Head, Accounts and Finance

Job Description

Our client is a Nigeria's top financial intermediary and equipment leasing firm, offers flexible leasing, loan financing, and financial planning. Due to expansion, they are in need of a Head, Accounts and Finance.

Location : Lagos

Job Responsibilities :

• Leads the company’s financial accounting, reporting, and control activities and ensures they are carried out efficiently and in line with the best practice and statutory requirements
• Establish a high level of credibility and manage strong working relationships with external parties including customers, vendors, regulators, and external auditors
• Supervises end-of-period processes and supports the analysis of the periodical business performance, budgets, and forecasts.
• Leads the accounts departments in the preparation of periodic Management and Statutory financial reports and  also work with the external auditor to deliver Audited Financial statements
• Leads the Accounts department in the preparation and monitoring of the business’s annual budgets and liaises with external auditors to drive ad hoc projects that will improve process efficiency.
• Lead the department in the documentation of all financial books and records.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with the business’s internal corporate framework policies and finance manuals.
• Oversee tax audit exercises and follow up with the relevant government agencies.
• Attends regular finance forums / meetings both internally and externally in an attempt to gather useful knowledge and insights that can be applied within the accounts and finance department.

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