Accountant at a Hospitality Company – Alan & Grant Full Time

Job Title: Accountant

Location: Lekki, Lagos
Job type: Full-time
Industry: Hospitality

Job Description

• Preparing monthly account reconciliations, Analyzing revenues and expenses to ensure they are recorded appropriately monthly.
• Preparing financial statements and supporting schedules according to monthly close schedule
• Assisting with analyzing financial statements monthly and reporting on variances.
• Anticipating the challenges in the financial system of the organization and preparing a plan of action to counter it.
• Verifying the invoices that have been submitted for approval and present it to the manager.
• Maintaining and balancing subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.
• Coordinating and resolving various issues with banks such as; cleared check differences, bank fee anomalies, targeted balance calculations and enhancements to online services.
• Assisting with preparing tax returns and corporate reporting requirements.
• Assisting in documentation and monitoring of internal controls.
• Monitoring of company budgets and reporting on variance analysis for management consumption. Planning and evaluating all accounting procedures and policies to ensure transactions are efficient/effective, accounting is accurate and complete.
• Managing assigned accounting operations including payables, receivables, monthly reconciliation.
• Preparing and auditing all financial statements including but not limited to: monthly financial Statements, monthly closings, monthly accounts payable, accounts receivable, and monthly Cash Flow statements.
• Assisting the upper management with formulation of annual budgets.
• Preparing & presenting monthly, quarterly and annual reports, recommended improvements in organization’s accounting and management practices.
• Reconciling bank statements, cash accounts, accounts receivable and payable balances monthly.
• Prepare year-end schedules for audit.
• Preparing the monthly payroll & contractual staff salaries.
• Supervising of the filing of withholding tax, VAT and PAYE.
• Preparing and sending daily sales report to management.
• Preparing weekly & monthly P&L report.
• Coordinating activities of accounts staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Higher Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum of 5 years in accounting / finance experience, preferably in the Hospitality sector
• Highly detail-oriented and organized in work
• Excellent Computer Skills: relevant ERP, Microsoft package
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
•  Ability to work Saturdays

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.