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Accounting Administrator

Clickatell · Remote, Lagos, Nigeria

AccountingRemoteQuick applyfull-time19 days ago

About The Role

We Are Setting The Pace

  • Clickatell is a world-class Chat Commerce company, ambitious to stay ahead of its competitors. We
  • build our own culture in which we dream big and stay busy doing the right things. We need people who
  • can understand the bigger picture and who connect the dots to achieve success. In our agile and
  • demanding environment, you will have to ask the right questions and take the smart risk.
  • We call ourselves Champions. Why Champions? Because it’s not only about what they have done, but
  • also for what they are going to do. The way they are going to drive our organization forward and deliver
  • solutions to our customers. Watch this space as we blaze a new path while expanding across the globe.

Purpose

  • We are seeking a detail-oriented and organized Accounting Administrator to join our finance team. The
  • Accounting Administrator will be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, managing
  • accounts payable and receivable, processing payroll, and supporting the preparation of financial
  • reports. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of accounting principles, excellent
  • organizational skills, and the ability to handle confidential information with integrity. This role also holds the
  • responsibility to run an online reconciliation outside normal business hours such as weekends and public
  • holidays. The process entails the uploading of 4 files to an online reconciliation portal and ensuring that
  • the process has been completed after a few hours. This is a process that will be shared with another
  • individual on the team. This additional work outside of business hours is crucial to meeting operational
  • timelines and will be remunerated at overtime rates.

We Do The Right Things

Responsibilities of the Role

  • Daily MNO reconciliation of VTU transactions
  • o To be performed 5 days a week, and every alternative weekend
  • o To be performed 5 days a week, and every alternative weekend
  • o This involves obtaining transactional data from the MNO’s and running the reconciliation between
  • the external data and the transactional information on Clickatell’s database
  • o Troubleshooting the reports when not provided in the required format.
  • o Liaison with Systems Development Team for issues regarding data integrity
  • o This involves obtaining transactional data from the MNO’s and running the reconciliation between
  • the external data and the transactional information on Clickatell’s database
  • o Troubleshooting the reports when not provided in the required format.
  • o Liaison with Systems Development Team for issues regarding data integrity

Accounting Administrator

  • Clickatell is punching a hole in the Digital Commerce
  • universe as it enables the world’s leading brands &
  • start-ups to do better for their customers through its
  • ward winning Chat Commerce platform.
  • We are innovating at the intersection of
  • communications and commerce, enabling
  • businesses to connect, interact and transact with
  • their customers where they are, in chat; zero hold,
  • zero hoops, simply ‘Hi, Buy bye!’. Come and help us
  • create a better world through technology.

Lagos, Nigeria

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  • VTU refunds
  • o Monitor JIRA queue for refund processing to be submitted to various banks (performed thrice a
  • week)
  • o Resolve customer refund queries by collaborating with the support team

Other

  • o Attend inter-departmental meetings (Systems development team, Tax team etc) and be an active
  • contributor in making decisions. Monitor JIRA queue for refund processing to be submitted to
  • various banks (performed thrice a week)
  • o Assist with auditor request for the interim and annual audits.

Banking and cash management

  • o Loading of supplier and employee payments on the banking platforms for approval
  • o Downloading of bank statements daily for settlement reconciliation
  • o Perform daily GT Bank 9-9 recon update
  • o Assisting financial manager with cashflow forecasts
  • o Ensure all bank transactions process daily in NAV
  • o Perform monthly bank reconciliation exercise

Daily VTU monitoring and purchase planning

  • o Prepare daily VTU dashboard for monitoring VTU balances and plan purchases
  • o Place orders with mobile network operators
  • o Load payments for VTU purchases

Yearly external audit

  • o Assist with the year end audit by providing supporting documents and performing supporting
  • calculations related to responsibilities.
  • o Assist the Financial Manager with preparation of schedules to support the drafting of financial
  • statements and ad-hoc audit requests.

Accounts receivable collection

  • o Forward customer statements weekly/monthly and follow up on any unpaid invoices.
  • o Posting of WHT credit notes upon receipt of payment.
  • o Weekly review of customer Aging Analysis to ensure receipts allocated correctly.
  • o Host weekly accounts receivable meetings with commercial team where uncollected settlements
  • are highlighted.
  • o Reconcile customer settlements with billable transaction data from Clickatell systems and follow up
  • on short payments with customers (daily bank settlement reconciliations).

We Are On A Learning Journey

Requirements of the Role

  • Qualification required
  • Work experience
  • o 3 Years’ work experience in a similar finance role, accounts receivable and payable
  • advantageous
  • o Microsoft Dynamics NAV experience would be an advantage.

Knowledge and Abilities

  • o Ability to self-manage and perform processes independently
  • o Attention to detail and variance analysis
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  • o Ability to adapt to act as a back-up for certain processes listed above
  • o Computer Literate, (MS Office), with advanced Excel proficiency

Why You Should Join

Perks of the Role

  • o Healthcare, Retirement Fund and Risk benefit company contributions
  • o Quarterly performance incentives
  • o Reimbursable Communication allowances for internet and mobile phone bills
  • o Half-day off on your birthday
  • o 5 personal days leave a year, over and above your annual leave
  • o Remote Working (our offices are currently open for essential use only due to COVID-19)
  • o Home office set-up with laptop, monitor, chair and UPS

Stronger Together

  • Clickatell is unequivocally committed to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. We believe that we are
  • stronger together and that sameness limits our thinking and our opportunities. You are welcome at
  • Clickatell for who you are, no matter where you come from or what you choose to believe. Our platform
  • is for everyone, and so is our workplace. But it isn’t just about a whole lot of different people working
  • together all having their say – it is about us creating a place where we all feel that we belong. It’s in our
  • differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world uses chat technology.

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