ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT

Posted 21 Days Ago
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Ikeja, Lagos
Entry level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
The Role
The Assistant Accountant will authorize expense vouchers, ensure accurate recordkeeping, reconcile accounts payable and receivable, and assist with audit documentation. The role involves supervising staff, identifying process improvements, and maintaining workflow procedures.
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Job Responsibilities:
1. Authorize all expense vouchers in accordance with company policy.
2. Ensure accurate and timely daily recordkeeping and accounting systems of payment vouchers and classifying in accordance with company policy.
3. Daily check, reconciliation, update and correction of transaction postings as appropriate; promptly attend to reported reconciling items from cashier team.
4. Reconcile accounts payable and receivable ledgers at month end.
5. Create visibility into expense drivers through robust reporting and analysis; perform other account analysis and reconciliations as may be required.
6. Assist with providing documentation for external auditor requests; perform account analysis and reconciliations as may be required.
7. Supervise, manage and train subordinates.
8. Identify and implement processes improvements in the expense accounting process; establish workflow procedures and policies, develop Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all processes within the job role.
Qualification:
1. Attention to Detail - being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
2. Strong analytical / problem solving skill.
3. Exceptional organizational, prioritization, decision-making, and planning skills.
4. Ability to work collaboratively with all business units across the company.
5. Ability to work together in a team setting.
6. Efficient communication and interpersonal skill.
7. Must have good mathematical and Microsoft office (excel, word) skills.
8. Working knowledge of ERP systems, can undertake pressure
9. Work experience in well-known companies is preferred.

Top Skills

Erp Systems
MS Office
The Company
London
1,477 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

PalmPay is building the financial superapp for Africa

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