• Application Deadline: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Head of Finance /Admin



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , Professional Certificate



• Experience 7 - 8 years



• Location Lagos




• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  
  

Location: Magodo, Lagos

Directly reports to: C.O.O

Directly supervises: Account/Admin Officers, Treasury Officers

Job Purpose

• Ensure the organization's financial integrity and sustainability.


• Safeguard company assets and prevent financial leakages through strong internal controls.


• Maintain stable treasury operations and effective investment portfolio management.


• Ensure full compliance with tax, pension, and regulatory obligations.


• Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting to support strategic decision-making.


• Optimize cash flow through effective management of receivables and payables.


• Provide strategic financial advisory support to executive management.

Key Outputs

• Annual budget


• Monthly payrolls


• Monthly management accounts


• Cash flow forecast report


• Investment portfolio


• Treasury & liquidity position report


• Internal control review report


• Annual financial statements

Key responsibilities areas

• Safeguard the company’s financial integrity and prevent financial leakages by:


• Establishing and enforcing a robust internal control framework across treasury, receivables, payables, payroll, and reporting processes.


• Supervising periodic reconciliations and reviewing exception reports to ensure accounts remain balanced at all times.


• Directing internal audit reviews and ensuring corrective actions are implemented promptly.


• Approving financial transactions within delegated authority limits and enforcing segregation of duties across the team.


• Ensure disciplined budgetary control and financial performance management by:


• Overseeing receivables collection to ensure payments are received within agreed timelines.


• Managing payables scheduling to ensure vendors, partners, and statutory bodies are paid on time.


• Aligning inflows and outflows to prevent cash shortfalls.


• Raising payment instructions promptly to meet financial obligations.


• Ensure delivery of accurate, timely, and decision-ready financial reporting and documentation by:


• Directing the preparation of monthly management accounts and business performance reports.


• Reviewing financial statements, interpreting financial data, and presenting insights to support strategic decision-making.


• Enforcing real-time posting discipline within accounting systems.


• Establishing structured filing and documentation standards for financial and administrative records.


• Supervising proper retention of agreements, investment documents, invoices, receipts, and statutory records.


• Ensuring the organization remains audit-ready at all times.


• Safeguard and monitor company assets by:


• Maintaining oversight of the company’s asset register and periodic verification exercises.


• Reviewing asset utilization reports and investigating discrepancies.


• Ensuring adequate controls exist to prevent asset misappropriation.

Build a high performing team by:

• Supervising and setting performance standards for the Accounts and Admin team.


• Allocating responsibilities and ensuring accountability for deliverables.


• Reviewing work outputs to maintain accuracy and compliance standards.


• Providing coaching and strengthening financial discipline across the department.


• Provide strategic financial leadership to executive management by:


• Advising on funding strategies, capital structure, and investment decisions.


• Analyzing business trends, profitability drivers, and risk exposures.


• Supporting corporate planning with financial modelling and performance projections.


• Representing the finance function in executive discussions and decision forums.


• Drive the sustainability and growth of the company’s revenue and capital base by:


• Directing and supervising the monitoring of all client repayments and investment inflows.


• Ensuring reconciliations of repayment plans using Loan Disk and accounting systems are completed accurately and in a timely manner.


• Reviewing exposure risks and intervening where potential ROI or maturity defaults are identified.


• Holding the team accountable for timely investor notifications and settlement of obligations


• Ensure effective treasury and investment portfolio management by:


• Overseeing corporate and individual investment portfolios and monitoring maturity cycles.


• Approving rollover, settlement, or liquidation decisions in line with treasury strategy.


• Ensuring promissory notes and investment obligations are properly documented and tracked.


• Preserving investor confidence through disciplined treasury oversight.


• Ensure full statutory and regulatory compliance by:


• Establishing a compliance calendar covering all tax, pension, and regulatory obligations.


• Supervising the preparation and timely filing of WHT, PAYE, CIT, Directors’ Assessments, and other statutory returns.


• Reviewing and approving statutory remittances prior to submission.


• Representing the organization during regulatory inspections and external audits.


• Any other results/responsibilities/duties/tasks/job roles that may be assigned to you by management.


• Performance Standards


• Strategic financial advisory & funding oversight


• Departmental leadership


• Billing and invoicing


• Payment tracking and receivables management


• Financial reporting and reconciliation


• Sales support

Key interfaces

• Internal: Account Team, Risk and Credit Team, Sales Team


• External: Customers, Regulatory bodies

MINIMUM REQUIRED JOB SPECIFICATION

• Academic and Professional


• HND/Degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance, or any related discipline


• ICAN/ACCA certification.

Experience

• Minimum of 7-10 years of relevant experience with 2 years in a leadership role.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Organizational Competencies


• Adding Value, Dedication, Excellent Service, Professionalism, Transparency

Grade Category Competencies

• Report writing competence


• Effective communication


• People management skills


• Problem solving


• Financial management skills


• Leadership skills

Functional competencies

• Knowledge of Advanced finance


• Treasury & liquidity management skills


• Financial reporting & interpretation


• Budgeting & financial planning knowledge


• Regulatory & tax compliance management


• Revenue tracking


•  Risk assessment & mitigation