Account Officer – ACO212

Job Information

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    Category Accounting & Audit Jobs
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    Posted On Mar 26 ,2021
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    Qualifications HND/Bachelor's degree
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    Employer Name Living Faith Church
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    Contact Email contact@lfcww.org

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

  • Prepare detailed financial reports.
  • Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.
  • Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
  • Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.
  • Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and cancelled checks to confirm records are accurate.
  • Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
  • Prepare to adjust journal entries.
  • Review accounts for discrepancies and reconciles differences.
  • Establish tables of accounts and assign entries to proper accounts.
  • Examine inventory to verify journal and ledger entries.
  • Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses or to provide advice.
  • Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology.
  • Evaluate taxpayer finances to determine tax liability, using knowledge of interest and discount rates, annuities, valuation of stocks and bonds, and amortization valuation of depletable assets.
  • Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting, or other tax requirements.
  • Develop, maintain, or analyze budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
  • Process invoices for payment.
  • Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, or expenditures

Educational Requirement

  • B.Sc or HND in Accounting or any related discipline.
  • Professional Body: ICAN, ACA. is an added advantage.
  • Experience:1-3 years’ Cognitive work experience
  • Age Limit: 25 – 35years years’

Job Skills
Technical Skills:

  • Proficient in the use of Accounting software
  • Database reporting software
  • Computer Savvy
  • Document management software.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite – Excel, Word.
  • Tax preparation software.
  • Payroll Software.

Functional Skills:

  • Good Knowledge of Economics and Accounting Principles and Practices.
  • Good Mathematics Knowledge.
  • Problem Solving skill
  • Good Communication skill
  • Good Interpersonal skill
  • Numerical skills
  • Decision Making
  • Data Analytical skills

Behavioural Skills:

  • Financial Integrity
  • Critical Thinking.
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation.
  • Initiative
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Independence
  • Adaptability/Flexibility.
  • Persistence
  • Innovation
  • Self – Control