Job Description
The Accounting and Finance Manager within his/her functions is expected to:
- Daily Payments Transactions Reconciliations
- Ensuring timely retrieval of all financial data required for reconciliations
- Prepare daily reporting summaries and highlight irregular or unusual transactions
- Maintaining invoices registry and keeping track of these expenses
- Responsible for raising / reconciling payment of invoices
- Working closely with Global Finance Tea
- Other ad-hoc associated tasks as assigned by the CFO / Country Head
- Preparing reports for regulatory bodies
- Identify and Escalate variances / gaps / irregular items to the relevant people
- Prepare Payroll and submit all monthly Payroll / Tax regulatory filings
- Participate in monthly financial close activities including performance report preparation for group entities
- Provide monthly analysis of costs and keep proper records of these costs for management reporting purposes
- Ensure that the company is compliant with Tax Management (VAT, PAYE, Transaction tax, and Company Income Tax Compliance) and other statutory payments or registrations
- File tax returns for group entities and track tax compliance obligations across entities.
- Provide audit support for group entities
- Carry out any other assigned tasks for the purpose of preparing monthly management accounts
Your experience and mindset:
- Minimum of 6 years finance experience
- Must have worked in a Bank or Financial Services Company or Payments Company
- University degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Analytics or related field
- Accounting/Bookkeeping knowledge (ACCA partly qualified) or close to qualified
- Strong preference for chartered accountants
- Fluency in English
- Excellent analytical skills and strong experience working with numbers
- Efficient/organized
- Ability to multitask
- Team player
- Ability to work with tight deadlines in terms of the project and regulatory reporting
- Excellent analytical and numerical skills
- Detail-oriented and excel at spotting patterns/trends and irregularities
- Analytical and thorough, can be relied on to work with accuracy and effectiveness
- Demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to identify cause and effect and communicate results in an effective and structured manner
- Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Time management skills
We offer:
- Market related salary
- Sick & Paid holidays
- Exposure to A team of top international professionals to learn from
- Multicultural working environment
- Great offices in Lagos