Accountant at Tempkers Limited

Tempkers is a tech-outsourcing and freelance community that takes a human centered design thinking approach to bring employers and skilled workers together.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Accountant

Location: Garki, Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Duties

Review of the Firm’s present accounting and tax systems, advise on appropriateness/efficiency of same, advise and set-up of efficient systems;
Review the Firm’s accounts on a monthly basis and advise on Profit and Loss;
Prepare, upon the Firm’s demand, invoices for its Clients to capture the appropriate Value Added Tax (“VAT”) and Withholding Tax (“WHT”);
Advise on amounts payable as Companies Income Tax (“CIT”, if necessary), Pay As You Earn (“PAYE”), Pension Remittances, etc.;
Liaise with relevant authorities and help remit CIT, PAYE, VAT, WHT and Pension Remittances ;
Administering payrolls and controlling income and expenditure;
Auditing financial information;
Compiling and presenting reports, budgets, business plans, commentaries and financial statements;
Analysing accounts and business plans;
Developing external relationships with appropriate contacts, e.g. auditors, bankers, statutory officers;
Weekly/Monthly bank Reconciliation;
Preparation of Clients Management accounts;
Payables Management;
Providing tax planning services with reference to current legislation;
Financial forecasting, budgeting and risk analysis to aid management decisions;
Dealing with insolvency cases;
Negotiating the terms of business deals and moves with clients and associated organisations;
Meeting and interviewing clients with respect to billing;
Managing the daily income and expenditure ;
Putting together the soft copies and hard copies of the financial books
Provide accounting advice to the Firm’s upcoming related businesses.

Requirements

A good University First Degree / HND is required; preferably in Accounting.
Minimum of 3 – 5 years working as accounting personnel.
Good communication skills and the ability to work well with people are essential.
Good organizational and multitasking skills.
Strong analytical and data analysis skills.
Exhibits initiative, responsibility and flexibility.
Ability to maintain flexible attitude and approach towards assignments and successfully operate under guidelines.
Must possess working knowledge of regulatory bodies’ taxes and general business financial conditions.
Good interpersonal skills.
Exercise good judgment in safeguarding confidential or sensitive information and adhere to high standards of confidentiality and honesty.
Effective time management skills
Good team spirit skills
Microsoft Office Proficiency
Proficiency in the use of an accounting software.