Role Overview

• This role supports the team in ensuring timely and accurate completion of financial reports to enhance business decision making, substantiate key balances and ensure there are no regulatory laws/accounting standards infraction or fines.

Responsibilities

• Timely preparation of monthly management reports before 5th of each subsequent month.
• Prepare, review & submit CBN returns within stipulated timelines.
• Review to ensure that the Financial Asset reconciliation and schedules are properly done, data are adequately capture and are in the right formats
• Preparation and submission of all schedules of financial liabilities in a timely manner.
• Reconcile financial numbers with internal stakeholders.
• Work with the commercial finance team for proper revenue assurance
• Review intercompany related postings on a periodic basis.
• Prepare schedules and ensure sign off of reconciliation with subsidiary and related companies.
• Support in coordinating External Audit.
• Generate both periodic and ad hoc reports as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Accounting or Finance related from a recognized Institution.
• Certified Accountant (ACA, ACCA)
• 5+ years of work experience in Financial, Statutory and Regulatory Reporting.
• In-depth knowledge of Financial Accounting and other aspect of accounting in general
• Ability to understand Investment transactions and give appropriate accounting interpretation as required by various laws & standards
• Good Knowledge of relevant Accounting standards i.e. IFRS, IAS etc.
• Must have an eye for details and be very observant of hidden issues inside numbers.
• Ability to think out of the box
• Ability to interpret financial reports and gain meaningful insight into it
• Must be highly proficient in the use of Microsoft office application such as Excel, Word, PDF,
• Power Point, Outlook etc. Must be able to use simple accounting application such as Microsoft Dynamics.
• Good Knowledge of Investment applications
• Ability to build accounts from Trial Balance to Final account with notes
• Ability to develop excel spread sheet financial models for various finance reports.
• Ability to learn and be up to speed on new accounting trends and standards.
• Ability to investigate and correct outliers and irregularities in trends of key financial numbers in the books of accounts.