Job Title: Accountant
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- We are seeking a qualified and experienced Accountant for a company with operations across multiple branches.
- The successful candidate will oversee accounting functions, ensure accurate financial reporting, maintain effective financial controls and support management decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Accounting & Reporting:
- Oversee the company's accounting records and financial transactions.
- Prepare monthly and periodic financial statements and management reports.
- Analyse revenue, expenses, profitability, cash flow and other financial information.
- Review financial records and schedules prepared by the bookkeeping function.
- Ensure accounting records are complete, accurate and maintained on time.
Financial Control & Reconciliation:
- Review bank, cash, sales, purchase, receivable and payable reconciliations.
- Monitor financial transactions across the company's branches.
- Investigate significant discrepancies and ensure appropriate corrective action.
- Monitor financial controls to reduce errors, losses and unauthorised transactions.
- Review branch financial reports and identify unusual or inconsistent transactions.
Inventory & Cost Accounting:
- Monitor the accounting treatment and valuation of inventory.
- Review stock movement and inventory reports across branches.
- Analyse inventory variances and investigate significant discrepancies.
- Monitor cost of goods sold, gross margins and other relevant financial indicators.
- Support management in analysing the financial implications of bulk purchases and sales.
Accounts Receivable & Payable:
- Oversee customer receivables and supplier payables.
- Review outstanding customer balances and supplier obligations.
- Monitor credit transactions and payment schedules.
- Ensure proper reconciliation of customer and supplier accounts.
- Provide management with updates on significant outstanding balances.
Tax & Statutory Compliance:
- Maintain appropriate records required for tax and statutory compliance.
- Support the preparation and filing of applicable tax returns and statutory obligations.
- Ensure accounting practices comply with relevant accounting standards and applicable regulations.
- Liaise with external accountants, auditors, tax consultants or relevant authorities when required.
Management Support & Financial Analysis:
- Provide management with financial information and analysis to support business decisions.
- Assist in budgeting, forecasting and cash-flow planning.
- Identify financial trends, risks and areas requiring management attention.
- Recommend improvements to accounting processes and financial controls.
- Prepare financial schedules and reports as requested by management.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree or HND in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
- Professional accounting qualification such as ICAN, ACCA or equivalent is an advantage.
- 3–5 years of relevant accounting experience.
- Experience in a trading and inventory-based business is an advantage.
- Good knowledge of financial reporting, reconciliations, inventory accounting and statutory compliance.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and accounting software.
Key Skills & Competencies:
- Strong financial and analytical skills.
- Excellent attention to details
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting.
- Good understanding of inventory and cost accounting.
- Strong reconciliation and problem-solving skills.
- Integrity and sound financial judgment.
- Ability to analyse large volumes of transactions and financial data.
- Good communication and reporting skills.
- Ability to manage deadlines and work independently.
Application Closing Date
30th October, 2026.
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
