Accounts Officer Job at Hermes Oil Services Limited
- Ibadan, Oyo State
- Permanent
- Full-time
Employment Type: Full-time
Preferred Gender: MaleJob Summary
- The Accounts Officer is responsible for coordinating the activities of the finance department; tracking payments to internal and external stakeholders, preparing budget forecasts, processing tax payments and returns.
- Manage all accounting transactions.
- Prepare budget forecasts.
- Liaise with the human resource department to maintain an effective payroll administration system.
- Publish financial statements and bookkeeping ledgers in time.
- Report on the company’s financial health and liquidity.
- Audit financial transactions and documents.
- Reinforce financial data confidentiality and conduct database backups when necessary.
- Comply with financial policies and regulations.
- Reconciling the company’s bank statements and bookkeeping ledgers.
- Handle monthly, quarterly, and annual closings.
- Reconcile accounts payable and receivable.
- Ensure timely bank payments.
- Compute taxes and prepare tax returns.
- Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements.
- Completing analysis of the employee expenditures.
- Managing income and expenditure accounts.
- Generating the company’s financial reports using income and expenditure data.
- Keeping a check on the company’s finances based on financial status.
- Ensure that taxes, pension and other statutory contributions/payments are properly filed and remitted on or before government mandated deadlines.
- Initiating and managing financial and accounting software used by the company.
- Review financial records of sales to ensure balanced accounts are maintained.
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or any other related field.
- 3-5 years of proven experience as an accountant, accounts officer or relevant role.
- Excellent knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods.
- Professional certification is compulsory (ICAN, ACA, etc).
- Proficient in the use of MS Office and financial management software
- Ability to strategize and solve problems.
- Strong leadership and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication and people skills.
- Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures, including the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
- Hands-on experience with accounting software like FreshBooks and QuickBooks.
- Experience with general ledger functions.
- Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills.
- An analytical mind, comfortable with numbers.
- Ability to work in stressful situations.
- Sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success.
- Project management skills and a team player.
Salary is really attractive.Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV / Resume to: using the Job Position e.g. "Accounts Officer" as the subject of the email.Note: Only candidates that reside in this location will be considered. Candidates must also be willing to travel for the first phase of the recruitment process.
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