Job Vacancy: Senior Accountant/Controller

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Job Vacancy: Job title: Senior Accountant/Controller

Job description: Company Description

Our client is a carton manufacturing company in Nigeria,

Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Senior Accountant at our organization, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the

financial health and stability of our organization. You will be responsible for managing and overseeing the financial operations of the company, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations, and providing valuable insights to support strategic decision-making.

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Key Responsibilities

Responsible for the monthly/quarterly MIS closing, Budgeting process with key stakeholders in the organization, driving analytics for financial & business insights, and reporting business performance through MIS under the direction of FC. Your Responsibilities will include the following: –

Accounting & Month End Reporting

• Manage day to day accounting – To enable the smooth running of all financial aspects of the company and implement appropriate controls over incoming and outgoing transactions!
• Manage month-end closing and reporting process – To provide information in a timely, complete, and accurate manner!
• Review, reconciliation, and Monitoring of production cost with Industry standard.
• Analyze business trends and provide insights to management.
• Continuously monitor financial and business KPI’s, highlight trends and analyses causes of unexpected variance. Partner with teams to improve results.
• Work towards identifying means for cost optimization and focus on continuous improvement in the financial health of the Organization.

Internal Control

• Ensured Financial and Management accounting takes place strictly in accordance with the accounting policy framework of ARISE.
• Implement internal controls over financial reporting – always Maintain the integrity of data/numbers.
• To ensure reconciliation of front end and ERP System
• Exercising controls overall BS positions especially Fixed Assets, Inventory control, Accounts Payables, Account Receivables, and Cash/bank balances.

Budgeting/Forecasting

• Consult with Financial matrix, Operation Head and Business Head
• Assist in the preparation and analysis of annual budgets and business plans.
• Assist in preparation of monthly reports like MIS, BRM, reports for shareholder and board meetings.
• Preparation of Budget and financial model.
• Analysis of budget vs. actual for various operational cost and fixed overheads
• Preparing rolling budget on MOM basis

Internal & Statutory Audits

• Assistance in managing the Local Audit Program
• Oversee information and processes.
• Prepare reports and schedules to assist external auditors with tax fillings and annual financial statement certifications.
• Support quarterly and annual group reporting MIS and audits, as may be applicable

Treasury, Imports, and Insurance

• Liasioning with local banks and central banks for forex payment.
• Manage cash position.
• Follow up with the customers for timely recovery of outstanding.
• Coordination with banks for fundraising for capex as well as working capital.
• End-to-End Importation
• Checking import documents,
• Applying for import permits.
• Consulting with clearing agents, banks, and suppliers w.r.t. importation

Resource Management:

• Ensuring motivation and engagement of local F&A Team;
• Coordination and providing leadership to offshore accounting/reporting team.

Project Financing / Risk Management/ Compliance

• Aid Project Financing, and operational support in evaluating fundraising plans and capital structure.
• Risk Management and audit Control.

Co-strategist

• Expected to provide value-added decision support through superior data analytics and by driving special projects to support business growth. This includes value maximization initiatives around creative treasury/forex management, cost of capital, Trade Finance, and automation/digitalization.

Qualifications

WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU:

• Chartered Accountant or ACCA with at least 3-6 years experience including FP&A
• Expertise in working with enormous amounts of data, facts, figures, and number crunching,
• Candidates with experience of working in Shared service operations setup do not apply.
• Firsthand experience in forecasting, compiling P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements
• Experience in designing MIS to facilitate business performance reviewing is mandatory.
• Having excellent ability to express data insights through visual impact-driven analysis.
• Having excellent cross-functional communication skills.
• Sound knowledge of the business and business processes.
• Good knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint & other MS Office Applications.
• Having system implementation experience is highly desirable, and Oracle Hyperion tool experience is preferred.

Location: Nigeria

Job date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 23:11:55 GMT

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