Job at Mife Construction Nigeria: Financial Accountant.

Mife Construction Nigeria is a multi-disciplinary engineering contractor that provides a broad spectrum of engineering services which include the building of roads, bridges, and civil works on oil drilling locations.

They now have an opening for the position of Financial Accountant.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT

Job Description:

• Examine financial transactions for accuracy and compliance with company’s policies and applicable laws and regulations
• Review financial, compliance and operational procedure procedures to ensure adequate internal control is present
• Identify, assess and evaluate the company’s risk areas; make appropriate recommendations for improved internal controls and accounting procedures; research and adopt industry best practices where appropriate
• Timely preparation of projects reports
• Review the adequacy of the existing information systems and make recommendations for necessary improvement
• Ensure the whole organization adhere strictly to new and existing internal control measures by effective communication
• Monitor performance against targets for projects by using appropriate parameters such as material usage, equipment, labor productivity etc
• Investigate known and suspected instances of fraud, formulate an appropriate policies and procedures to prevent fraud and error
• Review external auditor’s work with a view to ensuring the recommendations suggested are implemented where necessary
• Agree with the Chief accountant on the prioritization and scope on internal audit work

Desirable Skill:

• Excellent understanding, interpretation and reporting of accounting data
• Ability to drill down accounting data from Peachtree by Saga inc. and making meaningful reports
• Reconciliation and normalizing of posted data
• Team player with an excellent managerial skill
• Change and project management

Qualification and Experience:

• HND or BSC in Accounting with practical working experience in the running of a construction company (Quarry Sites) both in Nigeria or Abroad.
• An MBA degree would be an added advantage.
• Not less than 35 years of age
• A minimum of 5 years practical experience in related industry
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Packages, Internet etc.

Location:

Port-Harcourt

Salary:

Very attractive, though negotiable.

How to apply:

Please send your CV to mifejobs@gmail.com

Application Deadline is October 13 , 2010