Financial Analyst at Deloitte Nigeria

Deloitte Nigeria - Our client is a development Finance institution positioned to empower more micro, small and medium enterprises across Nigeria. The institution is set up as a private sector driven wholesale financial institution aimed at increasing access to finance for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through eligible financial intermediaries In view of the foregoing, the client seeks to attract, motivate and retain qualified staff.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Financial Analyst

Reference Number: DFI014
Location: Any City, Nigeria

Job Summary

• To provide high quality analysis of the institution’s finance activities (as and when required) in ensuring availability of critical information for decision making within the institution and supervise the coordination of continuous improvement activities across the institution.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages the coordination of finance policies and processes, updates and ensures withdrawal of outdated policies and processes
• Supervises the collation of feedback and evaluates information on financial control lapses from various sources which feeds the Financial Controls Monitoring/Financial Control Implications Reports
• Liaises with the relevant teams to organise workshops and other communication aimed at promoting Financial Control awareness
• Manages the collation of bank-wide service costs and prepares activity based costing analysis
• Generates financial ratios between current and prior year values in the Balance Sheet, Income and Cash Flow Statements
• Conducts review on historic performance and prepares report on financial trends and financial statement analysis
• Reviews and reports on the alignment of proposed expenditure for initiatives with the Bank’s objectives/performance targets as well as perform cost-benefit analysis
• Assists with  the provision of financial recommendations and advice to the management

Required qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Finance, Accounts or any Social Management Sciences or Business related discipline.
• A Post graduate or Master’s degree in a related field is an added advantage
• Membership of ICAN, ACA, ACCA, CFA, etc. is required
• A minimum of 4 years working experience in an Accounting or finance related function

Skills and Experience:

• Financial services industry knowledge
• Knowledge of Accounting Standards and regulations (GAAP/IFRS etc.)
• Working knowledge of financial control and analysis
• Knowledge of relevant financial software applications
• Knowledge of controls and risk Management
• Expertise in Financial & Management Accounting
• Expertise in research, data gathering and numerical analysis
• Demonstrates expertise in Financial Analysis & Interpretation and reporting
• Excellent communication Skills (Oral & Written)
• Demonstrates expertise in technical financial report writing

Application Closing Date
14th July, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online