job description - Accounting Manager
- The Finance and Accounting Manager will be responsible for implementing, maintaining, and expanding end-to-end accounting, systems and processes in Nigeria.
- Additionally, this person will be responsible for customer relationship management, ensuring timely invoicing, and following up on outstanding payments from our customers.
- A successful candidate will be based in Nigeria and must have strong communication and negotiation skills, be detail-oriented, and have the ability to work in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment and meet tight deadlines.
- This role has many customers - both internal and external - and a successful candidate will need to be excited and ready to partner cross-functionally across many teams in the business to achieve the given objectives.
What You’ll Do
General Accounting:
- Manage and oversee the daily operations of the country’s accounting department including; month and end-year process, accounts payable/receivable, treasury, budgeting, cash forecasting, banking relationships and fixed asset activity.
- Coordination of banking activities and transactions. Oversee credit card reconciliation, cash reconciliation, mobile money reconciliation, review of employee expense reimbursement and more.
- Monitor and analyze accounting data and produce financial reports or statements including P&L, Balance Sheet, and statement of cash flows
- Own month/Year end closing for their respective countries and establish key processes to ensure financials accurately reflect business activity
- Partner regularly with various teams, including General Manager, Country Leadership, and Global Finance Team, to support data driven decision-making
- Assist in other ad-hoc project as needed
Financial controls & cost reduction:
- Ensure proper financial control and compliance.
- Coordinate and complete annual audit timely
- Improve systems, implement policies and provide recommendations on cost reduction
- Tax Management & Compliance.
Accounts Receivables:
- Maintain all customer contracts and ensure they are applied during invoicing
- Ensure monthly billing, submission of invoices to customers, and cash application to receivables in Netsuite as per remittance/payment advice
- Ensure banking details provided to customers via letter must correspond to the banking details on the invoice. Issue receipts upon payment from customers
- Frequent follow-up and contact customers for overdue payments
- Work closely with cross-functional teams such as fulfillment, customer service, HSI, and various nest to ensure the right information or data for monthly billing
- Provide monthly statements of accounts to customers after reconciling the customer accounts and promptly resolve customer issues
- Provide management and other key stakeholders with reports on accounts receivables and collections, Tax Credit certificates, WHT on VAT, etc
Requirements
What You’ll Bring:
- A First Degree preferably in Accounting, Finance or Business-related discipline
- Recognized professional accounting certification (ACA/ACCA) with a preference of 7+ years of experience ( bonus if you have experience with Netsuite)
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail, ability to multitask and work effectively with multicultural teams
- Experience in managing relationships with government agencies
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of finance best practices, IFRS, GAAP and other applicable accounting standards, billings and collection procedures.
- Excels in working in a rapidly changing environment with stakeholders in various time-zones
- Industry experiences in FMCG, Fintech or Agritech company is a plus.
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