Accountant

Location: Lagos, Utako-Lagos, Onitsha

Our client, a leading transportation and logistics company with operations across Nigeria and West Africa, is seeking a detail-oriented, disciplined, and highly accountable Accountant to join its team in Lagos.The ideal candidate should have practical accounting experience, preferably within the transport, logistics, haulage, or another cash-intensive industry. The successful candidate will play a critical role in strengthening financial controls, reducing revenue leakages, ensuring proper cash collection and lodgement, and maintaining a fraud-free terminal environment.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Monitoring daily financial activities at assigned terminals and ensuring strict compliance with the Company’s accounting and financial policies.
• Identifying, preventing, and reporting revenue leakages, financial irregularities, and suspicious transactions.
• Ensuring that all monies collected from ticket sales, cargo, and other revenue streams are accurately accounted for and paid into the Company’s designated bank accounts .
• Conducting daily cash reconciliation and comparing cash collections with tickets issued, sales records, and other revenue reports.
• Ensuring timely and accurate lodgement of all cash collected into the Company’s accounts.
• Following up with Terminal Managers and other relevant personnel to resolve discrepancies and recover outstanding cash.
• Maintaining proper documentation and supporting records for all financial transactions.
• Ensuring strict compliance with internal financial controls and accounting procedures.
• Monitoring terminal operations to help maintain a fraud-free and financially accountable environment .
• Investigating discrepancies, shortages, and unusual transactions and escalating findings promptly to Management.
• Reconciling cash collections, bank deposits, accounts receivable, petty cash, and other relevant accounts.
• Assisting with bank reconciliations and the preparation of daily, weekly, and monthly financial reports.
• Maintaining accurate accounting records using QuickBooks and other approved accounting systems .
• Supporting Management with relevant financial information and reports for decision-making.
• Working closely with the Finance team and Terminal Management to improve financial controls and operational accountability.
• Carrying out other accounting and finance-related duties as assigned.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should have:

• A B.Sc./HND in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Previous experience working as an Accountant, or in a similar finance role.
• Experience in a transport, logistics, haulage, courier, or other cash-intensive business will be a strong advantage.
• Practical experience in cash management, revenue reconciliation, bank lodgements, and financial controls.
• Strong knowledge of QuickBooks and other accounting software.
• The ability to identify discrepancies, investigate financial irregularities, and prevent revenue leakages.
• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Excellent numerical, analytical, and reconciliation skills.
• A high level of integrity, accountability, and confidentiality.
• The ability to work independently and follow up effectively with different departments and operational staff.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Professional accounting qualifications are an advantage but not compulsory .

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone who is:

• Honest and highly accountable.
• Firm and confident in enforcing financial procedures.
• Experienced in handling cash and revenue reconciliation.
• Able to detect and prevent financial leakages.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced transport and logistics environment.
• Detail-oriented and proactive in resolving discrepancies.
• Committed to maintaining a transparent and fraud-free financial environment.