A Securities company located in Ikeja - Lagos, is recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Finance Manager
Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Basic Description of the Job
The incumbent will be reporting to the Head, Finance & Accounts.
The Accounts Manager is responsible for the overall financial management and day-to-day bookkeeping of the company’s financial records.
Job Details
Financial Strategy: Responsible for reviewing the company's financial strategy (including the use of profits and reserves) and making recommendations to the Managing Director where appropriate.
Financial Accounting: Responsible for producing and analyzing end-of-year financial accounts; liaising with the company's auditors, producing statutory accounts and filing of the company's tax returns.
Management Accounting: Responsible for producing annual departmental and company-wide budgets and five-year rolling estimates, monthly and quarterly management accounts and ad-hoc reports as required.
Accounting Systems: Responsible for reviewing, updating, and implementing existing internal accounting systems and introducing new systems and controls where appropriate.
Accounting Software: Responsible for maintaining computerized accounting software, ensuring the provision of adequate third-party support for the software, and upgrading the software where appropriate.
Expenditure Control: Responsible for monitoring all company expenditures and where appropriate making recommendations to individuals and teams responsible for budgets.
Coordination of additional bookkeeping support as necessary from time to time. This might include managing temporary
workers or mentoring accountancy students on placement.
General Ledger: Responsible for maintaining the General Ledger; setting up new accounts and cost centers when required;
ensuring reconciliation of control accounts; ensuring correct allocation of expenditure to cost centers.
Purchase Ledger: Responsible for accurate processing of all supplier invoices and for their regular, on-time payment.
Sales Ledger: Responsible for the prompt raising of sales invoices for customers, processing of receipts and all aspects of credit control.
Banking: Responsible for managing all treasury functions including company bank accounts and company credit/debit cards; ensuring adequate funds are available to meet expenditure requirements; ensuring optimal management of cash flows by liaising on a regular basis with the company's bankers and other stakeholders.
Tax: Responsible for handling all tax returns and providing advice on compliance with regulations as necessary, working with the company’s tax consultants where available.
Budgeting: Working with the various departments to prepare budgets, forecasts, and management accounts.
Develop financial documents, processing, and budget preparation & execution.
Provide analytical support for specific programs with respect to budget formulation.
Insurance: Responsible for reviewing the company's insurance arrangements (policies and brokers); ensuring adequate insurance cover is maintained; administering the company's insurance policies and making claims where necessary; liaising with the company's insurance brokers.
Contribute financial information to strategic plans and reviews; for implementing operational, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying system improvements.
Prepare monthly management reports. Prepare income statements and balance sheets.
Support regular and annual audits by providing timely information and answers to internal and external auditors.
Protect the organization's value by keeping information confidential.
Maintain financial security and establish internal controls and checks.
Any other activities related to the financial management of the Company.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
Member of ICAN or ACCA
Minimum of 4 years prior work experience within a financial management role.
Tech-savvy
Experience in preparing budgets, management accounts and end-of-year financial accounts.
Extensive experience and a thorough working knowledge of computerized accounting systems and spreadsheets.
Good verbal and written presentation skills; Ability to work independently and on own initiative, within a team environment;
Ability to work well under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail; High level of planning & organizational skills;
Excellent interpersonal skills; Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office tools;
Must be able to gather and analyze information
High analytical ability
Good investigative skills
Good Reporting Skills.
Desirable:
Management-level position attained in a Finance/Accounting or related role.
Salary
N300,000 - N400,000 Monthly.
Application Closing Date
16th December, 2024.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected]using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.