Accountant II
Job Posting Date: 28 July 2025
Expiration Date: 10 August 2025
Position Purpose
The Accountant II is a working member of the Finance and Accounting team. The team is responsible for maintaining accurate and timely company financial records in accordance with company policy, US GAAP, and OHADA accounting principles. Strict adherence to controls and procedures is of utmost importance. Must have the willingness and ability to work at a very detailed level. Duties could include but are not limited to:
Preparing, recording and processing payroll; working with various banks to process local international payment request including but not limited to working to resolve regulatory issues/compliance for the various request (could require working with other departments and the vendor), maintain a schedule of outstanding requests and their status, reconciling various balance sheet accounts (include reconciling the schedule to the company’s balance sheet account and bank records); make appropriate updates/entries to the company’s records (clearing wires, request of wire payments); And other task, responsibilities or projects as requested by management.
Job Functions
- Utilize knowledge of statutory, tax and operational reporting to ensure conformance with local laws and regulations and requirements of the agreements.
- Timely prepares, processes and records payroll transactions for the company.
- Prepares and submits tracking and control reports for review and approval.
- Provides AP and banking support facilitating timely payment of invoices to vendors.
- Utilizes vendor payment tracking log to identify and implement improvement processes to reduce AP aging.
- Work with peers in accounting, commercial and operation as well as external stakeholders to implement process improvements.
- Reconcile bank statements to the Balance Sheet and tracking schedule on a monthly basis under the direction of a mentor/ supervisor.
- Reconciles assigned balance sheet accounts with supporting documentation (internal and/or external) under the direction of a mentor/ supervisor.
- Prepares and posts a variety of accounting entries in SAP including; local
invoice payments, petty cash transactions, LNG sales, amortization of pre-paid expense, monthly accruals, and other financial activity under the direction of a mentor/ supervisor. - Responsible for ensuring local invoices are processed and paid timely and accurately.
- Maintains hard copy and electronic copy records and files of financial transactions in accordance with records retention policy. This includes copying and scanning documents and attaching in SAP.
- Participates in the rotation of office petty cash custodian.
- Responsible for following all petty cash policies and procedures, ensuring cash is adequately controlled, disbursing funds, replenishing funds and recording activity in SAP.
- Participates, as required, in other activities as assigned from time to time by the line manager or supervisor, including personal training and development assignment opportunities.
Education and Experience
- EG National with an Accounting, Finance or business degree from an accredited institution of higher education is required. CPA (Certified Public Accountant), CA (Chartered Accountant), MBA (Masters in Business Administration) or equivalent is a plus.
- 5 years Accounting experience with 2 years of experience in chemical or other hydrocarbon process industry
- Must have grounded understanding of financial accounting concepts, including US GAAP and OHADA financial statement preparation.
Qualities / Attributes
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
- SAP, Microsoft Access, and PowerPoint skills are a plus.
- Ability to read, write and speak English
- Teamwork
- Customer Service Oriented
Physical Requirements / Work Conditions
- Work consists of unconstrained, seated office work.
- Work is performed in an air conditioned office environment.
Equipment Operated
- Standard office equipment (computer, printer, copier, etc.)
Important Note
In order to be considered for this job posting the candidates should comply with the following requirements:
- Be an Equatorial Guinean.
- Have a job demand card from the Ministry of Labor (Demanda de Empleo) if currently not working.
- Fill out the EG LNG Job Application Form
- Attach an updated Curriculum Vitae and documents or certificates to support educational attainment
- Copy of valid EG ID card or passport
- Certificate of good conduct issued by the community of neighbors.
The Human Resources contacts for these positions are:
Email: eglngrecruitment@eglng.com or Telephone: 222-549-128
