Accountant MIS & Central Reporting

Job Summary

The Accountant owns the Management Information System (MIS) and central reporting for the groups West Africa entities (Nigeria at this stage). The role turns operational and accounting data into accurate timely reports that management and the board use to run an agri-commodity export business.

The successful candidate will consolidate daily weekly and monthly data from each entity keep a single reliable source of figures and support budgeting forecasting and month-end close.

Key responsibilities

MIS Management

Maintain and update the central MIS workbooks and dashboards (purchases stock sales shipments production and cash).

Collect daily and weekly data from entity procurement warehouse and plant teams and chase late or incomplete submissions.

Build and maintain pivot tables dashboards and KPI trackers for management.

Standardize data templates naming and coding across entities so reports reconcile.

Document MIS processes data sources and report definitions.

Central Reporting

Prepare the monthly reports as required in the area of Purchases and Inventory.

Prepare daily and weekly flash reports such as commodity purchases (volume price cost per tonne) stock positions and shipments.

Prepare schedules and analysis for various meetings and circulations basis CFO requests.

Accounting and Control Support

Support month-end close: journals accruals prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations.

Reconcile MIS figures to the general ledger and resolve differences.

Track supplier advances farmer and aggregator pre-financing and inventory valuation.

Support external and internal audits with schedules and supporting documents.

Data Quality and Improvement

Run checks on data accuracy and completeness before reports are issued.

Suggest and implement automation (Excel formulas Power Query Power BI) to cut manual work.

Keep files version-controlled backed up and access-controlled.

Qualifications and experience

Required

Bachelors degree (or HND) in Accounting Finance Economics or a related field; minimum Second Class Upper or equivalent.

Fresh graduate with strong Excel skills or 23 years in accounting audit MIS or financial reporting.

Preferred

Progress towards a professional qualification (ICAN ACCA CIMA ICAG or CPA).

Experience in agri-commodities FMCG manufacturing or export trading.

Exposure to an ERP or accounting system (SAP Sage Oracle QuickBooks or similar).