Reconciliation Officer at Zedcrest Group

Zedcrest Group is a new age, goal-driven financial services Group, with 3 subsidiaries (consumer lending, fund management and securities trading) regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Securities and Exchange Commission. We are also a Venture Capital Firm with investments in about 50 tech start-ups.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Reconciliation Officer

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Mode: Hybrid

Job Summary

• The Officer will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of transactions reconciled from bank statements to portfolios, and third-party clients on core applications.

Responsibilities

• Daily and monthly bank reconciliation
• Intercompany Reconciliation
• General ledger reconciliations
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliation reports
• Reconciling payments to ensure the accounting system reflects the correct transactions
• Reconcile discrepancies in different accounts
• The ability to identify the root cause of any discrepancies and take the right action to eliminate them to prevent further variances.
• Continuously implement ways to improve reconciliation processes and controls.
• Stakeholder interactions and regular communication with both internal and external stakeholders to resolve any daily or month-end queries
• Supporting the month-end process
• Adhere to corporate standards and procedures in all reconciliation activities

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, or any related Degree.
• 1+ years of relevant experience.
• Intermediate to advanced computer software skills, including Excel Word, and PowerPoint, is required.
• Excellent communication/ interpersonal skills and presentation skills
• Ability to manage relationships across diverse groups of people
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and function in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment
• Must be a professional individual with strong time management skills
• Self-starter with a drive for continuous improvement and excellence
• Ability to work under pressure and cope with stress in a coordinated and rational manner.
• Ability to identify errors
• Must have excellent quantitative and analytical skills, along with the ability to apply those skills across a variety of business processes
• Appropriate handling of sensitive information
• Ability to work to deadlines
• High level of attention to details.

Application Closing Date
30th November, 2022.