Job Description
Do you possess a high level of reliability, precision, and attention to detail? Are you looking for a position that allows you to apply your expertise, industry-specific knowledge, high level of organization, and take-charge nature? We would love to have you join our highly respected team! As a valuable accounts payable specialist, you will become the trusted face of our organization and help drive the accounts payable system to meet quarterly and annual goals. If you want to experience the excitement of fostering team unity while working closely with management and fellow employees to nurture trust and build a seamless process of capturing, monitoring, and managing the company’s resources, join our team.
Responsibilities
- Communicate to external vendors and internal managers regarding all aspects of the accounts payable process, including processing invoices for payment and applying for staff loans or getting a reimbursement
- Reconcile all outstanding debts owed to vendors and internal customers
- Verify the accuracy of vendor invoices and confirm that the correct general ledger account is posted on sage accounting software.
- Collect and verify expense reports and purchase orders from other departments
- Generate, disburse, monitor, reconcile and report petty cash for office use weekly.
- Inspect paid and unpaid invoices including cleared payment inquiries and canceled payments to maintain accurate files and records according to company standards.
- Prepare and review monthly payroll and any other remuneration to staff members.
- Verify, monitor, and deduct staff loans or other liabilities against any staff from staff’s monthly remuneration as scheduled.
- Develop and maintain a filing system for financial information, records and documents to ensure easily available information.
- Monitor account balances, track expenses, investigate invoices, and prepare analyses of accounts and related financial activity to produce monthly financial reports.
- Prepare and discuss the annual budget with management. Ensure that all departmental requests and expense heads for the year are captured and monitored in the budget.
Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree or HND in Accounting or Finance or any related fields
- Minimum of 2 years of Account Payable experience is preferred
- Proficiency in the usage of Sage Accounting Software
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and work ethics
- Attention to details
- Data entry skills and interest in numbers
- Ability to work with a team and also make good decisions with minimal supervision
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
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