Finance Analyst

Job title : Finance Analyst

Job Location : Lagos Deadline : October 31, 2026 Quick Recommended Links

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Job Summary

Provide support to the Finance Manager in providing senior management and executives with the analysis and information they need to make major operational, financial, and strategic decisions. Responsible for running the annual budgeting process, as well as for managing cash flow forecast models, variance analysis, and other financial performance tools.

Requirement

• 3yrs+ experience in financial planning and analysis department.
• Familiarity with Excel with Good command of spreadsheets and Excel Functions, Formulas, Pivot Tables
• Good understanding of systems and core accounting concepts.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Minimum of Bachelors in Finance, Accounting, or related fields.
• Membership of Chartered Accountant (ICAN or a similar professional body) is an
• added advantage
• Data Analysis
• Experience working with sizeable ERPs like Dynamics NAV, SAP.
• Continuous learning mindset

Responsibilities

• Build financial reports that communicate consolidated and practice-level performance and analyse underlying trends across the regions.
• Prepare presentations in support of board and shareholder meetings, monthly/quarterly senior leadership meetings and various strategic committees of the company
• Prepare and present variance analysis that compares historical performance and forecasted budget with actual results
• Assist with month-end close processes liaising with accounting to assemble accurate financials for management reporting
• Partner with Business Intelligence team to create customized financial reports on dashboard systems to monitor business activities, develop operational benchmarks and automate manual processes
• Evaluate and forecast the financial viability and financial impact of expansion opportunities and new initiatives.
• Partner with Information Technology professionals to enable implementation of reporting systems and processes across Finance
• Act as a finance business partner and subject matter expert across the business
• Support the Commercial Team to ensure that their strategies lead to Net Sales Revenue and GP growth through the business planning and forecasting processes.
• Provide analytical support in evaluation of all Commercial initiatives in terms of product launches, pricing promotional activities and direct marketing expenditure.
• Support to drive initiatives in order improve Gross Profit (Pricing, Promo optimization, Mix optimization, Product profitability).
• Prepare in-depth & insightful financial analysis and decision support to the sales and category team including identification of opportunities and risks with commentaries/analytics.
• Evaluation and Monitoring of Trade Discount Incentive proposals/programs to drive promotional effectiveness/profitability.
• Provision of robust analysis and insight into pack profitability and portfolio management and preparation of value chain analysis for existing and potential products.

Note: Only selected candidates will be contacted.