Administrative Accountant (AA), Lagos

About Lase Consulting: Our corporate vision is to be one of the top-5 HR Consulting firms in Nigeria by the year 2015. Our daily HR practice is driven by: professionalism, creativity, diligence, innovation, passion for what we do; the youthful energy of our workforce, and our ability to pay attention to the little details that matter to our clients.We are committed to Total Quality Management at every level of our operations, and we continually seek to deliver optimal ROI to our clients. Our HR Consulting Service As HR practitioners, we are majorly concerned with improving employee-productivity through a holistic approach to People Management. Our multi-pronged HR services to clients include:
- Recruitment & Staffing;
- Employee Management;
- Human Capital Development;
- HR Audit, etc.

Job Title: Administrative Accountant (AA)
Job Objective:
The candidate selected for this role will be required to work closely with the Finance Manager in helping the Company maintain accurate financial records. For this role we seek a career-oriented individual who, under limited supervision, will handle a wide variety of advanced accounting work including maintenance and preparation of reports on complex budget or income and expenditure records.

Department/Division/Unit: Finance

Reports To:
Finance Manager

Duties & Responsibilities:
The selected Candidate for this role will be expected to:

• Financial Accounts
• Administer and supervise the day to day accounting work by ensuring accurate and timely capturing of financial data
• Liaise with Store Managers in all the Company’s branches for the purpose of accounts reconciliation
• Assist in the production, analysis and review of balance sheets and other financial accounting reports.
• Ensure that the Company's assets and liabilities are accurately reflected in the ledger by reconciling control accounts, and resolving all differences quickly and accurately.
• Manage monthly payroll activities and assist in the timely payment of various payroll deductions
• Maintain the Company's cashbooks and reconcile cash books to bank statements.
• Assist in the planning, production and review of the Annual Accounts including variance analysis
  Income
• Ensure invoices are raised promptly and correctly
• Monitor the Company’s outstanding debts and ensure prompt collection of debts by implementing appropriate and effective follow up procedures.
• Establish close liaisons with all major customers to ensure the timely identification of disputed invoices.
• To report regularly on the age and level of debts, identifying trends and problem accounts/customers.
• To reconcile the schedule of outstanding accounts to the financial ledger.
• To maintain any other control accounts as appropriate.

Audit

• Undertake and satisfactorily conclude internal audit of each Branch account
• Create an internal control procedure for proper accountability in concert with the Finance Manager
• Participate in discussions of audit findings and recommendations
  
  Others
  
• Verify the integrity of all financial information.
• Ensure prompt payment of all utility bills and subsequently ensure that proper records are maintained for such payments
• Make regular reports to the Management Board on income, expenditure and any variations from budgets.
• Make recommendations to the Management Board on financial and service delivery issues.

Competencies:
Key Performance Indicators: Professionalism; Communications; Teamwork; Cost saving ideas generated

Job Specification:
Education Qualification:
A first degree in Accounting/Business Administration. ICAN/ACA/ACCA (partly qualified or chartered)

Experience
A minimum of 3 years experience in a similar role. Dexterity in the use of Accounting software is required for this role

Forward applications for this role to: acctrecruitment@laseconsulting.com