Accountant at SIMS Nigeria Limited – 3 Openings Full Time

Job Title: Accountant

Locations: Ajah, Ogba, and Ikeja – Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The ideal candidate must be analytical, proactive and result-oriented. In addition, she must be trustworthy and accountable.

Core Responsibiliites
Core responsibilities include:

• Counting of stock (weekly, monthly, quarterly), stock reconciliation and sign off. Daily recounting of stock not balancing
• Preparation of daily sales report and reconciling with cashier and storekeeper registers
• Monitoring of cash lodgments and other deposits to bank
• Preparation of monthly bank scheme and bank promo report to head office finance for credit note in favor of the branch
• Confirmation of LTO and LTI issued and weekly sign off by accountant, storekeeper and manager
• Preparation of monthly bank reconciliation for various banks and flagging of lodgments not credited by any customer or to any supplier.
• Preparation of branch monthly payroll
• Weekly preparation of imprest and imprest analysis report
• Make audit returns – sales invoices, receipts, payment vouchers, tellers, etc.
  Monthly preparation of the following:
  • Schedule of goods returned to CWH with GRN confirmations received & including LTI.
  • Interbranch supply – confirm that credits have been received by all branches releasing goods.
• Maintenance and report on inter branch/head office current accounts to head office finance.
• Confirmation of goods received from central warehouse or from hub warehouses.
• Weekly stock count reconciliation and report submitted to audit, signed off by accountant and storekeeper.
• Monthly preparation of grn and the schedules for local purchases sent to audit.

Required Experience / Qualifications

• Minimum of HND / B.Sc. In Finance, Accounting or any other related field (membership of a recognized professional body i.e., Ican, acca will be an added advantage)
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a similar role.
• Female Preferable.

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2021.