Location: Lagos, Nigeria (Hybrid)
Industry: Financial Services
Summary:
Our client, a top financial servicing company who supports entrepreneurs in building financial prosperity is looking to add a Financial Manager/Controller who will be responsible for working with senior management to develop financial strategies for the organization. You are comfortable handling large amounts of data, acting as a business partner, decision maker, and providing regular financial reporting. The ideal candidate must have built and led finance teams in the past and have built finance processes/structure within an organization. This position reports directly to the CEO.
Responsibilities:
- Manage accounting operations
- Prepare and publish timely monthly financial statements
- Coordinate the preparation of regulatory reporting
- Research technical accounting issues for compliance
- Support month-end and year-end close process
- Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
- Manage and comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
- Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
- Additional controller duties as necessary
Qualifications:
- Proven working experience as a Financial Controller in a top financial company
- Minimum of 7 years of overall combined accounting and finance experience
- Advanced degree in Accounting
- Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
- Experience with creating financial statements
- Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process
- Excellent accounting software user and administration skills
Job Location: Lagos