Financial Accountant

ETAD Consult - Our client is a multinational retail chain specializing in household and consumer goods including cosmetics, stationery, toys, and kitchenware. They also created a new business style, which combines fashion and leisure together, becoming the main force in the department stores and shopping centers with catering, fast fashion clothing and entertainment industries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Financial Accountant

Job Location: Lagos

Job Profile

• The financial accountant supports financial decision-making information by collecting, analyzing, investigating, and reporting financial data.
• Also responsible for all aspects of financial and operational accounting for the company's Nigerian entities including payment processing, bookkeeping, tax, pension, audits and other statutory matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Responds to financial inquiries by gathering, analyzing, summarizing, and interpreting data.
• Provides financial advice by studying operational issues; applying financial principles and practices; developing recommendations.
• Preparation and review of month end reporting schedules for Nigerian entities including reconciliation of Bank accounts, general ledgers, Accruals and prepayments schedule, Fixed asset register
• Review and adjustment of P&L and Balance Sheet Accounts
• Detailed variance analysis; Prepares special reports by studying variances; preparing budgets; developing forecasts.
• Design and implementation of robust processes to: Track content purchases and delivery, Review existence and value of fixed assets annually

Key Requirements

• ICAN/ACCA member/certified
• Tertiary Degree
• Able to handle and protect confidential information
• Trustworthy, unbiased and objective with high level of professional
• Good relationship with the Tax office and banks
• Excellent at voucher auditing, financial reporting & recording, Tax calculating
• Highly organized, High attention to detail
• Self-starter, enthusiastic and responsive