Account Associate at Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited

Tomato Jos is a private equity-backed, fast-growing social enterprise located in Kaduna, Nigeria, that believes in the power of local production for local consumption. Our company aims to supply 10% of the processed tomato market in Nigeria within the next 5 years. We source tomatoes from smallholder farmers within our network and make high-quality branded consumer products for Nigeria and West Africa. We currently operate a 700Ha commercial farm and run a successful smallholder program with over 1,300 farmers. In 2020, the company built a tomato processing facility and we conducted our first production run in Q1/Q2 2021, and has launch its first retail packaged product.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Account Associate

Location: Kaduna
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description
Account Payable Role:

• Ensuring payment requisition and expense claims are matched with appropriate vouchers before funds are disbursed
• Uploading accurate and verified transfer requisition on the banking platform
• Reviewing postings in accounting system to verify they are accurate
• Ensuring all appropriate payable documents are filed properly in both online and physical storage spaces.
• Managing imprest (petty cash) including reimbursement requisition, disbursals and submission of daily disbursement reports
• Resolving any payment discrepancies with vendors

Cost Accounting Roles:

• Reviewing sales invoices before they are sent to vendors/customers
• Ensuring same day bank deposits for cash sales
• Matching sales retirement with the waybill, invoice and other appropriate vouchers
• Reviewing postings in accounting system to verify they are accurate
• Ensuring all appropriate payable documents are filed properly in both online and physical storage spaces.

Account Reconciliation:

• Ensuring bi-weekly, month-end, quarterly and yearly closing and balancing of both bank and petty cash accounts
• Updating Fixed Asset Register
• Overseeing month-end, quarterly and yearly stock counts
• Reviewing stock/inventory balances in general ledger and inventory software
• Journaling appropriate closing balances for accounts, where necessary
• Assist Financial Controller to maintain compliance with all appropriate financial regulatory authorities
• Make recommendations for continuous process improvement and ensure that procedures are documented.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience Required for the Job
Qualifications:

• B.Sc in Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
• Proficiency in financial modeling techniques.
• Any accounting related certificate
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience
• Advanced capabilities in MS Office Fluency in advanced Excel functions and formulas
• (Including MS office)

Additional Qualifications and Experience That Will Set You Apart:

• Strong analytical and data gathering skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good business acumen
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Sound knowledge of financial reporting software e.g. Xero and other ERP.

Expected Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies:

• Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems
• Ability to work in an extremely high-pressure high accountability environment.
• Excellent mentoring, coaching, and people management skills
• Stamina to work round the clock during the peak of the project.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter and current Resume to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Application Deadline 1st November, 2023.