Maintain complete and accurate books, ledgers, invoices, receipts and supporting documents.
Perform bank, vendor and customer reconciliations and promptly investigate discrepancies.
Manage accounts receivable/payable, client fee records, collections and payment schedules.
Prepare monthly management accounts, income and expenditure reports and cash-flow updates.
Maintain entity-specific accounting records and reconcile approved intercompany transactions.
Prepare, file and monitor all applicable tax returns and statutory remittances, including VAT, withholding tax, PAYE and company income tax, within applicable deadlines; coordinate with external tax advisers where specialist input is required.
Maintain a statutory compliance calendar, tax payment records, WHT credit notes, filing acknowledgements and tax clearance documentation.
Liaise directly with relevant tax and regulatory agencies, including the Nigeria Revenue Service (formerly FIRS), LIRS and CAC, on routine tax filings, statutory returns, reconciliations, correspondence and compliance enquiries.
Respond to routine tax authority queries, support audits and inspections, and promptly escalate compliance risks, overdue filings, penalties or disputed liabilities to management and the tax/legal team.
Support budgeting, expense approvals, reimbursements, audit readiness and financial controls.
Use Zoho Books or comparable accounting software and Excel to produce timely, useful management information.
Requirements
Degree/HND in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
Approximately 2 - 4 years' hands-on accounting experience, including bank reconciliation and financial reporting.
Practical experience preparing and filing Nigerian tax returns, managing statutory remittances and dealing with relevant tax or regulatory agencies; sound understanding of financial controls.
Strong Excel skills; Zoho experience is an advantage.
ACA/ACCA progress is desirable but not mandatory.
High integrity, discretion, accuracy, independence and ability to meet reporting deadlines.