• Application Deadline: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Financial Analyst


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Lagos


• City Lekki


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  


• Salary Range ₦200,000 - ₦300,000/month
  

Qualification

• Degree in Finance, or other related fields.


• Professional qualification

Experience

• 3 to 5 years of successful experience in a financial role, preferably in a school


• Experience using financial software.


• Working effectively with internal and external partners.


• Advanced MS Excel skills


• Higher level IT skills.


• Excellent analytical and numerical skills.


• Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data. Excellent interpersonal skills.


• Effective communicator and presenter – orally and in writing.


• Ability to work as part of a team.

Job description

• Perform a wide variety of highly complex accounting, financial analysis and reporting work auditing, reconciling and maintaining financial records in support of the school; including budgets, journals and ledgers of income, expenditures and encumbrances.


• Download, interpret and manipulate information from both financial and nonfinancial systems. This includes student, staff and estates data.


• Analyse spending patterns and trends to provide insights to budget holders.


• Perform regular variance analysis on the portfolio and provide commentaries.


• Conduct, prepare, and submit systematic and periodic reviews of budgets, preparing projections of variance to approved budgets. Creates and updates Standard Operating Procedures.


• Prepare and audit a variety of financial, statistical and budgetary reports statements and records related to assigned accounting functions.


• Review and analyse financial statements, records and reports to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance.


• Implements budget revisions in accordance with designated specifications.


• Conduct financial, statistical, and operational studies of a variety of school operations. Prepare findings, recommendations, and discussion for management review and action.


• Analyse and interpret legislative, state and federal directives; communicate findings to the Head of Finance and management. Coordinate necessary recommendations for revisions as required for financially sound and consistent policies concerning budget accountability.


• Analyse budgeting and accounting record procedures to ensure systems internal controls and compliance with regulatory requirements, policies and administrative regulations.


• Prepare various comparative analysis reports to be presented to management. Prepare various fiscal documentation regarding accounting activities, e.g., weekly, monthly and annual reports.


• Oversee, calculate, post, audit and adjust journal entries including yearend closing, account reconciliation, reporting, and auditing; monitor, evaluate and reconcile assigned accounts and budgets; update accounts to reflect revenue and expenditures. Coordinate input of budget data. Implement procedures for specialising budgets. Input account item transfers.


• Manage and analyses budget reports and preparation of recommendations for auditing and internal controls. Evaluate budgets to ensure adequate funds exist prior to authorisation. Forecast short-term and long-term projections of revenues and expenditures. Provide timely and accurate information relating to budget status.


• May receive, review, and process requisitions from various departments; track requisition processes, including initial receiving, coding and tracking.


• Generate invoices when required.


• Maintain financial models (such as staff budgets, tuition fees, etc.) in Excel.


• Evaluate current capital expenditures and depreciation.


• Explore investment opportunities.


• Establish and evaluate profit plans.


• Identify trends in financial performance and provide recommendations for improvement.


• Coordinate with other members of the finance team to review financial information and forecasts.


• Responsible for ensuring that data is accurate, up-todate and complete.


•  Active role in debt management and control.


• Maintain relationships with the banks.