Accountant

Vennote Technologies Limited is a technology company building robust, scalable digital solutions that power businesses. Wespecializein Enterprise Applications, Managed Services, and Project Management, delivering technology solutions that help businesses run more efficiently and scale with confidence.

Job Position: Chartered Accountant

Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

Job Responsibilities
Financial and Management Accounting:

1. To provide daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly financial information for management decision making at the appropriate time.
2. Ensuring accounting information is properly recorded in compliance with IFRS and relevant accounting regulations and posted into the company’s general ledger.
3. Preparing/supervising and reviewing schedules including the trial balance.
4. Liaison between the external regulators and the Company in responding to queries and proffering resolutions.
5. Preparation of regular financial planning reports; monthly profit and loss forecast, cash flow and variance analysis.
6. Coordinate the development and monitoring of budgets.
7. Develop financial business plans and forecasts.
8. Managing the organizational overhead cost controlling process.
9. Ensuring proper project cost controlling practices and performance reporting.
10. Perform all month-end closing activities including general ledger maintenance, balance sheet reconciliations and corporate/overhead cost allocation.
11. Implement financial and accounting systems, processes, tools and control systems.
12. Delivering management accounting reports (cost of goods sold, profitability, cost center etc).
13. Management of all Tax and pension matters.
14. To ensure that all financial transactions are captured on SAP.
15. To coordinate audit, manage and support all external audit activities.
16. Develop and utilize forward-looking, predictive models and activity-based financial analysis to provide insight into the organization’s operations and business plans.

Treasury and Account Payables Management:

1. Management of the organizations bank accounts and banking relationships, ensuring that these relationships are of benefit to the organization.
2. Management of the organizations cash flow planning and liquidity analysis.
3. To assist in sourcing for funds for company projects.
4. To provide a framework or basis for the review and control of expenditure.
5. Ensure all requests for payments are accurate and properly approved.
6. Review to ensure that supporting documentation accompanying payment requests are relevant, properly filed and easily retrievable.
7. Follow up with banks to ensure payments are promptly processed.
8. Review bank reconciliations periodically and all reconciling items posted in a timely manner. Unreconciled items are properly investigated and disposed.

Credit and Receivables Management:

1. Supervise all customer/client billings in line with contracts.
2. Establishing and managing relationships with counterpart finance & procurement managers of our clients to guarantee smooth operations and that all receivables are collected within the time frame in which they fall due.
3. Managing credit/risk exposure to all clients including credit risk analysis of potential sales opportunities.
4. Driving collections process to ensure minimal overdue debt portfolio.

Regulatory Compliance:

1. Preparation and Provision of schedules and documentation during tax audit (FIRS, LIRS and other states).
2. Filing of annual tax returns.
3. Preparing and filing monthly schedule of WHT, VAT, PAYE and other taxes within regulatory timelines.
4. Ensure all regulatory payments are settled when due [PAYE, CIT, Pension, WHT, VAT, Customs duties] etc.
5. Ensure all WHT credit notes from customers are updated on Tax Pro Max.
6. Compile database of contacts in tax units of the FIRS and relevant state tax offices.

Payroll:

1. Accurate payroll computation and pay run before the end of each month.
2. Ensure GL is reconciled to payroll schedule every month and provide evidence.
3. Maintaining payroll schedule.

Budget Preparation, Control and Variance Analysis:

1. Ensure preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
2. Ensure that all expenditure or request for payment are budgeted for.
3. Ensure that actual costs are posted into the right account where they were budgeted for.

Job Qualifications

1. A First Degree from an accredited university.
2. ACA/ACCA/CFA is a MUST.
3. Minimum of 5 years relevant professional experience, at least 2 of which must be in supervisory position in a reputable business environment.
4. Demonstrable sound finance function management ability.
5. Experience in reviewing and developing accounting systems, processes, policies, and procedures are essential.
6. High level of integrity and sound attention to detail.
7. Patient and amiable.
8. Proficient in MS office; MS Word/ PowerPoint/ Excel.
9. Excellent verbal & Written Communication.
10. Very sound knowledge of IFRS knowledge is essential.
11. Must be able to maintain strict confidentiality of business and office matters.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: faith.onokhoikhua@vennote.com using the job title as subject of email.

Note: All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.