Accountant at Michael Stevens Consulting

Michael Stevens Consulting is a Management consulting company, whose focus has been on rendering the following services: Training, Recruitment of Personnel, Outsourcing of Personnel and rendering Financial and Management consulting services to the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Telecommunications, engineering services, Hospitality Industry, Public Sector, etc.

Job Position: Accountant

Job Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

Job Responsibilities

1. Direct the organisation’s financial and budgeting activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase operational efficiency.
2. Coordinate the development and implementation of budgetary control systems, recordkeeping systems, or other administrative control processes across the organisation.
3. Analyse and evaluate the operations of the organisation to determine areas of potential cost reduction/optimization or policy change.
4. Advise the organisation on all financial issues to ensure decisions regarding finances are made in the best interest of the organisation.
5. Managing and overseeing the daily operations of the accounting department
6. Prepare or present comprehensive reports concerning business activities, expenses, budgets, government statutes or rulings, or other items affecting business operations and other organisational services.
7. Implement corrective action plans to solve company-wide financial problems.
8. Drafting Company Accounting manual, process and policy document for the Department
9. Monitoring and analyzing accounting data and producing periodic financial reports or statements
10. Establishing and enforcing proper accounting methods, policies and principles
11. Develop processes and policies to reduce operation Cost within the company
12. Responsible for and ensure that credit risk is balanced with business objectives, targets are met and that only valid claims with proper management authorization are paid
13. Maintains company confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential
14. Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs while, recommending, developing and maintaining solutions to business and financial problems
15. Engage with auditors to answer questions in regard to control processes and account reconciliations
16. Secures financial information by completing data base backups
17. Maintains financial security by following internal controls
18. Prepares payments by verifying documentation and requesting disbursements
19. Prepares periodic balance sheet analysis
20. Preparation of monthly invoices and salary payments for clients and internal Staff.
21. Preparation of Monthly pension and PAYE and remitted immediately after receipt of clients payment
22. Prepare weekly and monthly reports on Company accounts transactions
23. Ensures compliance with government regulations, establishing and implementing policies on matters such as payroll advancements to employees
24. Keeping track of all payments and expenditures, including payroll, purchase orders, invoices, statements, etc.
25. Follow up with all clients’ invoice payments monthly,
26. Remittance of monthly VAT,
27. Preparation of salary breakdown in line with Nigerian Tax law,
28. Proactively handle all tax issues
29. Accrual and posting of all daily transactions into SAP accounting solution
30. Monthly reconciliation of clients, vendor and Bank,
31. Attend/ assist the Company’s auditors with necessary information
32. Develop, maintain and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs,
33. Negotiate with vendors for services and repairs at a reasonable cost, maintain and create a template that allows for departmental head approvals
34. Maintains a professional and technical knowledge base by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; participating in professional societies
35. Accomplishing results by performing the duty
36. Ensure that cost saving processes are put in place and continue to be monitored
37. Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed,

Other Responsibilities

1. Management reporting and leadership skills
2. Drawing up budgets and maintaining financial security by following internal controls.
3. Effective business projection and investment skills
4. Creating sales leads for the Company
5. Ensure that all service requirements are met as agreed in the SLA
6. Knowledge of accounting and auditing processes.
7. Knowledge of pertinent regulatory guidelines.
8. Knowledge of the organisation’s structure, policies and procedures.
9. Knowledge of risk management.
10. Knowledge of financial management
11. Knowledge of tax operations/regulations.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• ACA is mandatory
• 3-5+ years of accounting experience.
• Working knowledge of tax laws and GAAP.
• Strong financial analysis skills.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong organizational and stress management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly with Excel.
• Ability to train and manage staff.
• Ability to work with little to no supervision.

Application Deadline
10th January, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: e.ehimare@michaelstevens-consulting.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.