Grand Cereals Limited (GCL), a subsidiary of UAC of Nigeria Plc, is an integrated foods company whose primary activity is the creation of superior value from local raw materials to produce and deliver superior quality brands in the animal feed, edible oils, breakfast cereals, pet food and other intermediate and consumer cereals products to Nigeria and West Africa markets.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Bank Reconciliation Officer

Location: Jos, Plateau
Function: Finance
Reports To: Treasury Manager

Purpose of Job

• Ensuring that cash amounts in the organization’s accounting General Ledgers reconcile with actual bank balance on daily basis and monitor all banking activities to detect irregularities.

Key Accountabilities

• Download Bank statements from Banks platform on daily basis
• Advise Account Receivable (both in Jos and Onitsha) on Daily Bank statement downloaded
• Process the bank statement downloaded on Bank Statement Processing Interface (BSPI) into SAP acceptable format
• Upload Bank statement into SAP for reconciliation purpose
• Reconcile bank statement against cash management daily
• Investigate outstanding items on reconciliation to resolving them with Account Payable and Receivables
• Compute Re-measurement-Unrealized Gain per transaction on Dom Accounts
• Post all bank charges and Account maintenance fee into SAP
• Ensures wrong bank posting are corrected within the month
• Ensures all payments are tractable to bank statement
• Follow up with Account receivable to trace unidentified customers and write letters to banks
• Escalate any reconciling payments that exist for more than one month in Bank reconciliation reports to the line manager and other team members
• Assist the Treasury Manager in the preparation of Daily Bank Position (DBP) for company’s liquidity purpose
• Prepare schedule of interest Charge verification on Bank facilities/Overdrafts and AMF. (End of the month).
• Monitor all banking activities to detect irregularities
• Print monthly bank reconciliation report at the end of the month
• Any others task as assigned by the Treasury Manager, Financial Controller and Chief Financial Officer.

Education and Experience

• Minimum of B.Sc. or HND in Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
• Industry certification (e.g. ACA, ACCA e.t.c) is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 2 years post qualification cognate experience is essential

Knowledge, Skills & Attitude:

• Strong numeracy skills
• Knowledge of accounting and book-keeping procedures
• Excellent analytical and time management skills
• Good interpersonal skills with excellent team spirit
• Familiarity with ERP
• Keen attention to details
• Good written and verbal communication
• Computer literacy (MS Office etc)

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.