• Application Deadline:
• Position: Financial Analyst


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 10 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Job Summary

• The ideal candidate will be responsible for financial planning, analysis and projection for existing, new and upcoming projects.


• Must be able to forecast future revenues and expenditures to establish cost structures and determine capital budgeting for projects.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide analytical, forecasting, reporting, and project support to senior management


• Produce monthly reports, which include key metrics, financial results, and variance reporting


• Spearhead the annual and quarterly budgeting and forecasting processes


• Identify opportunities for performance improvement across the organization


• Maintain knowledge and keep abreast of new financial regulations or policies


• Develop models that help with decision-making


• Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking


• Analyse past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements


• Work closely with management to ensure accurate financial reporting


• Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analysing actual results with plans and and forecast


• Guide the cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures around expenditures


• Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization


• Recommend actions by analysing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; study proposed changes in methods and materials


• Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Excel dashboards


• Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools


• Perform market research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuations


• Maintain a strong financial analysis foundation creating forecasts and models


• Reconcile existing transactions through cross-referencing of incoming and outgoing data


• Conduct comparable analysis and market research to support internal financial analysis


• Maintain up-to-date technical knowledge of financial instruments, market conditions, and trends

Qualifications / Experience

• B.Sc (1st or 2nd Class Upper) plus M. Sc Degree in Social Sciences or Management


• Qualified Accountant - ACA plus minimum of 10 years experience in Financial Management


• Proficient in the use of Enterprise-wide Accounting Application such as SAGE or SAP and Ms Office packages and Power Point Presentation

Required Skills / Attributes

• Good oral and written communication skills


• Good interpersonal skills, people management and negotiating skills


• High awareness of quality issues and attention to details


• Strong sense of professionalism, integrity, and sound judgment and tact


• High level of sincerity and honesty with pragmatic and proactive approach to business


• Ability to maintain confidentiality.