Accountant

🏢 Taela HR Advisory (recruiting for an undisclosed Lagos-based client) · 📍 Lagos

₦150,000 - ₦200,000/month

About the role

The Accountant role advertised through Taela HR Advisory is a client-facing recruitment listing rather than an internal Taela hire; Taela HR Advisory is a professional recruitment firm that connects job seekers with employers and helps client businesses find suitable staff, and this listing is for one of its clients, based in Lagos, though the client's own name and industry are not disclosed in the posting itself. Taela positions itself broadly as an HR consulting practice offering recruitment, HR audits, training and workforce planning services to businesses across Nigeria, and roles like this one, where a specific client's identity is kept confidential during the sourcing stage, are a fairly standard part of how recruitment agencies operate.

The role itself is a fairly classic small-to-mid-size company Accountant position, focused on the fundamentals of keeping a business's books in order rather than a specialised or senior finance function. The listing describes the ideal candidate as detail-oriented and reliable, someone who will be responsible for managing the company's accounting records, bookkeeping, financial documentation and day-to-day accounting activities. This framing, along with the one-to-three-year experience requirement, strongly suggests the employer is looking for an early-career accounting professional who can be trusted to run the books independently without close supervision, rather than someone stepping into a strategic finance leadership role.

The day-to-day responsibilities cover the core cycle of small-business accounting: maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records, handling day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting transactions, and preparing financial reports and accounting schedules on an ongoing basis. Monitoring income, expenses, receivables and payables sits alongside this, giving the accountant visibility into the full cash cycle of the business rather than just one narrow slice of it. Bank and account reconciliation is also explicitly listed, which is often where inaccuracies or missed transactions in a smaller company's books first surface, so getting this right consistently is clearly a priority for the employer.

Beyond pure bookkeeping, the role has a light planning and support dimension too: supporting budgeting, cash-flow monitoring and financial planning, maintaining proper documentation of financial transactions, and assisting management with accounting and financial information whenever it's needed for decision-making. Ensuring compliance with applicable accounting and financial procedures is called out as well, which for a company at this scale in Nigeria typically means staying on top of statutory obligations like tax filings and standard bookkeeping practice rather than complex regulatory reporting. The listing closes with a general expectation of performing other accounting duties as assigned, a standard clause reflecting that the role may flex somewhat depending on what the business needs at any given time.

On qualifications, the employer is asking for a Bachelor's degree or HND, without specifying a particular field, alongside one to three years of relevant accounting experience. No professional certification (such as ICAN or ACCA) is mentioned as a requirement, which reinforces the sense that this is an operational, hands-on bookkeeping and accounting role rather than a position requiring chartered accountant-level credentials. The ₦150,000-₦200,000 monthly salary range disclosed for the role is consistent with what a junior-to-early-mid-level accountant would typically expect in the Lagos market for this kind of generalist accounting position.

This role suits someone in the early stages of an accounting career, likely one to three years post-graduation or post-NYSC, who is comfortable working independently on the full range of day-to-day bookkeeping tasks for a small or mid-size business, rather than working within a large finance team where responsibilities are more narrowly divided. Given the onsite, full-time nature of the role and the practical, hands-on responsibilities described, candidates should be comfortable with routine, detail-heavy work rather than seeking a purely analytical or strategic finance position at this stage.

Applicants preparing to apply should be ready to speak concretely about their experience with bank reconciliations, accounts payable/receivable management, and any accounting software they've used, since these fundamentals are exactly what the listing emphasises. Given that Taela HR Advisory is recruiting confidentially on behalf of an undisclosed client, applicants should not expect to know the exact employer until later in the process; the recruiter, not the end client, is the appropriate point of contact throughout.

How to apply: Send CV to taelahradvisory@gmail.com using the position as subject of email

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records
• Handle day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting transactions
• Prepare and maintain financial reports and accounting schedules
• Monitor income, expenses, receivables and payables
• Reconcile bank statements and company accounts
• Support budgeting, cash-flow monitoring and financial planning
• Maintain proper documentation of financial transactions
• Assist management with accounting and financial information when required
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting and financial procedures

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or HND
• 1-3 years accounting experience
• Detail-oriented and reliable

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