Workforce Group – Our client, a top leading company in the FMCG industry is currently headhunting for a finance and account professional.

Job Title: Finance and Account Professional |Minimum of 3 years, Experienced
Location: Lagos
Function: Accounting and Tax
Industry: FMCG

Job Summary: The Finance and Account Professional will be responsible for Accounting, Reconciliation/Analysis, Accruals Accounting, Statutory Financial Reporting, Internal Controls & Process Improvement, Taxation & Returns, and Treasury.

Job Responsibilities:
 Carry out accounting standards within the General ledger using the professional knowledge of Statutory (IFRS) and US GAAP to ensure the compliance with company principles and practices.
 Ensure that supporting documents to accounting inputs are obtained, authenticity and completeness are checked, calculations and coding prior their posting are verified.
 Work with the supervisor in the month-end and year-end closing activities in liaison with other departments to ensure that they are performed in a timely and accurate manner.
 Ensure General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Intercompany and Sundry Accounts Receivable accounts accuracy and correct accounting within established procedures.
 Identify unusual or overdue items, reconcile/resolve the differences, select the appropriate corrective procedure and process the correction in the system to enable prepare the Company’s financial statements.
 Prepare analyses of financial data in order to deepen understanding of the financial processes and subsequently to do them more effectively.
 Ensure analysis of accruals in order to present over/under accruals to management and to implement process improvement.
 Initiate, evaluate and propose measures that will improve the long term profitability of the company.
 Make sure that local management and other internal parties are provided with timely and accurate reports on both regular and ad-hoc basis.
 Liaise with IS in implementing such modifications. Co-operate with the Internal Controls and Compliance department in building a secure control environment that reflects the companies need to meet the highest standards of internal controls and ensure full compliance with principles and practices and all applicable standards.
 Lead continuous information exchange within the organization and ensure that full compliance of PMI standards are reflected in all legal entities and a continuous training and improvement process is maintained.
 Ensure VAT and WHT Tax returns are accurate, and timely submitted. Liaise with EEMA Tax for preparation of the annual TP documentation :
 Liaise with the SCE team in Krakow to ensure effective cash and treasury management, also acting as the affiliates contact person with banks and other financial institutions


Job Requirement:
• BSc in Accounting, Banking and Finance, or any business related course
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience
• Possess a professional membership such ACA, ACCA or ICAN
• Deep Knowledge of best practices of financial management.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel, Peachtree, or similar finance and accounting software.
• Financial management and financial reporting skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Strong personal integrity and accountability


How to apply: Qualified and interested candidates should send their CVs to anu.balogun@workforcegroup.com with Finance and Account Professional as the subject.