First World Communities Group is a leading real estate organisation, focused on providing affordable housing for low and medium income households across Nigeria and West Africa, in attractive and safe communities, as a contribution to wealth creation to wealth creation and socio-economic development. In addition to its coordination unit, the group has Project Services, Construction and Facility Management companies.
Our development pipeline has over 12,000 residential and commercial properties scheduled for delivery in the next 5 years. To achieve this commitment, the Company requires hard working hands-on professionals to fill these positions:
Job Title: Financial Accountant
Overall Role Purpose:
- Ensuring effective custody and management of all funds;
- Ensuring complete documentation and recording of financial transactions;
- Preparing timely comprehensive reports on the Group’s results & state of financial affairs.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Assists in the development and maintenance of sound financial controls across the Group’s operations;
- Liaises with the Financial Processes Accountant to ensure that payments are only made against validly approved expenses and purchases of goods & services;
- Ensures that funds are always available to meet the day to day running of the Groups operations by the proper monitoring of the inflow and disbursement of funds;
- Reviews the monthly cash flow report & bank reconciliation statements and prepares cash flow forecasts based on agreed revenue targets and planned expenditure for the Group
- Oversees the effective operation of the Group’s credit management policy by ensuring that credit is only granted to those that qualify for it, the amounts extended do not exceed the authorized limits and recoveries take place within contractually agreed time frames;
- Oversees proper recording of the Group’s financial transactions within the accounting system;
- Produces comprehensive, accurate & timely monthly financial reports and annual statutory accounts, that are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, supported by relevant general ledger reconciliation statements;
- Oversees the computation and remittance of tax and other statutory payments;
- Liaises with external contacts & bodies such as banking officers, auditors, solicitors and staff of tax & other regulatory bodies;
- Supervises, trains, develops, motivates & manages an adequate team of staff members to enhance the overall effectiveness of the finance department.
Skills and Competencies:
- The incumbent must be self-motivated and well organised, comfortable with being in charge of a reasonably sized accounting team.
- Capable of working under pressure, competent in the use of computerized financial applications and able to drive productivity through the automation of processes.
- A hard-nosed professional, diligent & enthusiastic with a keen eye for detail, who will hold people to account.
- Must have good interpersonal skills and be capable of communicating effectively.
Education& Competences:
- First Degree/HND in finance, accounting, any of the social sciences, engineering or building technology;
- Professional accounting qualification. ACCA or ACA preferred;
- Minimum of 5years relevant work experience of which 3 must be at managerial level;
- Experience within the construction or real estate industry will be an added advantage.
Method of Application for this vacancy at first world communities group
Further information about the above advertised positions is available on www.firstworld-communities.com/careers.htm
Interested applicants should complete bio-data form on- line, prior to submitting written applications with detailed CV in Microsoft Word format to careers@firstworld-communities.com and copied to the following address:fwc.humanresources@gmail.com
Application Deadline for all application at first world communities group is 31st August 2011.
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