Job Summary
This role is for a meticulous financial professional who ensures that our growth is backed by precision, compliance, and strategic foresight.
How You''ll Make an Impact
We are looking for a highly disciplined Finance Manager who lives and breathes numbers. This isn''t just about bookkeeping; it’s about end-to-end financial stewardship.
You will be the guardian of our ledger, ensuring the absolute quality and timeliness of every financial statement, from cash flow to the balance sheet.
You’ll play a critical role in navigating the newly passed tax laws, ensuring our remittances (Tax, Pension, etc.) are flawless.
If you have a consulting or startup background and thrive on the challenge of variance analysis, forecast accuracy, and operational risk management, you are the talent we need.
What You''ll Do
Financial Reporting & Management Accounts:
Prepare the Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, and Balance Sheet with absolute accuracy.
Conduct monthly bank reconciliations and manage the end-to-end accounting CRM tools.
Analyze the Debt-to-Equity ratio and perform sensitivity analysis to guide leadership decision-making.
Financial Operations & Controls:
Own the end-to-end Account Payables (AP) and Account Receivables (AR) lifecycle, ensuring timely payments and aggressive follow-up on outstanding client invoices.
Perform meticulous monthly bank, vendor, and inter-company reconciliations to maintain 100% data integrity within our accounting systems.
Develop and enforce rigorous financial control policies, ensuring all expenditures align with approved budgets and grade-level authorities.
Supervise the issuance and tracking of all financial instruments, ensuring 100% accuracy and professional compliance in all documentation
Payroll, Tax & Benefits:
Manage the monthly payroll schedule and ensure 100% compliance with statutory remittances (LIRS, FIRS, Pension, etc.).
Act as the subject matter expert on current Nigerian tax laws to prevent regulatory violations.
Budgeting & FP&A:
Drive the quarterly Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) cycle.
Measure budget utilization rates and identify specific areas for cost savings across the organization.
Compliance, Risk & Control:
Develop and enforce financial control policies, ensuring all spending aligns with recruitment and grade-level budgets.
Monitor liquidity risk and operational risk exposure daily.
What We''re Looking For
Professional & Technical Strengths:
Academic Qualification: Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc) in Accounting, Finance, or Economics.
Professional (Mandatory): Must be a Chartered Accountant (ICAN or ACCA).
Experience: Minimum 2 years of end-to-end accounting experience, preferably within an accounting consulting firm or a fast-paced startup.
Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of current tax laws, pension remittances, and IFRS standards.
Tools: Proficient in accounting CRM tools, ERPs, and advanced Microsoft Excel (for $MAPE$, variance, and sensitivity analysis).
Reporting: Proven ability to deliver management accounts and financial forecasts under tight deadlines.
Leadership & Interpersonal Strengths:
Attention to Detail: You are meticulous; a single misaligned digit bothers you.
Analytical Mindset: You look past the numbers to understand the "why" behind the data.
Integrity: You maintain the highest ethical standards in financial reporting and compliance.