JOB TITLE: Senior Accountant
JOB LOCATION: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Industry: Financial Services
JOB DETAILS:
- The job holder will be required to support the Head of Accounts in the provision of full financial and management accounting services to the Management, especially, MD/CEO.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Coordinate back-office responsibilities in a responsible and reliable manner.
- Effective Coordination of the Accounts Department with the aim of ensuring seamless flow of operations and generating relevant and timely information for the decision-making process of the company.
- Ensure adequate record keeping (efficient filing system), bookkeeping, and posting of transactions daily and maintenance of all relevant ledger accounts.
- Banking liaison functions include daily banking of all instruments received.
- Evaluate the performance of various types of banking relationships and make recommendations regarding the improvement of such relationships for effectiveness and efficiency of operations.
- Conduct a daily reconciliation of all accounts maintained with the third parties such as banks, brokers, insurance companies; A daily report of such positions must be forwarded to the Managing Director, copying the Heads of Units
- Generate weekly and monthly bank reconciliation statements.
- Ensure clients’ transactions are posted in real-time into their cash accounts.
- Review procedural and document flow charts relating to the unit with a view to improving efficiency and effectiveness.
- Assist in the production of periodic budgets for planning purposes.
- Monitor the company’s budget with respect to the actual performance and the production of periodic budget variance analysis statements for management decision making.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or its equivalent.
- At least 4 years of experience in the financial services industry.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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Job Features
Job Category | Accounting / Audit / Finance |