• Application Deadline:
• Position: Finance Manager


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 6 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Timely and accurate recording of agency revenues in accordance with GAAP


• Operationalize the accounting for existing and new accounts (clients), suppliers and contractors.


• Research and resolve technical accounting issues surrounding revenue recognition.


• Identify and implement process improvements that increase accuracy and efficiency


• Identify trends or issues that require management’s attention.


• Produce and present periodic and ad hoc reports to the senior management & business owners.


• Prepare month-end journal entries and analyses.


• Reconcile balance sheet accounts.


• Oversees the General Accounting, Accounts Receivable and Cash Application functions. Supervises the accounting staff with day-to-day and periodic accounting functions.


• Manages the monthly close process, ensuring that all entries are correctly input and accurately reflect the financial events of the current period and adhere to best accounting practices and standards.


• Ensure that all deliverables are completed within the corporate and timeline, including reporting requirements.


• Performs detailed account analyses, identifies account misstatements and courses of action to correct.


• Prepares monthly reconciliations and reports for all balance sheet accounts. Investigates any exceptions and determines appropriate course of action.


• Works closely with the payroll function to ensure that all wage-related information is accurately reflected in the financial statements and all appropriate accruals are made.


• Assists the Financial Controller to Develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures for accounting related functions.


• Consistently reviews processes and gives recommendations for improvement. Acts as cash manager in maintaining cash balances for all bank accounts, independently determines appropriate balances and necessary transfers.


• Leads, supervises, and develops staff.


• Prepares monthly and quarterly sales tax analysis and payments.


• Cash Flow management and reporting


• Manage the year end audit process with the auditors


• Budgeting and forecasting

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

Revenue Assurance and Collections:

• Account for and monitor collection/payment of non-standard contractual revenue streams. Reconciliation of supplier/clearinghouse data to internal data and resolution of differences.

Special projects as assigned:

• Provide accounting input to new projects & technology. Create new tools/databases to compress month-end close.


• Full deployment of the Nigerian Tax Laws and Practice. The Pension Act. Quarterly reporting and audit schedules.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 6 years of Accounting and Finance experience.


• B. Sc degree in Accounting, Finance


• Professionally qualified


• Strong Excel skills as well as the ability to work with large amounts of data.


• Problem solving skills; Ability to find accounting and operational solutions for new business initiatives.


• Excellent organizational and time management skills.


• Ability to manage details and data.


• Ability to build strong working relationships, having worked in an Advertising Agency


• Good people skills with the ability to work with management and department heads


• Ability to remain neutral always.


• Solid moral fibre with the ability to deal appropriately with issues involving fraud and corruption.