Accounts Officer

Job Summary
We are looking to fill the role of an accounts officer with an educational institution in Ibadan.
Minimum Qualification:
Degree
Experience Level:
Mid level
Experience Length:
3 years
Job Description
ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Ensure proper monitoring and processing of payments, expenditure and the organization’s payroll system.
Provide reliable and pertinent information for organizing and allocating funds.
Coordinate expenditures in all units/departments improving transparency, prudence and accountability.
Verify all payments, fund transfer and revenue inflow from clients or organizations
Identify assets and proactively respond to risks that might affect the achievement of the organization’s goals.
Prepare Bank reconciliation statement every month.
Prepare bank payment Vouchers, receipt vouchers, journal vouchers and ensure proper documentation.
Prepare payroll & make remittances including salary forwarding.
Monitor and coordinate with other units with regard to the generation of revenue.
Monitor and coordinate with other units with regard to the generation of revenue.
Ensure that necessary books of accounts like cash book, ledger etc. are prepared and compare with bank statements.
Record the fund transferred from various exchanges and crosscheck with the revenue ledgers and if necessary correspond with the bank.
Update the fixed asset register for each addition of assets on the basis of disbursement or Journal voucher
Carry out periodic physical verification of fixed assets with reference to the fixed asset register.
Prepare physical verification report and submit to the management.
Obtain approval from the management to write off missing, unserviceable, damaged or condemned assets
Monitor, verify and ensure timely processing and remittance of all tax and payments due to the respective government agencies.
Ensure proper documentation and storage of all tax remittances.
Verify all bills related to capital items including civil works.
Provide oversight account and internal audit functions for IBS and SMTCS, a sister organization.
You shall carry out other tasks and duties assigned to you by the Management or its authorized representative.