Assistant Accounts Officer Job at Africa Re

The African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re)
is a pan-African financial institution with diplomatic status in its
current 41 African member countries. Headquartered in Lagos (Nigeria),

Africa Re has a continental network of regional and local offices in
Lagos (Nigeria), Casablanca
(Morocco), Nairobi (Kenya), Abidjan (Côte
d’Ivoire), Ebène (Mauritius), Cairo (Egypt) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
as well as two subsidiaries: Africa Re (South Africa) Ltd in
Johannesburg and Africa Retakaful Ltd in Cairo (Egypt).

We are recruiting to fill the position of a qualified candidate in his Head Office in Lagos State (Nigeria):

Job Title: Assistant Accounts Officer

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• The successful candidate shall be based in Lagos (Nigeria) with
  the possibility of redeployment to another Production Centre within the
  Africa Re Group.

Qualifications and Professional Experience
Applicants shall be holders of:

• First University degree or its equivalent in relevant fields
  plus 4 years post qualification relevant qualitative work-related
  experience with emphasis in a relevant discipline preferably in
  Accounting or Finance.
• Membership of relevant professional bodies would be an added advantage
• Additional professional qualifications in Accounting would be an added advantage.
• Cognate work experience in Financial Services is an added advantage.
• 4 Years of experience of which at least 2 years are relevant
  work experience in Accounting and/or Finance in the Insurance and/or
  Reinsurance industry.

Applicants must also be:

• Fluent in English language
• Working knowledge of French will be an added advantage.

Duties/Job Details
The duties shall comprise amongst others:

• Timely processing of receipts for all premiums paid to the Pools by clients.
• Preparation of monthly bank reconciliation statements for the Pools
• Updating & rendition of Pools members statement and shareholding
• Preparation of annual/half year accounts of the Pools
• Inter office reconciliation for all locations
• Cash flow management
• Processing & accounting for Dividend Payment to Pool Members

Main Competencies:

• Knowledge of the accounting cycle, financial statement
  presentation using standards (IFRS, GAAP) disclosure requirements &
  ethics and professional & accounting ethics
• Basic knowledge of financial performance evaluation techniques,
  profit analysis & margins, cost accounting & management
  techniques and management control & decision making support
• Good interpersonal skills, Disciplined, Reliable, with very high Integrity and good sense of responsibility;
• Excellent skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and
  Outlook) is required and intermediate usage of accounting, auditing and
  financial applications (In House
• Developed Applications and other third party applications).
• Communication and Presentation skills
• Organizational skills and Ability to multitask
• Problem Solving skills with capacity for taking initiatives and decision;
• Flexibility, Adaptability and Creativity

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be responsible for the financial
  accounting activities of the Insurance Pools and preparation of its
  relevant financial statement.

Salary and Benefits
The successful candidate shall have the following benefits:

• Competitive Basic Salary on the Corporation’s Grade Level SS2
• Variable pay (Annual Performance Bonus)
• Children education subsidy for each child up to 26 years (maximum 4 children)
• Medical cover for staff and family;
• Housing Allowance
• Joint contribution to the Provident Fund (7% of the basic salary paid by staff and 14% by the employer)

How to Apply

Click here to apply online

 
Deadline  16th October, 2015.