FINANCE INTERN

  • Full-time

Company Description

At GIGL we pride ourselves as being Africa’s Leading Logistics Company. Founded in 2012, we belong to a distinguished class of logistics companies with a clear defined market path across Africa.

We are expanding rapidly with scores of local branches in Nigeria, Ghana and United States of America with a wide robust global network providing domestic and international, intra and inter-state express delivery services

Our tagline is a better way to deliver, is an affirmation of our excellent processes, technological innovation and customer care deliverables backed up with a World class team. This mantra is brought alive in our speedy response to pick-up operations, prompt and secure delivery of shipments and comparative friendly charges.

Job Description

Job Description

This role reports to the Finance Manager. The incumbent will take charge of the day-to-day monitoring of transactions, reconciliation, settlements, and resolution of exceptions and disputed transactions.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure daily processing of net settlement files of banks in line with SLA and industry standards.
  • Liaise with counterparties – experience centers, supervisors, area coordinators, settlement partners in relation to daily transactions and settlements.
  • Daily reconciliation of all balances and transactions on electronic settlements/payments accounts with correspondent banks to internal general ledgers and Agility platform
  • Render daily and periodic reconciliation reports.
  • Resolving variances and disputes identified from reconciliation
  • Overseeing the use and maintenance of POS devices across all assigned centers
  • Ensure that all relevant transactions are posted accurately from both an accounting and partner perspective.
  • Ensure that failed settlement transactions are tracked and resolved daily
  • Take ownership and respond to transaction issues, queries and other reconciliation and settlements escalations
  • Investigate and effectively manage the resolution of disputed transactions in collaboration with relevant stakeholders
  • Reimbursement and posting of center floats
  • Review of expectations when not available and appropriate escalation
  • Review of exceptions (items outstanding post reconciliation; that is a comparison of internal expectations with statements/settlement entries).
  • Escalation of exceptions to the relevant stakeholders
  • Preparation of monthly bank reconciliations for all banks, resolution and posting of all reconciling items into the accounting software
  • Ensure no loss of funds. Detect and escalate any loss of funds to all stakeholders promptly.

Qualifications

  • Bachelors’ degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
  •  Experience in a settlement and reconciliation role in a regulated financial institution will be an added advantage.
  • Strong numerical and analytical skills, and ability to work with large volumes of data
  • Relevant professional certification will be an added advantage
  • Attention to details, and understanding of reconciliation.
  • Microsoft Excel skills
  • Willingness to learn and take ownership

Additional Information

Job Location: Gbagada
Job Type: Full-Time
Remuneration- N75,000 (for the three months period of internship, followed by a review, subject to satisfactory performance)