Overview
Arkounting Business Concepts Limited – Our client is focused on managing hospitality outlets – boutique hotels, short term rentals and an array of hospitality services.
Job Position: Finance Officer
Location: Lekki, Lagos
Job Description
- This role is exciting, positively challenging and will provide growth to the prospective role holder.
- The ideal role holder is a skilled and detail-oriented Financial Accountant who will be responsible for managing all financial transactions and providing accurate financial information to support the organization’s operations.
- He/she must be competent in Management Accounting functions and will be required to provide accounting & financial management services to the organization as well as ensuring compliance with accounting principles and regulations.
- Most importantly, in line with our standard, he/she should be committed, hard-working and particular about delivering quality work.
Job Responsibilities
- Assemble and summarize data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risks
- Producing an accurate set of month-end accounts, with comparisons to forecasts and previous periods.
- Assisting in preparing budgets and business planning, including projected room revenue
- Review and reconcile bank statements on a regular basis.
- Ensuring compliance with regulations pertaining to consumption tax, WHT, VAT and PAYE
- Pursuing overdue payments, documenting uncollectible debts, and vigilantly monitoring the cash flow.
- Coordinating stock control operations with warehouse staff, as well as the sales and finance departments.
- Forecasting supply and demand to prevent overstocking and running out-of-stock (OOS).
- Performing regular inventory audits and keeping stock purchasing within budget.
- Assist in the coordination of external audits and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Ensure financial statements are prepared in line with regulatory standards
- Identify trends, advice and recommend actions based on sound analysis
- Ensure compliance with best practice and legal requirements
- Other tasks as assigned.
Job Requirements
- Educational background in Accounting, Finance or a closely related field
- 2+ years of hands-on Finance experience
- A member of a professional body e.g. ACA,ACCA, CFA (Part or Fully Qualified)
- Proven knowledge in financial reporting, internal auditing, financial analysis & management, financial software, Microsoft suite and statistical analysis package
- Excellent presentation, reporting and communication skills
- Highly confidential with good integrity
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced and result-oriented environment
- Ability to work in a team and multitask
- Client relationship and engagement skills
- Tech savvy; good use of collaboration tools such as Slack, Zoho, QuickBooks or similar.
Application Deadline
30th September, 2023.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Applications to: talents@arkounting.com.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Interview Process
Preliminary Chat:
- If we believe you are a good fit based on your application, we will schedule a 30 – 45 minutes chat with you, our Recruitment Associate and Hiring Manager. This is basically a get-to-know-you chat for us to hear about you experiences and to confirm that the role is a good fit for you, as well as if you are a good fit for us.
Recruitment Exercise:
- Thereafter, a recruitment exercise will be sent to you to further assess your technical competence for the role.
Second Interview:
- If we find your performance in the exercise satisfactory, you will meet with one of our Principal Consultant for a technical chat – relating to the role and the recruitment exercise.
Final Interview:
- At this stage, we will schedule a final interview with you to meet with our client for a final assessment and to discuss expectations of both parties
- We will ensure to give you an update within a week after each stage.
