Accountant (Entry Level)
- Full-time
Company Description
Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN) is a fast growing Software company with a vision to build an enduring organization with an ecosystem of value creators, while delivering high impact technology solutions for emerging markets through a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation.
At VGN we wage war against the average, go beyond the ordinary to explore limitless opportunities; breaking the norms and aggressively pursuing success through- Relentless Hard-work, Pursuit of excellence, calculated risk taking and a hunger for knowledge!... and we have a lot of fun at it!
Job Description
Record, Classify, and Summarize in a significant
manner and in terms of money, transactions and events which are, in part at
least, of financial character, and interpreting the results thereof; Administer
payroll and employee finance while significantly contributing to Budgeting and
budgetary control
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage reconciliation of payroll balance sheet accounts.
- Manage employee expense postings such as the corporate bonus, out of station allowance, advance payments etc.
- Recording of account payable, accounts Receivable, procurement activities
- Reconciliation of Bank Accounts
- Running and Preparing monthly and quarterly financial reports (i.e. Income statement, cashflow statement, balance sheet)
- Responsible for quarterly and annual filings
- Maintaining fixed assets register
- Posting of journal entries
- Intercompany reconciliations
- Monthly Financial Close Process
- Communicate and collaborate proactively with project finance and project management in an effort to anticipate project financial needs.
- Advise on financial cash positioning of company and make recommendations on effective ways to keep processes lean/reduce cost
- Provide guidance and assistance on maintaining compliance, audits and research
- Maintain current knowledge of compensation accounting
- Accountable for collation, compilation, preparation and analysis of annual Master
- Prepare monthly comparative report, analysing and reviewing variance, cash flow and KPI reports
- Maintain internal control compliance on all payroll accounting related activities.
- Point person in internal and external payroll audits
- Identify and drive process improvements consistent with industry best practices
- Responsible for monitoring and resolving bank issues including fee anomalies and
cheque differences
Qualifications
- 1-3 years’ accounting experience – payroll, vendor management and employee finance in a reputable organization
- Basic to intermediate proficiency in Quick book, ERP, Sage, SAP and Peachtree accounting software
- Basic knowledge of budget and Budgetary control
- Proficient use of Microsoft excel
- Basic knowledge of Financial Accounting, Cash flow management, financial Modelling
Additional Information
Remuneration: Competitive based on experience