Accounts Payable Officer at Amaiden Energy Nigeria Contract

Job Title: Accounts Payable Officer

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Contracts
Category: Others
Job Nature: Standard

Description
The personnel is required to:

• Receive invoices and confirm the attachment of relevant documents (Purchase Order, Job Progress Completion, Mission Order, Training attendance etc.), to invoices submitted.
• Control each invoice to be validated to ensure that no duplicated entry has been registered into the accounting system.
• Barcode invoice as evidence of invoice receipt. Barcodes are useful for invoice identification.
• Scanning (manual scanning or digital copying) of invoices for transmission into IMP Cockpit.
• Ensure that the correct tax codes are applied (VAT, WHT, NCD and Cabotage) for appropriate deductions on invoices and subsequent remittance to the relevant government agencies.
• Follow-up of Cost Controllers, Technicians, JPC Creators/Releasers in respect of outstanding invoices in IMP workflow.
• Ensure that all invoices processed as FI fall within the scope of those approved by Management to be such treated.
• Investigation and follow-up of invoices overdue for payment and other invoices stuck in the workflow due to various reasons.
• Initiate and coordinate all necessary actions to be taken by other IMP/web cycle actors, Payment or General Accountants, Cost Controllers and if necessary Technical Departments for the regularization of all Expense Documents which could not be validated.
• Respond to circularization letters received from external auditors on behalf of vendors.
• Investigate and respond to vendors enquiries.
• Analyze open items in the GLs 401*and 42* to ensure prompt payments are made.
• Other duties as may be assigned from time to time by hierarchies.

Context and Environment

• Interface with virtually all entities such as Cost Control, Contracts & Procurement, General Services, Human Resources, GSR, General Services amongst others.
• Regular interruptions by vendors making enquires.
• Changing tax laws and updates in technology (e.g. SCAN, SAP, IMP, DRS etc.)
• Large and growing volume of documents.

Job Requirements

• B.Sc in Accounting / Business related degree.
• 2-5 years post-graduation work experience.
• Professional qualification will be an added advantage
• Ability to use specialized accounting software and other Windows PC applications.
• Basic understanding of Oil and Gas Upstream operations.
• Good interpersonal skills

Application Closing Date
14th March, 2023