• Application Deadline:
• Position: Financial Controller


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 8 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the preparation of Monthly Management Accounts;


• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of the monthly management accounts;


• Financial Planning and Budget Preparation


• Prepare a quarterly forecast for the full year in the format of the monthly management accounts;


• Accounting Policy and process update


• Provide useful insights into business performance and recommend improvement activities.


• Oversee full financial accounting systems and processes e.g. accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll function;


• Review and take responsibilities for monthly Intercompany reconciliation and statements


• Review key assumptions for reasonableness; analyse and quantify key risks and judgements used in the financial figures reported.


• Develop financial reporting in the ERP system to meet company requirements;


• Provide support to other departments to maximise amounts invoiced to clients and to efficiently collect payments;


• Provide financial information to support commercial activities within the business and other departments as required;


• Ensure compliance for statutory deductions and payments;


• Manage tax reporting and audits;


• Payroll management.


• Ensure insurance coverage is in place at all times to meet statutory and company requirements;


• Plan and manage the annual external accounts audit for all entities to produce draft financial statements within 10 weeks of the year end;


• Oversee the preparation of quality and timely financial statements and reports in line with IFRS standard


• Provide ad-hoc support to the CFO & Operations Teams as required (i.e. special projects)


• Other duties as required.

Requirements

• University Graduate or equivalent


• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)


• Minimum 8 years of experience in a similar role or within a Finance team.


• Wide experience of working with ERP/Accounting software


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills


• Ability to develop and present ideas and reasoned arguments clearly and concisely to various audiences


• High level of integrity and ethical behaviour - sets a good example


• Strong ability to prioritize, multi-task and delegate


• Culturally aware and adept at operating in a multi-cultural environment


• Advance MS Excel financial planning and modelling skills


• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes; Outlook, Word, PowerPoint


• Solid team player with high energy and go get attitude to deliver results


• High degree of resilience.


• Demonstrable evidence of interpreting & manipulating data clearly and accurately with the ability to extract & clearly articulate key points