Senior Financial Analyst (996470), in Hewlett-Packard (HP) in Lagos

Industry ICT / Telecommunication 
Required Experience 5 - 7 years 
Application Deadline 2 weeks from now

Job Description

Hewlett-Packard (HP): is a multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States that provides products, technologies, software, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors.

Responsibilities:

•  Preparing periodic financial statements, including profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis and commentaries.
• Providing a support service by working with all departments and the management team to help make financial decisions.
• Advising on the financial implications and consequences of business decisions.
• Implementing corporate governance procedures, risk management and internal controls.
• Continuous management of financial & inventory systems.
• Liaising with internal and external auditors and dealing with any financial irregularities as they arise.
• Producing reports and recommendations following internal audits.
• Vendor management.
• Preparing profit and loss statements and monthly closing and cost accounting reports.
• Preparing and review budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, invoices, and other accounting documents.
• Explaining billing invoices and accounting policies to staff, vendors and clients.
• Resolving accounting discrepancies.
• Processing all invoices, expense forms and requests for payment.
• Dealing with daily transactions for the petty cash and ensuring that reconciliations are completed on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Review, monitor and highlight variances. Investigating exceptions and facilitating corrective action.
• Prepare, analyze and submit monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts.
• Timely and accurate maintenance of General Ledger.
• Check bookings made in Sub-ledgers & ensure all bookings are properly done.
• Booking of journal entries in General Ledger during the month as well as for month-end closing for the final balance sheet and income statement.
• Prepare the monthly and quarterly reporting, General Ledger reconciliation.
• Participate in the continuing improvement of the VAT Compliance of the company.
• Review and analysis of data submissions and making enquiries regarding the noted variations in reported figures.
• Prepare accruals and other accounting entries.
• Check the correctness of accounting entries done by the Accounting team.

Qualification/Experience:

• First level university degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics.
• Professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CFA, will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 6 years of solid accounting and finance experience (experience in ICT industry is preferred) in a similar position.
• Excellent understanding of accounting principles and financial analysis.
• Strong organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to demonstrate capacity to create & drive accounting & or financial processes & procedures.
• Understanding of ERP systems (Oracle / SAP).
• Clear, precise and professional in communication, both written and verbal.
• Good organizational skills, accuracy and a sense of priorities.
• Ability to plan and prioritize and to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Establish and work to defined processes and procedures, while remaining flexible enough to accommodate regular changes.
• Strong team skills.
• Ability to handle sensitivity/ confidentiality levels appropriately.
• Ability to think globally and deal with intercultural challenges.
• Proven experience in month-end closing process & financial reporting and in preparation of annual accounts according.
• Knowledge of current laws and practices regarding taxes, vat, payee, and pension.
• Awareness and ability to demonstrate the importance of ethics & appropriate codes of conduct in the workplace.
• A considerable knowledge of purchasing, importation, vendor and inventory management.
• Excellent business application skills (Excel and overall MS Office applications).
• Fluency in English and local language.

How to Apply:

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