Accountant

Vaste Finance—a financial institution offering tailored retail and commercial financial solutions—is recruiting a detail-oriented Accountant to join its finance team in Lagos Island, Lagos. This full-time position focuses on fund reconciliation, deposit verification, audit-ready financial documentation, and resolving financial discrepancies from field deposit mobilizers.

• Fund Reconciliation: Perform daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations of funds collected by field deposit mobilizers against field activity reports, logs, and bank deposits.

• Retrieval & Confirmation: Verify and confirm physical cash or digital funds retrieved from field officers prior to banking or vaulting.

• Financial Documentation: Maintain precise ledger accounts, financial logs, and audit-ready collection records.

• Discrepancy Resolution: Flag, investigate, and resolve variances or discrepancies between reported collections and actual deposited funds.

• Financial Reporting: Prepare periodic collection summary reports, mobilizer efficiency analyses, and reconciliation updates for executive management.

• Education: Relevant Degree/HND in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.

• Experience: Practical experience in financial reconciliation, deposit tracking, accounting, or audit operations (experience within a microfinance institution or retail financial services environment is a plus).

• Key Competencies: High attention to detail, strong numerical/analytical skills, integrity, prompt discrepancy reporting, and proficiency in accounting software/MS Excel.