Accountant
At a glance
Mid-level Accounting role at Fosad Consulting. Lagos · full-time.
Pay not stated Accounting salary
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What you'll do
- Check accounting records and financial statements for accuracy, completeness and compliance with reporting standards
- Calculate tax liabilities, file returns and advise management on tax choices and budget assumptions
- Build budgets, compare planned costs with actual spending, and forecast revenue and expenses
- Prepare financial reports for management, including balance sheets and profit-and-loss statements
- Oversee payroll, income and spending, and support internal and external audits
What you bring
- A university qualification in finance or a professional credential
- At least five years of professional experience in an established organization
- Comfort using accounting and reporting software, with strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills
Who this fits
This is a mid-level accounting role based onsite in Lagos. It suits someone who can set priorities and use financial analysis to support sound decisions. Chartered Accountant status is preferred but not compulsory.
From the employer
Our Client, a security and safety engineering company, wants to fill the role of Accountant.
1) Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
2) Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
3) Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations, to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
4) Report to management regarding the finances of establishment.
5) Establish tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper accounts.
6) Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
7) Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
8) Prepare forms and manuals for accounting and bookkeeping personnel, and direct their work activities.
9) Survey operations to ascertain accounting needs and to recommend, develop, and maintain solutions to business and financial problems.
10) Work as Internal Revenue Service agents.
11) Advise management about issues such as resource utilization, tax strategies, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
12) Support internal and external auditing function for businesses.
13) Advise management in areas such as compensation, employee health care benefits, the design of accounting and data processing systems, and long-range tax and estate plans.
14) Appraise, evaluate, and inventory real property and equipment, recording information such as the property's description, value, and location.
15) Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
16) Administering payrolls and controlling income and expenditure.
- University degree in a financial discipline or a professional qualification.
- Chartered Accountant status is required but not mandatory
- At least 5 years of overall professional experience in a reputable organization.
- Technology savvy with experience in the use of accounting and reporting software
- A successful track record in setting priorities; keen analytic, organization and problem solving skills which support and enable sound decision making
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