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Assistant Accountant

SIMS Nigeria Limited (3 Openings)

Role Overview

  • The Assistant Branch Accountantis responsible for branch accounting, financial controls, reconciliations, and cash operations.

Key Responsibilities
GL & Controllership:

  • Post and reconcile daily transactions, including bank, AR/AP, and accrual accounts.
  • Support month-end close, tax documentation, three-way matching, variance analysis, and escalation of control issues.

Cash Operations:

  • Receive, record, reconcile, and safeguard customer/dealer payments through cash, POS, and bank transfers.
  • Balance daily collections, prepare deposit/cash reports, and maintain complete audit trails.

Fixed Assets:

  • Maintain the branch fixed asset register, including tagging, depreciation, location, movements, and disposals.
  • Support physical counts and CapEx/CWIP accounting.

Accounts Payable & Vendors:

  • Verify invoices against POs and goods receipts and process approved payments with proper documentation.
  • Reconcile vendor accounts and flag duplicate, incorrect, or suspicious transactions.

Control & Compliance:

  • Enforce segregation of duties and safeguard cash, financial records, and supporting documents.
  • Support audits, corporate accounting policies, monthly variance reporting, and fraud/control issue escalation.

Odoo Accounting:

  • Process and reconcile GL, AP, Fixed Assets, and POS transactions in Odoo.
  • Maintain master data, cost-center coding, access controls, and escalate system issues; Inventory is excluded.

Service & Performance:

  • Respond to Finance/HQ queries promptly and meet reconciliation and D+5 month-end deadlines.
  • Attend required daily/weekly Finance reviews and support cash-security coverage when needed.

Qualifications & Experience

  • B.Sc. / HND qualification in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field; ICAN Intermediate preferred.
  • Minimum of 3 years relevant accounting/finance experience with GL, reconciliations, AP, cash management, Excel, and ERP/Odoo systems.
  • Female candidates are most preferred.

Application Closing Date
21st October, 2026. 

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.

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