Job Location: Lagos Mainland, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Description
- The Accountant is responsible for reconciliation and settlement activities and will provide revenue assurance to the bank.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure daily reconciliation and posting of all of all transactions and provide daily/weekly reconciliation and settlement reports.
- Support the E-business team in resolving settlement and reconciliation matters.
- Monitor income/fees and ensure value is promptly transferred to the bank.
- Verify the incoming and outgoing payments on e-channel accounts.
- Reconcile bank statements with entries in the bank ledger on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and present the reconciliation reports.
- Prepare daily and weekly report on over/under-settlement of transactions.
- Identify, follow up and investigate unreconciled transactions or discrepancies to enable prompt resolutions
- Liaising regularly with various bank account officers on issues relating to direct debits, standing orders, unidentified credits and charges from time to time.
- Advise the finance team of possible over-settlement for necessary provisions.
- Maintain reconciliation records.
- Rendition of monthly returns and processing of associated payments for FIRS, LIRS and PFAs within seven days of deduction.
- Sending daily dashboard report to management.
- Monitors the deduction on loan and facilities with various banks and reconciles with terms and conditions in of the offer.
- Develop and maintain business relations with payment partners.
- Liaise with the settlement bank and payment processing companies on potential under-settlement and ensure the resolution of issues identified in line with the company’s policies and procedures.
- Provide support to another finance team a required.
- Support end of day/month and year process.
- Flexibility to carry out any other task as requested by Management.
Qualifications
- HND / B.Sc in Accounting, Economics or a related field.
- Evidence of completion/ exemption of/from NYSC.
- ICAN or ACCA qualification.
Experience:
- Previous experience as a Reconciliation Officer/Accountant in a financial institution, or microfinance bank will be an added advantage.
- 3 – 5 years of work experience.
Skills:
- Experience reconciling accounting figures and financial records
- Great analytical skills for decision-making and problem-solving
- Working knowledge of BankOne will be an added advantage
- Organization and time management abilities
- Strong client relationship management and customer service skills
- Team player with the ability to work with multiple parties
- Advanced computer software skills, including Microsoft Excel
- Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to multi task and meet tight deadlines.
Application Closing Date: 13th September, 2024.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@personaltrustmfb.com using the Job Position as the subject of the mail.
