About this role
Velox Real Estate & Investment Limited seeks an Accountant in Rivers. The role involves preparing management accounts, financial statements and reports for executive use, managing period-end closures and ensuring accurate, audit-ready records. It includes tracking project financials, managing cash flow and budgets, and enforcing financial controls and compliance. The position targets candidates with substantial accounting experience, preferably in real estate or project-based organisations, who can supervise accounting activities and support strategic decision-making. The employer focuses on real estate development and helping investors acquire land through orderly transactions.
What you would do
- Prepare management accounts, financial statements, variance analysis, dashboards, KPIs and reports for decision-making.
- Manage period-end closures, reconciliations, accounting adjustments and maintenance of audit-ready records.
- Track project revenues, costs, budgets, profitability, commitments and cost-to-completion; report overruns.
- Prepare and monitor cash-flow forecasts, cash positions, payment priorities and funding gaps.
- Coordinate budgets at organisational, departmental and project levels with forecasts and scenario analyses.
- Establish and enforce financial controls; ensure reconciliations and approvals; maintain compliance.
- Monitor and reconcile customer payments, receivables and CRM records with accounting records.
What they are asking for
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; MSc. is an added advantage.
- Professional qualification such as ICAN, ACCA, or equivalent; fully qualified candidates preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounting/finance experience with responsibility for financial reporting and management accounts.
- Minimum 2–3 years in a senior, supervisory or managerial accounting role.
- Strong knowledge of IFRS, financial reporting standards and accounting principles.
- Strong understanding of Nigerian taxation and statutory obligations (VAT, WHT, CIT, etc.).
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Working knowledge of accounting/ERP software, including ZOHO Books.
- Experience in real estate, construction or project-based organisations an advantage.
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