Graduate Roles
JOB ADVERT – Junior Accountant
Accrete Petroleum is seeking an ethical and responsible candidate to join the Finance Department in our Lagos office. The job descriptions include but not limited to;
- Provide daily financial management and office administration support
- Assist in maintaining complete accounting records including completing vouchers, obtaining proper authorizations, and preparing reconciliations
- Responsible for day-to-day maintenance of petty cash and petty cash replenishment request.
- Support in processing financial transactions and maintaining an effective filing system for financial transactions.
- Support in monitoring bank transactions, preparation of bank reconciliation statements and maintaining audit trail for all transactions.
- Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded
- Assist in ensuring proper tracking of project advances to staff.
- Assist in preparing budgets for funding proposals and annual company budget.
- Preparation of weekly and monthly financial reports/reconciliations.
- Provide support during the conduct of the annual statutory audit.
- Maintains accounting controls by following policies and procedures, complying with federal, state, and local financial legal requirements.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in professional training and development.
- Perform other accounting/administrative related duties as assigned.
Qualification and Technical Skills
- Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration with a minimum of Second Class Upper Division
- Not more than 27 years old by 31st December 2022
- 1-3 years experience in a similar role
- Proficiency in the use of MS Office applications, particularly MS Excel
- Professional certification such as ACA/ACCA or in the process of being certified will be an added advantage.
- Good understanding of accounting, International Financial Reporting standards, financial reporting principles and practices
- Proficient communication and presentational skills to interact and present information to management and staff
- Must be detail focused and goal oriented.
- Self-motivated individual with effective organisational skills to work pro-actively under own initiative to ensure that deadlines are met and queries promptly resolved.
- Experience working with SAP/ SAGE or a similar financial accounting/management system preferred
CVs should be sent to: staffing@accreteltd.com
Deadline: 22nd April 2022