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Accountant – MIS & Central Reporting
About this role
The role is for an Accountant responsible for the Management Information System (MIS) and central reporting for ECOM Agroindustrial’s West Africa entities, currently Nigeria. It involves turning operational and accounting data into timely reports for management and the board, organising data from multiple entities, and supporting budgeting, forecasting and month-end close. The job focuses on consolidating daily, weekly and monthly data, maintaining centralized figures, and improving data quality and automation. It targets candidates with strong Excel skills or those with a few years in accounting, MIS or financial reporting. ECOM Agroindustrial is a world-leading soft commodity services group with activities in coffee, cocoa and cotton, operating globally with a focus on agri-commodity exports and related operations.
What you would do
- Maintain and update central MIS workbooks and dashboards (purchases, stock, sales, shipments, production and cash).
- Collect daily and weekly data from entities and related teams and chase late submissions.
- Build and maintain pivot tables, dashboards and KPI trackers for management.
- Standardise data templates, naming and coding across entities so reports reconcile.
- Document MIS processes, data sources and report definitions.
- Prepare monthly reports on Purchases and Inventory.
- Prepare daily and weekly flash reports (commodity purchases, stock positions, shipments).
- Prepare schedules and analysis for meetings and CFO requests.
- Support month-end close with journals, accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Reconcile MIS figures to the general ledger and resolve differences.
What they are asking for
- Bachelor’s degree (or HND) in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field with minimum Second Class Upper or equivalent.
- Fresh graduate with strong Excel skills, or 2-3 years in accounting, audit, MIS or financial reporting.
- Progress towards professional qualification (ICAN, ACCA, CIMA, ICAG or CPA) preferred.
- Experience in agri-commodities, FMCG, manufacturing or export trading preferred.
- Exposure to ERP or accounting systems (SAP, Sage, Oracle, QuickBooks or similar) preferred.
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