1. Accountant
in a consulting firm in Lagos
Job Description
A consulting firm needs the services of a qualified candidate for this position
Responsibilities:
- Provide management and financial accounting support.
- Preparation and reconciliation of Profit and Loss and Balance sheet reports.
- Prepare budgets and forecasts. Managing relationship with externals
Qualifications and Requirements:
- At least 3- 5 years professional experience in financial accounting or auditing.
- A strong, practical understanding and experience of basic accounting functions and how they all come together is essential. This should include: profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, cash flow statements and reconciliation's.
- You must have proven hands-on accounting experience including experience of double entry book keeping, associated accounting controls and procedures and preferably but not essential; an experience of a variety of accounting software packages.
- You must have excellent interpersonal skills, be self-motivated, well organized and able to respond to challenging deadlines and changing priorities.
- Completed, Part Qualified studier, finalist candidate (ICAN, ACCA, or equivalent)
- Strong excel and computer systems experience
- Previous experience working in a similar role for a vibrant business or audit firm.
- Ambitious and keen to develop and progress.
Accounting Manager (AC09)
in an engineering and construction company in Lagos
Job Description
One of the world's leading Engineering and Construction company is planning to establish in Nigeria and seeks to fill this position:
Job Summary:
The Incumbent is actually the most senior accountant in the accounts department, he or she is actually the one in charge of areas such as general accounting, fixed assets and trend analysis and profit loss accounts and responsible for performance of general ledger accounting, preparation of financial accounts, monthly opening and closing of accounts and preparation of balance sheets
Duties and Responsibilities
- The Incumbent has to generate, analyze, review and communicate financial data that reflects actual finance performance against the budget.
- He or she will have to assist the annual entries and fillings and also has the responsibility to supervise quarterly and annual entries perfectly.
- He or she will be the in charge of the department related to the preparation of accounting records, research of transactions and reports.
- He or she will have the required professional competence to perform regular and recurring accounting functions.
- He or she will have to do the financial management procedures and auditing so he or she has to document accounting procedures and transactions.
- He or she will have to prepare tax schedules so he or she should have the basic knowledge of tax rules to assist in tax reports and returns.
- He or she should have to apply the financial policies and procedures of the company.
- He or she has to research for the data and information to be used in transactions.
- He or she has to take part in the annual operating budgeting process, to analyze them and review annual operating budget proposals.
Application Method: Qualified Applicants should register with the relevant Job Code at www.careerslip.com. Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted. Applications must be received within two weeks (2 weeks) from the date of this publication.
NOTICE: Please note your Job Code!
2. Finance Manager (NXT/PRJRE – FINM)
in a building construction company in Lagos
Job Description
An enterprise building company incorporated on March 7th 2005. Our focus is to build extraordinarily successful enterprises. We build new businesses as well as transform existing ones into profitable and sustainable institutions. Our client operates within the real estate and services business and is a foremost provider for large serviced gated communities. As a result of recent strategic reorganization, the company is desirous of filling newly created vacancies at Executive & Management levels to achieve its Corporate and Strategic objectives.
Responsibility:
Responsible for providing financial advice and supervise the finance unit for strategic reporting and operational support for the smooth running of the organization.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- BSc/HND or higher degree in Finance/Accounting.
- Minimum of 6 years’ experience with proficiency in SAP and at least 2 years in a supervisory role, over accounting policies and standards, tax management, cost accounting budgeting and raising funds in a large firm.
- Candidates must be highly qualified, motivated, ambitious and experienced individuals with Managerial skills
TO APPLY
Interested candidates should apply quoting the code for the interested position as the subject of the mail.
3. Project controller
in a reputable engineering firm in Lagos
Job Description
We are an engineering firm that prides herself as being a primary source for Engineering, Procurement, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of Oil & Gas Facilities in Nigeria. We are poised to take on the toughest challenges and to constantly meet the demands of our customers in the area of oil and gas related services. We have successfully executed several jobs on for notable international firms in Nigeria; from procurement, installation & commissioning/Handover and maintenance services, we continue to deliver with proven safety records.
Responsibilities:
- Project Controller for project, program and portfolio management as part of the Program Management Office and Operations.
- Provides computer input and performs analytical review of reports generated.
- Accumulates and accesses historical data, such as performance experience, for use in maintaining a realistic basis for future planning and forecasting.
- Explain how to use tools and processes to accomplish core PM activities. Provide expertise and act as a resource to the team on “how to” apply the tools, processes and practices to the given project.
- Provide formal and informal training on the tools, processes and best practices appropriate for the target individual or team.
- Prepares graphs, diagrams, and other exhibits to illustrate cost status and forecast requirements for Project Management and client.
- Performs analytical review and arithmetic checks of cost reporting documentation.
- Implements and maintains the Planning/Scheduling portion of Integrated Project Control System.
- Activities include establishing security for users and, in conjunction with the Research Primavera Administrator, configuring the tool’s global preferences.
- Develops, implements and maintains cost control, and/or provides centralized planning and scheduling function for Capital & O&M, Operations, Maintenance and Special Projects.
- Assists a Senior Project Controller with assigned segments of larger projects.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- 10 years experience in offshore Oil and Gas companies or servicing companies
- Minimum of a degree in Engineering with necessary certifications
4. Audit Manager
in an accounting firm in Rivers
Job Description
Our company is a medium sized professional accounting firm with 2 Partners and 11 staff, the firm was established in 1995 and has been in business from then. In addition to audit and taxation, the company also take on assignments in forensic audit, management consultancy and training. We believe that the customer is the king and so we carry out our works to satisfy the need of individual clients without jeopardising the interest of other users of our work and also maintaining professional integrity.
Job Summary:
Under the direction of the managing partners will the candidate will responsible for the timely execution of audits in accordance with the annual audit plan, as well as assisting with other audit assignments and projects.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- The prospective staff shall be responsible to the Partner in Charge of operations.
- Must be a team player with capability to supervise and manage audit assignments to completion.
- Have experience in tax matters including liaison with FIRS & States' tax authorities.
- Versatile in the use of accounting software and possess good interpersonal relationship.
- Should possess a minimum of HND/ or BSc in accountancy with about 7 to 10 years post qualification experience three of which must have been in managerial position in the practice.
- The desired candidate is one who is interested in professional accounting practice and is ready to grow with the firm
- Candidate must be computer literate and versatile in at least one accounting package .
- Must be able to audit and finalise accounts.
- Possess adequate experience in tax matters.
5. Financial Control Officer (FI2918)
in an engineering and construction company in Lagos
Job Description
One of the world's leading Engineering and Construction company is planning to establish in Nigeria and seeks to fill this position:
Job Summary:
Incumbent will assist in maintaining financial controls with respect to the Company, and also assist in monitoring daily liquidity and other key regulatory ratios.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintaining financial controls: By daily identifying control issues such as undefined balances, unpost entries, balance sheet imbalances, manual entries posted etc. and raising queries with relevant department for resolution of these issues.
- Monitoring Key Ratios: By calculating key ratios such as liquidity etc and monitoring these against the limits set. By ensuring that exceptions, if any, are brought to the attention of Accounting Manager. By preparing the daily MI pack within which all ratio calculations and key control exceptions are included.
- Surprise balancing exercise: By ensuring that the appropriate reports and information required for the suspense account surprise balancing exercise are compiled within the stipulated timelines.
- Internal Control Standards: To maintain Company\'s internal control standards, including the timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by both internal and external auditors/regulators.
- To assist in clearing up daily exceptions.
Leadership & Teamwork :
- Excellent interpersonal skills as the role requires significant interaction with other team members and various departments
- Operational Effectiveness & Control
- Ensuring compliance with relevant requirement and Company procedures
- Ensuring Continuous implementation of internal and external audit recommendations in timely and effective manner.
Major Challenges:
- The job requires a highly skilled finance professional with thorough knowledge and experience in financial control and monitoring procedures.
- The jobholder will be required to work independently without supervision and maintain regular liaison with different functions of the Accounts Department as well and the Executive/Top Management team.
- The jobholder will need to be highly proficient with numbers and be able to work with complex numbers within exceedingly tight reporting requirements.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- A thorough understanding of Accounting and Finance.
- HND or Bachelors Degree in a related field
- At least five years experience.
- Professional Accounting Training, Certification or Qualification preferred.
Application Method: Qualified Applicants should register with the relevant Job Code at www.careerslip.com. Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted. Applications must be received within two weeks (2 wks) from the date of this publication.
NOTICE: Please note your Job Code!
6. Company Accountant
in an ICT company in Lagos
Job Description
An ICT firm needs the services of a qualified candidate for this position.
Responsibilities
- Ensuring a system of Proper Book Keeping is maintained
- Handling & Disbursement of Petty Cash (USD & NGN);
- Ensuring Payments are made to Suppliers/Vendors when due (via internet banking and raising of cheques);
- Preparation of Weekly Cash Payments & Receipts;
- Preparation of Weekly & Monthly Bank Reconciliation;
- Reaffirmation of invoice figures to ensure the correctness and accuracy of invoices & Verification of Purchase Orders attached to invoices before processing them for Payments;
- Collecting payments from vendors.
- Ensuring all vendors pay at the appropriate time and in full.
- Assisting in the preparation of Monthly Management Accounts;
- Preparation of Monthly Cash Flow (inflow and outflow of cash) and other ancillary functions that would aid financial reporting.
- Preparation of Monthly Inter-company Accrual Schedule;
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Flexible, adaptive and versatile
- A minimum of 3 years marketing experience in the industry
- A bachelor’s degree
- Proven ability to communicate well
- Ability to work under pressure and collaborate internationally
- Multitask and perform projects under tight deadlines
- High attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy
- Work under little supervision and be a team player
