Our client is one of the top three Insurance companies in Nigeria. As a result of expansion, there exists the vacancy for an Account Officer.
Job Location: Victoria Island, Lagos.
Job Description:
Accounts receivable
Job Location: Victoria Island, Lagos.
Job Description:
Accounts receivable
- Generate invoices and credit notes
- Reconcile accounts receivable subsidiary ledger with general ledger
- Maintain aged debtors’ trial balance within policy thresholds and follow up customers with outstanding balances
- Prepare aged debtor lists and contact clients in order to procure outstanding payments
- Liaise with section managers; follow up of longstanding/delinquent debtors.
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with customers
- Banking duties as required
Accounts payable and inventory
- Data entry of vendor invoices
- Maintenance of inventory data base
- Generate vendor payments as required
- Reconciliation of petty cash
- Assist with processing of credit card reconciliations
General ledger
- Prepare month-end reconciliations, journals, accruals and pre-payments, to trial balance
- Prepare month-end sales & management reporting as necessary
Payroll support
- Prepare and process payroll as at when due
- Prepare, check and reconcile payroll reports to ensure accuracy of processing.
Other
- Provide high quality, prompt advice to managers and staff on finance policies, processes and queries.
- Other administrative and accounts duties as assigned from time to time.
Education, Skills & Attributes
- The desired candidate preferably a Male MUST have HND/BSC in accounting with an UPPER CREDIT/ SECOND CLASS UPPER ( not a chartered accountant)
- 3 – 4 years work experience in similar field
- Must be IT savvy
- Must be able to work with accounting software
- Must be very good with Microsoft Excel
- Ability to demonstrate initiative, flexibility and attention to detail in a busy, changing work
- environment
- Ability to plan and organise work schedule and work within tight timelines
- Ability to provide high-calibre customer service
- Achieve results by working to agreed priorities, outcomes and time constraints.
- Cultivates productive working relationships by actively participating in teamwork and group activities.
- Displays personal drive and integrity working as directed to achieve work objectives
- Communicates with influence by confidently presenting messages in a clear, concise manner.
Application:
- Salary isN70, 000 /M, PENSION & HMO
- Qualified candidates should please forward CV’s to ‘[email protected]’using ‘Account Officer – Insurance’ as subject of mail. Only experienced candidates will be contacted for an interview.
- Closing date is 16th, February, 2015.