Accountant at Berekkah Consulting Limited

Berekkah Consulting Limited is a management consulting firm specialized in Training and development, recruitment and outsourcing, professional image consulting, and project management.

Job Title: Accountant

Location: Lekki, Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are looking for an experienced accountant who would oversee and manage school financial transactions.
• As a school Accountant, you will play a vital role in ensuring the financial health, transparency, and sustainability of the school.

Responsibilities

• Manage all accounting transactions
• Prepare budget forecasts
• Publish financial statements in time
• Handle monthly, quarterly and annual closings
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Ensure timely bank payments
• Compute taxes and prepare tax returns
• Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements
• Administer payroll for all school employees in coordination with human resources, including all appropriate deductions
• Prepare regular and ad hoc reports which include profit/loss, cash flow, and current balance as requested
• Administer and record all invoices and all payments in accordance with procedures
• Administer, maintain, and reconcile all banking and petty cash accounts
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations
• Analyze prepayments, accruals, and other assets and liabilities accounts and record necessary adjustments if needed each month
• Maintain proper accounting vouchers and electronic databases
• Attend and assist in the internal and external audit processes, and provide required analysis
• Complete other duties as assigned by the school management

Requirements

• Proven experience in financial reporting and in the preparation of management accounts, forecasts and statutory accounts
• Experience of practical accounting, bookkeeping and payroll
• Ability to understand, interpret and communicate financial data at all levels of an organisation
• Sound knowledge of accounting standards
• Excellent Microsoft skills – Excel, Word and Outlook essential
• Confident in using Information Management Systems and able to learn new systems and processes quickly
• Excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Maintain strict confidentiality where appropriate
• Strong interpersonal skills with a clear focus on customer service

Application Closing Date
31st January, 2025.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to:  [email protected]  using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.