Accountant - Manufacturing at Gap Recruitment Services Limited

Job Purpose: Our client is a well-established group of businesses mainly a manufacturer of packaging materials and also has a series of hardware outlets. They seek to hire a keen and well experienced accountant whose primary responsibility will be to provide an all-round accounts related activity of the group.

Key Roles & Responsibilities;

• To accurately register, code and process invoices for payment ensuring that all invoices are approved in accordance with the company delegation of authority limits.
• Follow-up and resolve invoice queries externally and internally.
• Ensure monthly reconciliation of vendor accounts.
• Financial and profitability analysis of the companys Projects
• Generate aging and other vendor reports as required.
• Ensure accurate recordings and treatment of Withholding Tax & VAT
• Provide ad-hoc support to the financial accounting team
• Petty cash management
• Preparation of employee contracts
• Ensure the asset register is updated and up to date with the current prices of the older assets purchased.
• Perform day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, computing, posting and recording accounts receivables data
• Revenue collection within the agreed contractual payment terms.

Required Qualifications;

• Bachelors of Commerce Degree and CPAK
• A minimum of five (5) years work experience with at least 3 years as a lead accountant.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience in accounts in billing and account receivable.
• Knowledge & experience in preparing final company accounts and statutory filing will be an advantage.
• Hands on experience on MS Excel

Core Competencies:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Sound knowledge and understanding of accounting principles best practices
• Strong strategic, analytical, and organizational skills
• Experience developing and managing budgets, training, developing, supervising, and appraising employees
• Ability to work on own initiative, meet tight deadlines and balance priorities to achieve results
• Demonstrated ability to increase productivity and continuously improve methods, approaches, and departmental contribution