Owens and Xley Consults – Our client, a leading Party Supplies company, well known for their quality and affordable party gift and decoration items, is looking for suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Accountant/Admin Officer
Location: Lagos
Description
- Our client is looking to recruit an Accountant/Admin Officer. He/She would be responsible for maintaining the financial and accounting function
- S/He or she will be tasked with preparing financial statements, maintaining cash controls, preparing the payroll, managing the company’s expenses and carrying out administrative duties.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Assist with the preparation of the company budget
- Implement financial policies and procedures
- Establish and maintain cash controls
- Manage petty cash
- Manage expense requisition
- Manage payment process to the vendors with Business Director
- Follow up with creditors
- Ensure that invoices are sent
- Ensure that payments are made
- Assist in the day to day running of the store
- Manage employee requests
- File and manage employee records
- Reconcile bank statements
- Establish and maintain supplier/vendor accounts
- Ensure transactions are properly recorded and entered into the accounting software
- Prepare financial statements such as income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
- Prepare quarterly reports and report on variances
- Assist with the annual audit
- Maintain financial files and records
- Perform other duties as assigned/required by the Business Director.
Professional Qualifications/Experience
Educational Qualification:
- Minimum of HND/B.Sc in a Finance and Administrative role
Experience:
- 2+ years experience in a similar role
- Experience in the retail industry a plus
- Use of accounting software
- Compulsory skills required (E.g. must be proficient in Excel)
- Proven integrity
- Familiarity with financial and customer service principles
- Good math skills with the ability to create and analyze reports, spreadsheets and sales statistics
- Proficient user of MS Office (MS Excel in particular)
- Must be able to prepare management reports and correspondence
- Good initiative, time and stress management skills
- Leadership and organizational abilities
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Problem-solving attitude
- Keen eye for detail
- Preferably lives within the Lekki axis.
Job Title: Stock Keeper
Location: Lagos
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Maintain records of stock in the warehouse and the retail store
- Stocks received items in the warehouse in assigned locations while adjusting locations as needed
- Assigns tags, SKUs, etc to items in the warehouse
- Conducts daily stock count
- Make required products available to the retail store
- Assists in loading and unloading trucks when needed
- Keeps warehouse neat, orderly, and organized
- Report issues with irregularities to the Inventory Supervisor
- Ensures FIFO policy is adhered to
- Informs inventor supervisor of products that need to be replenished
- Prepare weekly inventory reports
- Keeps records of new product inquiries for future curation or purchases
- Any other duties as assigned.
Professional Qualifications/Experience
Educational Qualification:
- Minimum of HND qualification.
Experience:
- 2+ years experience in a similar role
- Experience in the retail industry a plus
- Compulsory skills required (E.g. must be proficient in Excel)
- Proven integrity
- Familiarity with inventory management principles
- Proficient user of MS Office (MS Excel in particular)
- Must be able to prepare management reports and correspondence
- Good initiative, time and stress management skills
- Leadership and organizational abilities
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Problem-solving attitude
- Keen eye for detail
- Any other special requirements (E.g. must reside in Lekki)
- Preferably lives within the Lekki axis.
Job Title: Business Manager
Location: Lagos
Description
- Our client is looking to recruit a Business Manager
- He/She would be responsible for managing all facets of the business.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Oversee daily warehouse and retail store operations
- Creates and implements relevant checklists
- Hire and train staff, as needed
- Supervise staff to ensure that staff actively carry out their roles
- Ensure strict compliance and monitoring of organizational rules, policies, and standards
- Prepare daily sales reports
- Ensure the business environment is properly cleaned at all times
- Arrange for regular maintenance services for all equipment
- Handle and resolve all customers’ complaints
- Reconcile payments received with sales officer
- Plan the distribution of inventory to retail stores
- Work with the digital channel manager to effectively fulfill all online orders
- Monitor stock levels at the warehouse and know when to replenish stock
- Prepare delivery documentation and other related paperwork
- Receive inventory from logistics officer
- Ensure accuracy in goods received from the suppliers and orders made by the company
- Oversee space management and allocation.
Professional Qualifications/Experience
Educational Qualification:
- Minimum of HND/B.Sc in a related role
Experience:
- 5+ years’ experience in a similar role
- Experience in the retail industry a plus
- Compulsory skills required (E.g. must be proficient in Excel)
- Proven integrity
- Highly analytical, driven and focused.
- High level of professionalism;
- Networking, prospecting and persuasion skills with the ability to identify the needs and challenges of clients.
- Must have knowledge of business process and functions (finance, HR, procurement, operations, etc.)
- Proficient user of MS Office (MS Excel in particular)
- Must be able to prepare management reports and correspondence
- Good initiative, time and stress management skills
- Leadership and organizational abilities
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Problem-solving attitude
- Keen eye for detail
- Preferably lives within the Lekki axis.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@owensxley.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
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