Accounts Payable Officer at a Key Player and Rapidly-growing Shipping and Marine Company - Petit Debut

Petit Debut - Our client, a key player and rapidly-growing company in the Shipping and Marine sector, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Accounts Payable Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• As the Accounts Payables and Receivables Specialist, you are an enthusiastic, personable, vendor-focused team player. You thrive in a high-paced, ever-changing environment and are well-organized.
• You can quickly assess a situation, initiate, and lead others in the steps to resolve the issue and see it through to completion.
• You take ownership and responsibility for all tasks you’re assigned and see teamwork as a vital component of team success.
• You will maintain strong, collaborative relationships with the Business Development and Procurement Departments as well as all clients and external suppliers.

Key Performance Areas

• Manages full-cycle accounts payable and receivable functions including client and vendor management and other cash disbursements.
• Ensure accurate and timely workflow of Accounts Payable and Account Receivable processes.
• Receives, verifies, and processes invoices, purchase orders, and other bills to be paid by researching discrepancies and duplicates with vendor(s), balancing ledger accounts and recommending for payments as needed.
• Ensures accurate invoicing for all planned and unplanned jobs rendered to customers. Ensures all customer invoices are billed and captured in the financial systems.
• Prepare and circulate weekly receivable status of all customers; ensure accounts receivable balances in the balance sheet are reconciled to debtors listing monthly.
• Ensure VAT on sales reporting, WHT deductible and claimable are accounted for correctly
• Communicates and interprets company policies to supervisors and employees and enforces company policies and practices in relation to cash management, invoice approvals according to limits of authority, and expense spending and reporting.
• Prepare analyses of accounts and produce monthly reports
• Ensure compliance with key Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable controls in line with internal Period End Closure checklists.
• Process vendors payments by scheduling payments and ensuring payment is received for outstanding credit; generally responding to all vendor enquiries.
• Develop and analyze routine metrics for the Accounts Payables and Account Receivable and utilize them to drive process improvements.
• Assists in setting up new vendors, contractors, and other service providers for payment. Also maintains strong relationships with vendors and others as needed to research and resolve variances, account discrepancies and statement reconciliation issues.
• Ensure accurate and timely postings of AP and AR to the general ledger.
• Responsible for managing the petty cash of the company
• Execute other tasks as assigned from time to time by the Head of Finance.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field.
• 3 - 5 years of experience.
• Excel skills are required
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interact and work cross-functionally with various levels of the organization.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to independently research and resolve tasks with minimal supervision with awareness and motivation to collaborate when necessary.
• Perform highly detailed work with accuracy and precision.
• Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced highly collaborative environment.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects and manage against deadlines.
• High level of energy and enthusiasm.

Application Closing Date
31st December, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should please review and apply by sending Applications to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.