Accountant At Philips Consulting-Agbara,Lagos,Nigeria

Our client is a well know player in the packaging sector with plants and offices located in Ogba, Agbara, and Ibadan. The company is a manufacturer and supplier of packaging products to multinationals such British American Tobacco’s (BAT) and fully accredited by Heineken, SABMiller, Guinness and 7Up.

As a result of business growth, the need to attract talents to fill some critical roles in the Finance and Accounts Department has become inevitable.

Key Responsibilities

Creditors Reconciliation review and sign-off for payment
Creditors Payments
Daily Cashbook processing and reconciliation
Processing and maintenance of costing files
Daily Petty Cash processing
Approval of Expenses and payments
Approval of Purchase Orders
Daily Bank Balance reporting
Daily Sales reporting
Weekly CashFlow forecasting
Monthly Stock Take and reconciliation
Analysis and review of plant financial waste
Cost control and review of asset utilisation and related expenditure
Fixed Asset Register and asset management
CAPEX and Fixed Asset Register processing
Preparation of monthly Account reconciliations
Processing of monthly accrual and provision journals
Monthly variance reporting, income statement and balance sheet
Monthly Debtor performance Reporting
Monthly Statutory Returns and payments eg VAT, PAYE etc
Internal Audit reviews and reporting
Control over manual stationery
Document retention, filing and safe-keeping
Management of the Contract register
Manage, motivate and leading the accounting department

Specific Requirements

Degree in accounting
Minimum of 3 years post-graduate experience
Completion of articles with an auditing firm. Preferably a larger auditing firm
Pleasant personality, excellent verbal skills and a team player
Leadership abilities with management potential

Young, energetic, presentable and confident
Very good communication skill
Excellent MS Excel skills
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