depth understanding of business bookkeeping procedures
• Solid knowledge of accounting regulations
• Excellent math skills with attention to detail
• Time-management abilities
• Confidentiality

HOW TO APPLY:
Qualified and interested candidates should kindly send CVs to cv@ascentech.com.ng with the job title as the subject of the mail. N.B: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.