Workforce Group – Our client, a top leading company in the FMCG industry is currently headhunting for the position below:
Job Title: Finance and Account Professional
Location: Lagos
Function: Accounting and Tax
Industry: FMCG
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- The Finance and Account Professional will be responsible for Accounting, Reconciliation/Analysis, Accruals Accounting, Statutory Financial Reporting, Internal Controls & Process Improvement, Taxation & Returns, and Treasury.
Job Responsibilities
- Carry out accounting standards within the General ledger using the professional knowledge of Statutory (IFRS) and US GAAP to ensure the compliance with company principles and practices.
- Ensure that supporting documents to accounting inputs are obtained, authenticity and completeness are checked, calculations and coding prior their posting are verified.
- Work with the supervisor in the month-end and year-end closing activities in liaison with other departments to ensure that they are performed in a timely and accurate manner.
- Ensure General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Intercompany and Sundry Accounts Receivable accounts accuracy and correct accounting within established procedures.
- Identify unusual or overdue items, reconcile/resolve the differences, select the appropriate corrective procedure and process the correction in the system to enable prepare the Company’s financial statements.
- Prepare analyses of financial data in order to deepen understanding of the financial processes and subsequently to do them more effectively.
- Ensure analysis of accruals in order to present over/under accruals to management and to implement process improvement.
- Initiate, evaluate and propose measures that will improve the long term profitability of the company.
- Make sure that local management and other internal parties are provided with timely and accurate reports on both regular and ad-hoc basis.
- Liaise with IS in implementing such modifications. Co-operate with the Internal Controls and Compliance department in building a secure control environment that reflects the companies need to meet the highest standards of internal controls and ensure full compliance with principles and practices and all applicable standards.
- Lead continuous information exchange within the organization and ensure that full compliance of PMI standards are reflected in all legal entities and a continuous training and improvement process is maintained.
- Ensure VAT and WHT Tax returns are accurate, and timely submitted. Liaise with EEMA Tax for preparation of the annual TP documentation :
- Liaise with the SCE team in Krakow to ensure effective cash and treasury management, also acting as the affiliates contact person with banks and other financial institutions
Job Requirements
- BSc in Accounting, Banking and Finance, or any business-related course
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience
- Possess a professional membership such ACA, ACCA or ICAN
- Deep Knowledge of best practices of financial management.
- Excellent knowledge of Excel, Peachtree, or similar finance and accounting software.
- Financial management and financial reporting skills
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Strong personal integrity and accountability
Salary
NGN250,000 – 300,000 / Month.
Application Closing Date
8th March, 2021.
How to Apply
Qualified and interested candidates should send their CV to: anu.balogun@workforcegroup.com with “Finance and Account Professional” as the subject.