Mission/Core Purpose of the Job:
- Providing regular financial reports, as and when they are needed.
- Managing expenditure, credit, payroll, and investments.
- Advising managers on financial policy and control, such as the costs and benefits of a particular project;
- Dealing with, and advising on tax issues, ensuring compliance with tax legislation.
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Specific Duties & Responsibilities: ( Strategic)
- Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to procedural standards
- Prepare Bank reconciliation statement
- Posting to ledgers and reconciling sub-ledger to General ledger
- Prepare bank, receipt, and journal vouchers
- Update fixed assets register for each addition of assets and prepare depreciation on each asset.
- Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
- Reviewing, implementing, and adopting new and existing financial systems and controls.
- Producing and analyzing annual and monthly accounts.
- Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting, and other tax requirements.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs
Know-How And Experience
- Excellent planning skills and ability to interact with all levels.
- Good MS Office skills particularly strong capabilities in MS Excel.
- Must understand the use of accounting software.
- Must be focused and result-oriented.
- Able to work independently and highly meticulous.
Key Performance Indicators
- Improved turn-around-time in resolving customer complaints
- Ability to cross-sell varying products from the Cooperative
- Timeliness in packing of credit products for Co-operators
- Lack of Non-performing loan
- Timely regularizing of any assigned delinquent loan from Cooperators on Cross posting or owing Cooperators
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in a recognized university with a minimum of second class lower division.
- Minimum of 3-5 years experience from a reputable organization/Institution
- professional certification will be an added advantage.
Knowledge & Skills Required
- Excellent planning skills and ability to interact with all levels.
- Good MS Office skills particularly strong capabilities in MS Excel.
- Must understand the use of accounting software.
- Must be focused and result-oriented.
- Able to work independently and highly meticulous.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Capable of working independently and with minimum supervision
- Unquestioned personal integrity with strong ethics and values
- Showcase good analytical and evaluating skills
- Good human relations.
To Apply, Click on the below link to complete the application form:
Job Application Form – Accountant
N/B: The deadline for all application submissions is on the 25th of March, 2022. |
