Senior General Accountant Job in a Manufacturing Food Company

Aldelia Group – Our client, a multinational Manufacturing Food company is currently looking to fill the role of:

Job Title: Senior General Accountant

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• The incumbent will be supporting the Shared Business Service Manager in the assigned country (Nigeria/Ghana), overseeing the different areas: Treasury, Tax, Accounts Payable, Accounting, etc.

Responsibilities
Supervising the General accounting team tasks:

• Post the general ledger and cash accounting entries, thereby compensating according to the type of payment/collection to ensure that the accounting reflects the economic operations. The related transactions but not exhaustive are:
• Supervising the Accounts Payable team tasks:
• Vendor Invoices reception (different flows)
• Posting for payment: validating the invoice with the Purchase Orders
• Initiate workflows for invoice differences / inconsistences / formalities
• Invoice archive
• Follow up of open purchase orders, and vendors accounts
• Travel expenses
• Prepare and pay for the various taxes and social security charges, ensuring correct credit of the same in all managed companies.
• Ensure that all the taxes are declared and paid on time,
• Prepare and control the inter-company invoices and accounts to adjust the internal billing situation of services between companies.
• Reconcile on a monthly basis the inter- company accounts
• Review all the differences noted and liaise with Corporate team
• Post all the relating adjustments
• Accounting for payment: supporting document validation, and posting
• Technical support to procurement department (PO treatment).
• Authorization workflows maintenance
• Control the account balances of customers/suppliers to ensure the correct status thereof.
• Handle inquiries from internal and external customers regarding the billing generated and guarantee the validity of the information.
• Cash flow management

Supervising the Treasury team tasks:

• Banking map and banking pool
• Financial facilities management (M&A, CapEx and Working capital)
• Ensure that all the transactions on the bank statements are correctly booked (accuracy and completeness)
• Ensure that all the outstanding items are investigated and duly adjusted
• Make all the cheques deposit on the bank accounts
• Make all the cash withdrawal for the petty cash replenishment
• In collaboration with Corporate team, ensure the relationship with the local bank
• Make the follow up of all the payments done
• Cash-management; daily position and forecast
• Payment management
• Online banking management
• Financial cost management and reporting
• Management of bank accounts
• Reconcile all the bank accounts on a monthly basis

Supervising the Audit, Reporting team tasks:

• Audits and tax inspections
• Finance reporting
• Establishment of the annual financial statements

Ideal Educational Background, Experience

• Academic requirements: B.Sc Accounting or related course.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a similar position
• Experience in a multinational manufacturing company
• Tool/ Software: Good knowledge of SAP- FI is COMPULSORY
• Knowledge of General accounting, Account payables, Customers, Banks
• Ability to work under pressure with good communication skills
• Rigorous, autonomous, innovative and proactive
• Language: English

Deadline: 16th November, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidate should send their CV to: boluwatife.akinyemi@aldelia.com