Finance Manager at Box and Cedar November, 2023

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Timely and accurate recording of agency revenues in accordance with GAAP
• Operationalize the accounting for existing and new accounts (clients), suppliers and contractors.
• Research and resolve technical accounting issues surrounding revenue recognition.
• Identify and implement process improvements that increase accuracy and efficiency
• Identify trends or issues that require management’s attention.
• Produce and present periodic and ad hoc reports to the senior management & business owners.
• Prepare month-end journal entries and analyses.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts.
• Oversees the General Accounting, Accounts Receivable and Cash Application functions. Supervises the accounting staff with day-to-day and periodic accounting functions.
• Manages the monthly close process, ensuring that all entries are correctly input and accurately reflect the financial events of the current period and adhere to best accounting practices and standards.
• Ensure that all deliverables are completed within the corporate and timeline, including reporting requirements.
• Performs detailed account analyses, identifies account misstatements and courses of action to correct.
• Prepares monthly reconciliations and reports for all balance sheet accounts. Investigates any exceptions and determines appropriate course of action.
• Works closely with the payroll function to ensure that all wage-related information is accurately reflected in the financial statements and all appropriate accruals are made.
• Assists the Financial Controller to Develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures for accounting related functions.
• Consistently reviews processes and gives recommendations for improvement. Acts as cash manager in maintaining cash balances for all bank accounts, independently determines appropriate balances and necessary transfers.
• Leads, supervises, and develops staff.
• Prepares monthly and quarterly sales tax analysis and payments.
• Cash Flow management and reporting
• Manage the year end audit process with the auditors
• Budgeting and forecasting

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

Revenue Assurance and Collections:

• Account for and monitor collection/payment of non-standard contractual revenue streams. Reconciliation of supplier/clearinghouse data to internal data and resolution of differences.

Special projects as assigned:

• Provide accounting input to new projects & technology. Create new tools/databases to compress month-end close.
• Full deployment of the Nigerian Tax Laws and Practice. The Pension Act. Quarterly reporting and audit schedules.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 6 years of Accounting and Finance experience.
• B. Sc degree in Accounting, Finance
• Professionally qualified
• Strong Excel skills as well as the ability to work with large amounts of data.
• Problem solving skills; Ability to find accounting and operational solutions for new business initiatives.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to manage details and data.
• Ability to build strong working relationships, having worked in an Advertising Agency
• Good people skills with the ability to work with management and department heads
• Ability to remain neutral always.
• Solid moral fibre with the ability to deal appropriately with issues involving fraud and corruption.