Accountant

Peopleplusng - Our client, a repuitable and leading online skincare and beauty retailer based in Lagos, Nigeria, thatoperates an authorised multi-brand retailer, providing customers with authentic local and international skincare products, face-care solutions and personalised skincare consultations, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Accountant

Location: Ikota GRA, Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring that money coming into and leaving the business is properly recorded, reconciled, reviewed and reported. He/shewill maintain clear financial records, manage payments and receivables, prepare management reports and financial statements, support budgeting and planning, and give management reliable financial information for decision-making. This role is to strengthen the company’s internal control structure by ensuring that financial operations.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting and Record Management: Maintain accurate, complete and up-to-date accounting records for all business transactions. Prepare monthly management accounts and financial statements, including profit-and-loss statements, balance sheets and cash-flow statements. Analyse financial performance and explain significant movements, discrepancies and variances to management. Account Reconciliation and Transaction Review: Reconcile bank accounts, sales receipts, payment gateways, supplier accounts and other relevant balances. Verify that sales, refunds, discounts, transfers and expenses are accurately recorded and supported by appropriate documentation. Investigate discrepancies and resolve outstanding reconciliation items promptly. Payments and Receivables Management: Process supplier payments, staff reimbursements and other approved expenses with appropriate documentation and authorisation. Maintain accounts payable and receivable schedules and monitor amounts due. Follow up on outstanding receivables and ensure payments are accurately allocated. Cash Flow and Expenditure Monitoring: Monitor cash balances, collections, payment commitments and working-capital requirements. Prepare cash-flow forecasts and highlight potential funding gaps. Review expenditure, flag unusual transactions and recommend practical cost-control measures. Budgeting and Financial Planning: Support the preparation of budgets and financial forecasts. Track actual income and expenditure against approved budgets and explain variances. Provide financial analysis to support purchasing, pricing and other operational decisions. Internal Controls and Compliance: Strengthen controls around collections, payments, expenditure approvals and financial documentation. Maintain appropriate segregation of duties, ensuring accounting activities remain separate from independent audit responsibilities. Support Nigerian tax and statutory compliance through accurate schedules, documentation and timely coordination of filings and remittances. Provide records and explanations required for independent reviews and audits.