Finance Officer at Beyond Credit Limited

Beyond Credit Limited is a technology-driven financial services company focused on empowering low-income entrepreneurs across Africa. We seek to provide them with opportunities to grow their businesses, improve their standard of living and thereby have better outcomes in life. We aim to give them hope of a better life by equipping them with appropriate tools needed to attain greater financial independence.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Officer

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting Line: Head of Finance

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily finance operations including ensuring on-time disbursement of approved Loans.
• Ensure accurate and timely reconciliation and settlement of financial transactions within the organization.
• Responsible for key liquidity availability management functions. This includes cash forecasting and cash management processes, liquidity monitoring and funding strategies.
• Analysis of short-term cash needs, providing forecast information and assistance to the Head of Finance regarding Term Deposits and maximizing interest revenue.
• Work closely with internal teams, external parties, and financial institutions to reconcile accounts, resolve discrepancies, and facilitate the smooth settlement of transactions.
• Analyze data, identify errors or discrepancies, and implement corrective actions to maintain financial integrity and compliance.
• Preparing weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly operating reports to present to senior management and provision of recommendations for improvements based on trends.
• Overseeing processing of payables including vendor payments
• Liaise with parties (banks and processors) to ensure optimal cost structures and verify daily settlements
• Provide ad hoc financial reporting, other duties and project work as required.

Qualifications

• Candidates should possess B.Sc Degrees in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or a related Business discipline
• 2 to 3 years+ of experience working with a Commercial Bank, Micro Finance Bank or Fintech.
• Experience in managing and analyzing high volumes of data to recognize, understand and assist in solving problems.
• Proficiency in accounting software and IT savvy.
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to read and assess datasets and company financial statements - cash flow + projections.
• High Level skills especially in Excel, Accounting and PowerPoint
• Self-starter with the desire to contribute from day one to supporting Beyond Credit Limited in providing premier financial services.
• Good written, presentation and communication skills, able to prepare statistical and narrative reports.
• Able to work under broad direction but self-motivated to work independently. Has technical responsibility and accountable for work performed and decision taken.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills and able to communicate and manage relationship at all levels.

Salary
N180,000 - N200,000 Monthly.

Application Closing Date
5th April, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.