Accountant Job at Amaiden Energy Nigeria Limited

Amaiden Energy Nigeria Limited (formerly Moody International Nigeria Limited) was established in 1996 as a partnership between Moody International Group and Nigerian investors. Since commencing operations in March 1997 the company continues to grow and exerts its presence in numerous Projects in the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Accountant

Job Location: Lagos
Job type: Contract
Category: Automobile / Automotive
Job Nature: Standard

Job Description

• Receive invoices and confirm the attachment of relevant documents (Purchase Order, Job Progress Completion, Mission Order, Training attendance etc.), to invoices submitted.
• Control each invoice to be validated to ensure that no duplicated entry has been registered into the accounting system.
• Prepares monthly cost report with variance analysis to help technical responsible manage their budgets /costs
• Provide support to Venture Management department and prepare prompt responses to queries received from Partners and Authorities
• Ensure that the correct tax codes are applied (VAT, WHT, NCD and Cabotage) for appropriate deductions on invoices and subsequent remittance to the relevant government agencies.
• Follow-up with Cost Controllers, Technicians, Job Progress Completion (JPC) Creators/Releasers in respect of outstanding invoices in invoice processing workflow.
• Schedules meetings monthly to discuss reports and finance related issues with Technical responsible.
• Assist in the preparation and issuance of monthly Cash Call statements to Partners in line with the JOA
• Preparation of monthly cash flow forecast and other ad-hoc request from the Partners
• Assist in the preparation of monthly Billing statements and Working Capital issued to Partners
• Investigation and follow-up of invoices overdue for payment and other invoices stuck in the workflow due to various reasons.
• Initiate and coordinate all necessary actions to be taken by invoice processing actors, Payment or General Accountants, Cost Controllers and if necessary Technical Departments for the regularization of all Expense Documents which could not be validated.
• Respond to circularization letters received from external auditors on behalf of vendors.
• Investigate and respond to vendors enquiries.
• Other duties as may be assigned from time to time by hierarchies.

Requirements

• B.Sc. Degree in Accounting / Business related degree (First Class or Second Class Upper only).
• 0 – 3 years of work experience
• Professional qualification will be an added advantage.
• Ability to use specialized accounting software and other Windows PC applications.
• Basic understanding of Oil and Gas Upstream operations.