Accountant

Job title : Accountant

Key responsibilities

• Maintain complete and accurate books, ledgers, invoices, receipts and supporting documents.
• Perform bank, vendor and customer reconciliations and promptly investigate discrepancies.
• Manage accounts receivable/payable, client fee records, collections and payment schedules.
• Prepare monthly management accounts, income and expenditure reports and cash-flow updates.
• Maintain entity-specific accounting records and reconcile approved intercompany transactions.
• Prepare, file and monitor all applicable tax returns and statutory remittances, including VAT, withholding tax, PAYE and company income tax, within applicable deadlines; coordinate with external tax advisers where specialist input is required.
• Maintain a statutory compliance calendar, tax payment records, WHT credit notes, filing acknowledgements and tax clearance documentation.
• Liaise directly with relevant tax and regulatory agencies, including the Nigeria Revenue Service (formerly FIRS), LIRS and CAC, on routine tax filings, statutory returns, reconciliations, correspondence and compliance enquiries.
• Respond to routine tax authority queries, support audits and inspections, and promptly escalate compliance risks, overdue filings, penalties or disputed liabilities to management and the tax/legal team.
• Support budgeting, expense approvals, reimbursements, audit readiness and financial controls.
• Use Zoho Books or comparable accounting software and Excel to produce timely, useful management information.

Requirements

• Degree/HND in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Approximately 2–4 years’ hands-on accounting experience, including bank reconciliation and financial reporting.
• Practical experience preparing and filing Nigerian tax returns, managing statutory remittances and dealing with relevant tax or regulatory agencies; sound understanding of financial controls.
• Strong Excel skills; Zoho experience is an advantage.
• ACA/ACCA progress is desirable but not mandatory.
• High integrity, discretion, accuracy, independence and ability to meet reporting deadlines.