Junior Financial Accountant Job at Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners

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Job Title: Junior Financial Accountant

Company: Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: BA/BSc/HND  

Experience: 3 years

Location: Oyo, Nigeria

Job Field:  Finance / Accounting / Audit  

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Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners is a business advisory and market intelligence services firm. Our objectives are to assist organizations to achieve their growth aspirations by providing market intelligence, strategy blueprint, IT solution delivery expertise and business operation improvement capabilities.

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A global company producing feed for aquaculture with a factory based in Ibadan, Oyo State.

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Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

General:

•    Review and verify invoices and check requests

•    Sort, code and match invoices

•    Set invoices up for payment

•    Enter and upload invoices into system

•    Track expenses and process expense reports

•    Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments

•    Prepare and perform cheque runs

•    Post transactions to journals, ledgers and other records

•    Reconcile accounts payable transactions

•    Prepare analysis of accounts

•    Monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date

•    Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues

•    Maintain vendor files

•    Correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries

•    Produce monthly reports

•    Assist with month end closing

•    Provide supporting documentation for audits

•    Maintain petty cash

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Year-end statutory audits and month-end reporting:

•    Prepare draft financial statements for review by the Business Controller

•    Preparation of schedules for the interim and year-end statutory audits

•    Prepare month end journals and balance sheet reconciliations for a number of accounts including the VAT, Fixed Assets, Accruals and etc.

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Banking & treasury:

•    Processing treasury related journals at month-end and reconciling the balance sheet accounts

•    Set up online banking payments and manual payments, including international payments.

•    Prepare regular cash flow forecasting

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Returns/Corporation Tax:

•    Prepare and file monthly  VAT returns

•    Prepare and file monthly NSIT/ ITF

•    Keep abreast of developments in tax regulations and suggest changes to ensure compliance

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Withholding Tax:

•    Withhold applicable taxes from vendors

•    File monthly WHT returns

•    Help develop SKNG's withholding tax strategy, ensuring full compliance while giving vendors credit notes on a timely basis.

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Education & Qualifications:

•    Must have a Bachelor's degree and be at least a part qualified Accountant

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Experience:

•    Must have at least 3 years' experience within a Finance department

•    Experience involving banking, account reconciliations, preparing financial statements and preparing VAT/ WHT returns.

•    Experience dealing with tax/ FIRS at an operational level.

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Skills:

•    Experience in financial accounting – particularly statutory reporting and tax are essential for this role.

•    A high level of computer literacy is needed and they should be a proficient user of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.

•    Report Writing skills are also a requirement for the role and they should be comfortable analysing large amounts of data and reporting the results.

•    Experience using ERP systems is must

•    An understanding of statutory (FIRS) accounting rules and Nigerian tax legislation, including rules around VAT/ WHT and corporations tax.

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