Administration & Accounting Officer - International Bank

Lagos Full-time Undisclosed
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Administration & Accounting Officer - International Bank

Rothstein Recruitment

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Lagos Full Time Banking, Finance & Insurance Confidential
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Experience Level: Senior level Experience Length: 5 years
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Administration & Accounting Officer - International Bank
Excellent opportunity opens to join an International Bank as their new Administration & Accounting Officer. You will play a pivotal role in the smooth operation of the bank's finance and administrative function through taking ownership of monthly reporting and driving improvements in operational risk.
Key Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly financial reports covering the Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss Account, Account Summary, Proofs of Accounts and Bank Reconciliation including the drop-in centre.

• Expenditure budgeting for the Rep Office and drop-in centre quarterly and preparation of variance report.

• Oversighting the management of the Rep Office petty cash/imprest account.

• Maintain fixed assets register and other bank’s assets, including store accountability and control.

• Processing payments of bills to third party service providers.

• Ensure all accounts related documents and receipts are referenced in alpha-numeric order, scanned, and posted to London on a monthly basis.

• Processing of staff compensation and benefits, including the administration of statutory deductions working in conjunction with the bank.

• Yearly update of financial control procedures and accounting policies relating to the Rep Office.

• Carrying out operational risk function (OR Champion) such as health & safety, spot checking staff on clean-desk policy/Data Protection, reporting to compliance and operational risk department.

• Logistics management of staff in the bank's offices.

• Keeping records of spot-checks and operational risk findings and relating such to the necessary department. Raising Near-Miss and relevant reports.

• Management and administration of the office space/premises.

• Supporting the Contract company and Support staff in terms of payments of salaries, overtime and other issues.

• Any other projects/duties assigned.

Qualifications/Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting.

• Have a strong focus on numbers, data, and analytics

• Up to 5-7 years’ experience in accounting practice

• Excellent QuickBooks, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook skills

• Experience with using industry standard statistics and data visualization packages.

• Strong attention to detail, quality, and accuracy

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment

• Proficiency in English (verbal and written)

Desirable:

• Masters in Business Administration (Finance Specialism)

• Demonstrate awareness of standard business processes and an ability to quickly understand the business, its internal systems, processes, and procedures; and its relevant external influences (competitors, laws and regulations, market conditions etc.)

Interested? Please Apply!
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  • Posted: Jun 07, 2026
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Location: Lagos
  • Source: External