Senior Accountant at Montaigne AH Limited

Montaigne Place is Nigeria's largest luxury skincare, cosmetic, fragrance, and well-being retail company. Founded on the vision to provide luxury at its best, Montaigne Place provides an exceptional sophisticated shopping experience with our exclusive offers. Montaigne Place currently has luxury retail outlets across Nigeria. Our brand's portfolio cuts across different categories.ls with beauty, wellness and cosmetics.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Brief

• We are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to oversee general accounting operations by controlling and verifying our financial transactions.
• As a Senior Accountant your responsibilities include reconciling account balances and bank statements, maintaining general ledger and preparing month-end close procedures.
• The ideal candidate has also experience collaborating and/or managing a team of Accountants and Junior Accountants.
• Senior Accountant duties also include ensuring accuracy and effectiveness in all of our accounting tasks.

Responsibilities

• Verify, allocate, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results
• Analyze financial information and summarize financial status
• Prepare financial statements and produce budget according to schedule
• Assist with tax audits and tax returns
• Direct internal and external audits to ensure compliance
• Plan, assign and review staff’s work
• Support month-end and year-end close process
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
• Ensure compliance with GAAP principles
• Spot errors and suggest ways to improve efficiency and spending
• Provide technical support and advice onManagement Accountant
• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures
• Manage accounting assistants and bookkeepers
• Participate in financial standards setting and in forecast process
• Provide input into department’s goal setting process
• Liaise with our Financial ManagerandAccounting Managerto improve financial procedures.

Requirements and Skills

• B.Sc Degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field
• ICAN Certification is a MUST
• Thorough knowledge of basic accounting procedures
• In-depth understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Awareness of business trends
• Familiarity with financial accounting statements.
• 5 - 10 experience.
• Proven experience as a Financial Controller,Accounting Supervisor, chief or senior accountant

Salary
N700,000 - N850,000 Monthly.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidate should send their CV to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the email