Accountant at UpEnergy

UpEnergy brings aspirational energy saving products within reach for low-income communities. We create valuable health and environmental outcomes by providing our users with products that improve their lives every day. Our approach combines local, on-the-ground teams leveraging our platform to best serve users, with over a decade of experience building platforms that generate valuable carbon emission reductions and allow us to provide our products to local communities at affordable subsidized prices.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Accountant

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• UpEnergy is at a time of exciting growth, and rapid expansion which is why we require an impact-driven and analytical Accountant to support the Finance Team. The accountant will report directly to the Finance Manager- Nigeria.
• If you are eager to gain incredibly rich, hands-on experience while being part of one of the fastest growing social enterprises in Africa and believe you’re up for the challenge (as well as a lot of fun!), we’d love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the Finance manager during annual financial audits and any other Periodic audits
• Working closely with the Nigeria Finance team to ensure smooth running of operations
• Examining bank statements and reconciling them with general ledger entries
• Examining expenses submitted by employees
• Keeping an eye on incoming payments from accounts receivable and outgoing payments from accounts payable
• Preparing Payments by verifying documentation and requesting disbursements.
• Creating company financial reports with all the necessary information included
• Analyzing data collected in order to determine the state of the company’s financial health
• Identify areas for improvement and implement improvements to processes
• Maintaining customer confidence and protecting operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Working with the Finance Team to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting
• Perform general cost accounting and other related duties in the accounting.
• Managing accounts and ensuring all transactions balances out and all books are up to date
• Managing payment of statutory deductions like tax, pension and NHF.
• Any other financial duties that may come up from time to time.

Requirements
Does this sound like you?

• Skilled in accounting, with working knowledge of Quick books
• Minimum academic qualification: Bachelor’s degree in any finance or accounting field
• Exceptional ability to collaborate, influence, and execute against strategy
• At least 3+ years of experience in accounting
• Professional certification such as ACA, ACCA is an added advantage
• Excellent communication skills (clear and concise) and interpersonal skills
• Experience in auditing
• Innovative mind‐set oriented toward constructive problem‐solving and collaboration with stakeholders from various sectors
• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, resourcefulness, and ability to multi‐task and adjust to changing priorities
• Ability to work independently, a self-starter that is excited to work in frontier markets
• Proactive problem solver who initiates troubleshooting to keep the project on track
• Excitement to help a high impact start-up launch operations in a new market
• Strong work ethic, can navigate through uncertainty, identifies as a team player above all else
• MS Excel skills
• Strong work ethic, can navigate through uncertainty, identifies as a team player above all else
• Excited to be part of UpEnergy’s growth story

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online