Accountant - with Great Benefits

We are looking to hire a brilliant Accountant to join our amazing team at PALMPAY LIMITED in Ikeja, Lagos.
Growing your career as a Full Time Accountant is a fantastic opportunity to develop competitive skills.
If you are strong in planning, people management and have the right mindset for the job, then apply for the position of Accountant at PALMPAY LIMITED today!

ACCOUNTANT

PalmPay  is a pan-African fintech company currently operating in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and expanding to other markets in this year. We’re reinventing the payments experience by making it easy and reliable for everyone to transfer money, pay bills and shop online.

We’re looking for an experienced Accountant  who is passionate about our mission of driving financial inclusion in Africa. The ideal candidate will help the business make financial decisions by collecting, tracking, correcting and communicating the financial position of the organization.

 

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Authorize all expense vouchers in accordance with company policy.
• Ensure accurate and timely daily recordkeeping and accounting systems of payment vouchers and classifying in accordance with company policy
• Daily check, reconciliation, update and correction of transaction posting as appropriate; promptly attend to reported reconciling items from cashier team.
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable ledgers at month end
• Create visibility into expense drivers through robust reporting and analysis; perform other account analysis and reconciliations as it may be required
• Assist with providing documentation for external auditor requests; perform account analysis and reconciliations as may be required
• Supervise, manage and train subordinates
• Identify and implement processes improvements in the expense accounting process; establish work flow procedures and policies, develop Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all processes within the job role

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree/HND in Accounting, Finance, or relative field
• Minimum of 5years progressive accounting experience
• Work experience in well-known companies is preferred.
•  ICAN, ACA, ACCA

 

As well as formal qualifications, you should have these attributes,

• Attention to detail - being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks
• Strong analytical / problem solving skill.
• Exceptional organizational, prioritization, decision-making, and planning skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with all business units across the company
• Must be good with Microsoft excel skills
• Working knowledge of ERP systems

 

Necessary Skills

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Problem Solving skills
• Punctuality
• Critical thinking skills
• Teamwork and collaboration skills
• Adaptability skills
• Work ethic
• Project management skills

Company Benefits:
● Company offers great benefits
● Opportunities to grow
● Competitive salary