Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for Konga Nigeria Recruitment 2023/2024.
Konga is a leading player in the Nigerian e-commerce space, with over a thousand (1000) employees across the country, over 35 offline retail stores and many growing business subsidiaries such as KongaPay, Konga Travels and Tours, Konga Express, Konga Health, Konga Food, etc.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
- Job Title: Senior Accountant
- Location: Lagos
- Department/Unit: Finance/Konga Online
- Reports to (title): Chief Finance Officer
- Direct Reports: Chief Finance Officer
- Hours of Work: 8am – 5pm
- Slot: 2 Openings
Job Brief
- Responsible for preparingmanagement reports, perform account reconciliations, maintain the general ledger, preparing tax returns, assist with audit preparations, analyzes various transactions and prepares monthly, quarterly or annual financial statements.
Key Duties
- Maintain Strategic Leadership within Key Accounts
- Develop and maintain strategic long-term trusting relationships to accomplish organic growth and long-term company objectives.
- Develop and implement strategies and ensure that coherent and consistent strategies are employed in all serving and/or maintenance transactions and relationships.
- Interact with key decision makers, Initiate and bring forward strategic engagement plans to retain and grow the business within key accounts.
- Develop and implement effective account strategies including relationship mapping, management of opportunity pipeline and generation of service offerings.
- Maintain data and information relevant to key accounts for the purpose of conducting analyses that influence account- specific decision making.
- Maintain, deliver and present forecasting models, metrics, reports, analyses, and dashboards to drive key business decisions within the Account.
- Maintain good public relations with current and prospective customers within the Accounts.
- Overall supervision/coordination of Finance team members activity.
- Any other activity assigned by the CFO
- Ensure the company is aligned on company tax on monthly basis based on the self-assessment made at the beginning of the year.
- Ensure all accruals made in the accounts are paid or reversed at the end of the year upon approval.
- Yearly review of accounts with external auditor to ensure classification and presentation of accounts conforms to accounting standard and ensure the self-assessment projected at the beginning of the year is aligned for company tax purposes.
- Monthly review accounts and ensures all transactions are captured for the month as at when due.
- Ensure appropriate posting into the accounts with corresponding documentation and approvals for audit trails.
Qualifications
Essential:
- M.Sc, B.Sc. in Accounting, Finance, or any relevant field with a minimum of six (6) years of accounting experience in audit firms or firms in the financial service industry.
- A CertifiedAccountant (ACCA, ICAN).
Knowledge / Experience:
- Minimum of 6 years’ experience in a similar role.
- Good analytical and numerical skills, high level of accuracy, and attention to detail.
- Strong knowledge of the concept of accruals/prepayments.
- Be an effective team player with a positive attitude.
- A track record of constantly looking for ways to do things better.
- Need for enthusiasm and interest in the role i.e. accounting, reporting, and cost control.
- Good listening, communication, problem solving and team management skills
- Ability to multi-task, work without supervision and tight deadlines
Knowledge (Include Technical Knowledge):
- Knowledge/excellent usage of SAP ERP software
- Excellent Knowledge of Microsoft Office, advanced Microsoft Excel Skills including Vlookups and pivot tables
- Ability to multi-task, work without supervision and tight deadlines
- Knowledge/excellent usage of Microsoft Dynamix 365 ERP software
- Knowledge/excellent usage of OMS ERP software
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of Nigerian Tax laws.
- Financial Reporting skill, Strong Knowledge of the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS), and an understanding of double entries.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@konga.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.