Junior Accountant

Visco Group of Companies Limited—a diversified group operating across hospitality, healthcare, retail, and real estate—is recruiting a full-time Junior Accountant. Based in Benin City, Edo State, this role focuses heavily on inventory management, stock reconciliation, cost tracking, and financial record-keeping across the company's business units.

• Inventory Tracking & Stock Control: Maintain inventory records across all business units, tracking purchases, transfers, sales, returns, and physical stock movements.

• Stock Reconciliation & Audits: Perform reconciliations between physical stock counts and system records, investigate stock variances, and conduct routine spot-checks and audits.

• Cost Accounting & Valuation: Track cost of goods sold (COGS), monitor stock valuations, and flag slow-moving, obsolete, or near-expiry items.

• Financial Reporting & Closing: Record inventory-related journals in accounting software, assist in monthly and annual financial closeouts, and prepare inventory balance reports for management.

• Internal Controls: Enforce inventory documentation procedures, approval workflows, and internal policy compliance.

• Degree: Higher National Diploma (HND) or Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.

• Years of Experience: 1 to 2 years of accounting or inventory control experience is preferred (fresh graduates with solid accounting foundations are encouraged to apply).

• Knowledge of core accounting principles, cost of goods sold (COGS) tracking, and inventory valuation practices.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (spreadsheets, formulas, tracking sheets).

• Practical familiarity with accounting/ERP software systems (e.g., Zoho Books, QuickBooks, or similar packages) is a plus.

• Strong numerical accuracy, analytical skill, attention to detail, and integrity.