Accountant (Mid-Level) at Pivotage Consulting

Pivotage Consulting – Our client, a full-service logistics company, with specialty in air/sea freight forwarding with International standards, reputable image, high professionalism and consistent quality of service; is currently seeking to grow its team by hiring qualified personnel for the position below:

Job Title: Accountant

Ref Id: PPL/0003/ACT
Location: GRA, Port Harcourt – Rivers
Type: Full Time
Job Category: Mid-Level.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with existing accounting policies and standard accounting practices in the company’s policies.
• Ensuring production and review of monthly management accounts and associated reconciliations within the specified monthly deadlines.
• Prepare and submit weekly/monthly reports.
• Assist senior accountants in the preparation of monthly/yearly closings.
• Processing payment schedules, vouchers and updating accounts payable.
• Maintaining creditors records for the company, creating and sending out invoices, managing accounts, and tracking inventory.
• Processing invoice in accounting systemto customers’ suppliers and other clients.
• Ensuring timely and accurate recording of the company’s financial transactions.
• Coordinating bank reconciliation
• Reconciling supplier statements and preparing payment schedules.
• Ensuring accurate maintenance of the company’s general ledgers
• Matching invoices for approval or request as applicable.
• Handling all tax fillings of the company.
• Assisting with reviewing of expenses, payroll records etc. as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in any Accounting discipline or related field.
• Good understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles and practices.
• 3-5 years core working experience.
• Easy commute to GRA.
• Must be ICAN certified.
• Must possess ACA/ACCA certification (added advantage)
• Good knowledge of SAGE and QuickBooks is an advantage.
• Experience & exposure to accounting software
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong analysis, critical thinking and evaluation abilities.

Job Competencies:

• Must be possess the integrity to uphold best practices and retain transparent records.
• Very Organized/ Perfectionist.
• Must have an aptitude for numbers and calculation.
• Must possess good rapport, time management, excellent negotiation, strong analytical and organizational skill.
• Must be a good team player with commendable Interpersonal skills.
• Must possess the ability to use accounting software as well as computer software to input and amend data and records.
• Must have strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines and budgets with business acumen.
• Must be detail oriented to be able to input data accurately and to recognize any errors they or others may have made.

Application Closing Date
20th May, 2020.