Senior Financial Analyst (Contract) at HP Nigeria

•     Preparing periodic financial statements, including profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries
•     Providing a support service by working with all departments and the management team to help make financial decisions
•     Advising on the financial implications and consequences of business decisions
•     Implementing corporate governance procedures, risk management and internal controls.
•     Continuous management of financial & inventory systems
•     Liaising with internal and external auditors and dealing with any financial irregularities as they arise.
•     Producing reports and recommendations following internal audits
•     Vendor management
•     Preparing profit and loss statements and monthly closing and cost accounting reports.
•     Preparing and review budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices, and other accounting documents
•     Explaining billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, vendors and clients.
•     Resolving accounting discrepancies.
•     Processing all invoices, expense forms and requests for payment.
•     Dealing with daily transactions for the petty cash and ensuring that reconciliations are completed on a weekly and monthly basis.
•     Review, monitor and highlight variances. Investigating exceptions and facilitating corrective action.
•     Prepare, analyze and submit monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts.
•     Timely and accurate maintenance of General Ledger
•     Check bookings made in Sub-ledgers & ensure all bookings are properly done
•     Booking of journal entries in General Ledger during the month as well as for month-end closing for the final balance sheet and income statement
•     Prepare the monthly and quarterly reporting, General Ledger reconciliations
•     Participate in the continuing improvement of the VAT Compliance of the company
•     Review and analysis of data submissions and making enquiries regarding the noted variations in reported figures
•     Prepare accruals and other accounting entries
•     Check the correctness of accounting entries done by the Accounting team

• Education and Experience Required:
• First level university degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics
• Professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CFA, will be an added advantage
• Minimum 6 years of solid accounting and finance experience (experience in ICT industry is preferred) in a similar position.

•  Excellent understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis
• Strong organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to demonstrate capacity to create & drive accounting & or financial processes & procedures.
• Understanding of ERP systems (Oracle / SAP)
• Clear, precise and professional in communication, both written and verbal;
• Good organizational skills, accuracy and a sense of priorities
• Ability to plan and prioritize and to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Establish and work to defined processes and procedures, while remaining flexible enough to accommodate regular changes
• Strong team skills
• Ability to handle sensitivity/ confidentiality levels appropriately
• Ability to think globally and deal with intercultural challenges.
• Proven experience in month-end closing process & financial reporting and in preparation of annual accounts according
• Knowledge of current laws and practices regarding taxes, vat, payee, and pension.
• Awareness and ability to demonstrate the importance of ethics & appropriate codes of conduct in the workplace.
• A considerable knowledge of purchasing, importation, vendor and inventory management.
• Excellent business application skills (Excel and overall MS Office applications)
• Fluency in English and local language

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