Accountant at a Renewable Energy Company

We are a pan-African electricity company specializing in the generation of solar energy, with a focus on medium-scale solar systems (20 kWp to 2 MWp). Unlike many other international solar companies, we have built a strong local team of engineers and technicians offering a fully integrated solution from design, to installation and maintenance. Company is headquartered in Lagos Nigeria with a branch office in Accra Ghana.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Accountant

Location: Lagos

Department: Finance

Reports to: Accounting Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation and processing of accounting records as instructed by the Accounting Manager
• Responsibility to understand Group policies and procedures relevant to each task and ensure that they are properly applied to the work assigned
• Ensures all Companies Requisition vouchers are typed and properly filed after payments have been made. Filing of day to day documents for easy retrievals
• Provide the necessary support to entire Finance team, external auditors and other statutory examiners. Reviewing and verifying accuracy of data.
• Responsibility to escalate promptly questions and issues relating to work required and materials processed. Assist with the filing of annual financial statements
• Update daily cashbook and handle daily requested and petty cash disbursements, imprest for the office. Prepare invoices for all projects and monthly customer statements.
• Assists with the preparation of the annual and mid-year budgets.
• Prepare reconciliation of payments to clients when necessary.
• Be in charge of lodgement of cheques to appropriate banks
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
• All other duties as assigned.

Experience and Skills Required

• First degree in Accounting from a university with a minimum of 1-year experience with knowledge of accounting, finance, statistics, arithmetic and their application
• Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers, vendors and clients
• Familiar with using Accounting Software and strong MS - Excel skills
• Must be well-organized and process-oriented with eyes for details
• A good team player and excellent with working with set deadlines
• Not shy to ask questions and quick to raise issues if any arise
• Flexible and curious, keen to learn

Key Performance Areas

• Assist the CFO and the Accounting Manager to performs professional accounting work and providing information to staff regarding accounting practices and procedures, and reconciling general ledger accounts;
• Ensure that all requests from employees are handled and delivered in record time.

Application Closing Date

30th October, 2019.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: Kehinde@saphiredegrees.com

Note

• CV file should be in MS-Word or Adobe PDF format only
• Please write the position applied for in the email subject column