Account Payable Officer Full Time

Job Title: Account Payable Officer

Location: Lekki, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• An Account Payable Officer is responsible for the financial, administrative and clerical support of Eye Foundation Hospital.
• He/she is in charge of making payments owed by the company to suppliers and other creditors, paying vendor invoices or bills, and recording the company’s short-term debts.

Responsibilities

• Account Payable Officer Post business transactions, process invoices, verify financial data for use in maintaining accounts payable records
• Provide other clerical support necessary to pay the obligations of the organization
• Maintain meticulous records of outstanding payables
• Ensure the accuracy of an organization’s financial documents for payment, auditing and tax purposes
• Protect businesses against unintentional overpayment
• Practice effective monitoring to ensure payments are made to vendors in a timely manner
• Clarify any questionable invoice items, prices or receiving signatures
• Assemble and review invoices to be completed for payment
• Maintain copies of vouchers, invoices or correspondence necessary for files
• Type periodic reports and other records
• Obtain proper information and/or data regarding invoice payments
• Check vendor files for any previous payments and assign voucher numbers
• Prepare vouchers listing invoice number, date, vendor address, item description, amounts and coding per accounting policies and procedures
• Reconcile bank statements
• Input daily bookkeeping and record keeping
• Verify invoices against purchase orders and ensure goods or services were received before issuing payment to vendors

Skills and Competencies:

• Analytical skills
• Detail oriented and organized
• Computation skills
• Leadership abilities
• Written and oral communication skills
• Problem solving skills

Application Closing Date
31st August, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the mail.