Finance Officer at AGA Culture Limited

Aga is primarily influenced by the Yorùbá Culture as our name is derived from Yoruba. Àga means a functional object or furniture piece. Thus, our first cultural interaction is with the Yoruba culture and Africa as a whole. At Aga, we are inspired to tell African Stories, past and present through things we design and make. Africa has a rich, diverse culture and it inspires us to design and make objects, art and accessories that fuse our age-old traditions with a modern aesthetic.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Officer

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

• Provide support in managing the organization's financial operations such as budgeting, payroll processing, financial reporting and ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
• Oversee office management, procurement and other administrative task.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Financial Operations:

• Assist with account payables by processing invoices, verifying expense claims and preparing payments.
• Issue invoices and receipts and follow up on overdue payments
• Ensure a proper and accurate accounting of stock movement between various units of operations.
• Create product markup for appropriate product price.
• Deduct and remit and file WHT, VAT, PAYE, and other levy from staff salaries and other transactions
• Manage petty cash, staff loans and advances.
• Work closely with all teams to ensure compliance with all necessary process and ensure all reports are captured across all channels (emails, website, WhatsApp retail store etc).
• Prepare cash flow positions, related expenditure needs and available funds for investment
• Reconcile bank statements, accounts and credit card transactions to ensure accuracy and resolve discrepancies Support the preparation of budgets by gathering relevant financial information and assisting in budget monitoring. Periodically monitor and review performance against budget by analyzing trends and variances.
• Provide report on company’s financial status and liquidity. Organize and maintain financial documents, records and filing systems.

Administrative Operations:

• Ensure employee files and database are up to date.
• Assist with planning and coordination of team bonding activities.
• Assist recruitment process by posting vacancy adverts, setting up meetings and contacting candidates.
• Assist with staff onboarding and exit process.
• Ensure Staff filles are properly labelled and filled accordingly.
• Prepare reports and presentations as assigned.
• Arrange travel and accommodations for staff and Management when necessary.
• Work with the dispatch rider to ensure in-coming and out-going mails / parcels are tracked and dispatched appropriately and timely.
• Draft a system of tracking and keeping records of raw materials, finished goods and stock on sales.

General Operations:

• Support with preparation of the Company Strategy
• Develop and implement organizational policy and procedures
• Improve Organizational processes and work to improve productive and efficiency.
• Ensure performances across Aga Culture.
• Manage, build, and maintain positive interaction between internal and external stakeholders.
• Keep an eye on the day to day running of activities in the organization of Aga Culture.
• Keep an eye on the assets and inventory of Aga Culture.
• Prepare and maintain Standard Operating Procedures SOP for respective Department.
• Carryout other duties as assigned.

Competency and Skills Requirements

• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good attention to detail and ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Confidentiality 
• Very good planning and organization skills
• Good problem analysis and solving skills.
• Good customer service orientation.
• Good proficiency in the use of office productivity tools (Ms Word and Excel).
• Good supervisory and people management skills.

Benefits

• Access to staff bus and daily free lunch.

Application Closing Date
15th November, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application / CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.