• Application Deadline: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Chief Financial Officer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 10 years


• Location Abuja


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Responsibility Summary

• As Head, Finance and Accounts, you will be responsible for all company financial activities, ensuring the company remains in good financial standing and steers clear of all Financial related regulatory infractions.

Roles/Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of all financial data and responsibility for the accuracy of each financial statement line item, including monthly reporting of results as well as the annual audit.


• Creating KPIs for the Finance Team.


• Oversees the preparation of the annual budgets and monitors actual costs against the budgets.


• Ensure all accounting activities and internal audits comply with financial regulations.


• Drive awareness and insightful analyses of market trends to ascertain risks and opportunities across business segments.


• Draft regular analysis reports on all business segments on market opportunities for senior management, business leadership and executives, and relevant stakeholders to support decision making across the Company.


• Monitor competitor activities and benchmark activities and performance with Competitors.


• Coordinate the formulation of long-term and short-term product policies and oversee internal consulting projects for business units and departments.


• Independently interact and collaborate with all stakeholders.


• Assess trends; incorporate financial rigour and competitive, consumer and market research. Identify and evaluate long-term strategic investments, opportunities, businesses, and alliances.


• Allocate resources and manage cash flows.


• Evaluate and decide on investment of company funds.


• Oversees the preparation of the Management Accounts.

Tax Duties:

• Advise Management on the tax implication of the Company’s business operations and recommend strategies to minimize tax liabilities while remaining within the ambit of tax laws.


• Extract and reconcile tax information from the financial and accounting system.


• Oversee the computation and filing of all tax returns (such as PAYE, VAT and WHT) including related reports, to ensure compliance with all tax laws and regulations.


• Process and keep up to date with regard to relevant tax exemption certificates as required.


• Conduct periodic reconciliation of tax related general ledger accounts.


• Maintain accurate and complete records of all tax transactions (tax returns, support receipts and certification) and related balance sheet activity for tax and audit purposes.

Fund Account Duties:

• Ensure accurate unit prices are generated.


• Oversee the periodic maintenance of all Fund Ledgers.


• Maintain the integrity of general ledger including charts of accounts.


• Preparation of Funds annual audited financial statements.


• Liaise with external auditors for auditing of the Funds’ annual statutory position.


• Ensure compliance with The National Pension Commission (PENCOM) for all Funds.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Master's Degree qualification with at least 10 years work experience.