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Job Description
Responsible for monthly accounting of the company payroll in accordance with the month-end timetable.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for monthly accounting of the company payroll in accordance with the month-end timetable.
- Ensure reconciliations are completed on time and to a high standard. Reporting, escalation and resolution of items on a timely basis.
- Ensure proper filing of payroll documents that will ensure seamless provision of support documents when the need arises.
- Review and update procedures including adding controls and reporting into existing processes.
- Develop a thorough understanding of payroll components to ensure accounting is correct.
- Build excellent relationships, coordinating with payroll, finance operations and business partners to ensure all payroll risks, issues and queries are identified and resolved in a timely manner.
- Ability to liaise with audit teams during the interim and year end audits, ensuring all audit queries are dealt with on a timely basis and with adequate support.
- Handle continuous contact with the operations team as well as Federal and State agencies.
- Offer technical assistance to operations staff.
- Addresses control and cash management issues and completes complex balance sheet accounting, including reconciling benefits, equity and tax payroll fees with payments to tax and other regulatory agencies.
- Give suggestions on modifications in payroll policies and procedures.
- Ensuring that all statutory deductions (including PAYE, pensions and WHT) are prepared and submitted in a timely manner.
- Fulfil any additional / ad hoc duties as required to meet the needs of the business.
- Actively participate in weekly status meetings addressing any current issues.
- Help to drive future efficiencies and effectiveness by actively participating in Team meetings with an aim towards a unified goal of reducing close cycle times and improving quality assurance.
- Provide support to the wider group finance team where required, providing back-up and cover.
Qualification
- ACCA/ACA/ICAN accountancy qualification.
- Excellent numerical skills
- Ideally at least 5 years’ experience in a start-to-finish, small to medium-sized payroll function;
- Navision experience advantageous.
- Ability to manually calculate tax and other payroll calculations as and when required.
- Understanding of the relevant tax laws applicable in Nigeria
- High level of competence in MS applications – especially Excel and Word
- Experience in report writing.
- Experience with pensions and auto-enrolment
Location: Nigeria.
For More Information: FINANACE SUPERVISOR
