We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Finance Clerk
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Summary
- The Finance Clerk is responsible for providing financial, administrative and clerical services in order to ensure effective, efficient and accurate financial and administrative operations.
- The Finance and Administration Clerk must comply with the Financial Administration Act, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and municipal financial by-laws, policies and procedures.
- The Finance Administration Clerk reports to the Senior Accountant and is responsible for providing financial, administrative and clerical services.
- This includes processing and monitoring payments and expenditures and preparing and monitoring the payroll system.
- Providing these services in an effective and efficient manner will ensure that municipal finances are accurate and up to date, that staff are paid in a timely and appropriate manner and that vendors and suppliers are paid within established time limits.
- The Accounting Clerk performs a variety of general accounting support tasks in an accounting department including:
- Compile data and prepare a variety of reports.
- Reconciles records with internal company employees and management, or external vendors or customers.
- Recommends actions to resolve discrepancies.
- Investigates questionable data.
- Verifying the accuracy of invoices and other accounting documents or records.
- Update and maintain accounting journals, ledgers and other records detailing financial business transactions (e.g., disbursements, expense vouchers, receipts, accounts payable). Enters data into computer system using defined computer programs (SAP).
- 1-2 years experience working in a finance department.
- Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel and Outlook. Organizational, verbal and written communication skills a must.
- Attention to detail and ability to multi-task is an asset.
- The candidate should ideally be working towards a relevant finance qualification such as ACCA, ICAN.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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