Senior Accounts Officer, Lagos

Job description

ROLE DESCRIPTION: Responsible for processing, recording, updating and reconciling fiscal information in compliance with established policies; providing instructions, recommendations and/or accounting support to other personnel; and analyzing expenditures against budget. JOB DESCRIPTION: Distribute all approved LPOs and Work orders to the various Vendors. Receive all invoices for jobs completed by Vendors. Ensure approval and sign off by the respective Supervisors. Distribute all cheques received from the CEO to the various respective vendors. Keep a record of all cheque received and disbursed to vendors. Maintain a cash book and render weekly returns to the CFO. Summarize all cash requests as approved by the MD, CFO and the CEO Collate all retirements from staff and officers for all cash advances and reconcile Ensure all monies are correctly banked and posted onto the Sage system. Establish and maintain cash control systems Monitor and pay staff expenses Attend regular operational meetings and supply information on vendors balances, payments made on jobs and outstanding upon demand. Keep adequate records of creditors at all times for management information. Perform fund transfer via banks, daily payment schedule and posting of new receipts. Monitor overdrawn balances or large and bring unusual transactions to CFO’s attention. Raise direct debits and gift aid payments, as required by the management. Contribute to the planning for the year-end accounts process and annual audits. Contribute to the yearend file, including all working papers and back up documentation for the accounts. Control the profit and loss account ensuring creditors and debtors are correctly attended to. Establish and maintain supplier accounts and pay suppliers whilst prioritising payments in consultation with the Accountant and CFO if cash flow is limited. Post sales and purchase invoices to ledgers. Post journal entries to SAGE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED Heavy SEC reporting in background with strong technical accounting experience Strong upstream, Exploration and Production accounting knowledge Public accounting experience highly preferred Experience working in fast paced, dynamic environments that have required adaptability and flexibility to be successful Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations to board, investor groups or other outside partners Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from supervisor to accomplish objectives QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related course IFRS Certification required ICAN/ACCA Membership required 6+ years of progressively increasing responsibilities Only qualified candidates will be contacted. Our client is a major player in the upstream, and downstream segments of the petroleum sector. With a quality portfolio of oil and gas assets in Nigeria, our capabilities extend through upstream (exploration & production and drilling), downstream, trading of oil product, sub-surface engineering and data appraisal for geophysics and petroleum projects.