Junior / Mid Level Accountant

About this role

A full-time Junior to Mid Level Accountant role based on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Lagos. The position is with CCETC Ogua Energy Limited, a power generation company with multiple project sites in Nigeria. The role involves managing accounting transactions, ensuring IFRS compliance, budgeting and forecasting, tax computation and filing, audits, and supporting project accounting and inter-company transactions.

What you would do

• Manage all accounting transactions
• Maintain and oversee accounting procedures and ensure IFRS compliance for statutory reports and periodic analyses
• Ensure timely bank payments
• Oversee budgetary controls and prepare forecasts with variance analysis by business unit
• Perform tax computations, file tax returns and coordinate tax clearance
• Audit financial transactions and records
• Research and propose more efficient reporting methods
• Develop and maintain a confidential financial database
• Liaise with tax consultants, auditors, regulators during audits
• Advise management on financial health and other financial matters within the finance team

What they are asking for

• HND with minimum Second Class Upper division
• MBA in financial management or accounting (added advantage)
• Minimum 5 years post-NYSC work experience, at least 2 years in a similar accountant role
• Experience in the power industry is advantageous
• IFRS compliance experience
• At least 5 years experience handling PAYE, tax, audit, filing, payables, receivables, bank reconciliations, financial statements, P&L, payroll, management accounting
• Age between 30 and 40 years
• Willingness to relocate to project sites as assigned
• Experience in project accounting and inter-company transactions is preferred

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