Financial Controller at Deloitte Nigeria

Deloitte Nigeria - Our client, one of Nigeria's largest integrated law firms, offering a wide variety of specialized legal services, is currently recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Financial Controller

Location: Lagos

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the preparation, reporting, filing and management of all financial statements
• Oversee the accounting, filing and payment of all statutory liabilities accurately and within the stipulated timelines
• Perform data migration and effectively uses accounting software to analyse, report and manage financial information
• Ensure proper application of accounting standards in managing and recording financial transactions
• Ensure effective cost control and cost management processes are implemented, tracked and reported
• Prepare and deliver the budget and financial plans on time and manage expenditure within the approved limits
• Review all financial plans and budgets regularly to identify and implement approved cost reduction opportunities
• Manage cash flow and debtor days within approved limits
• Oversee the fee note generation and fee collection process ensuring prompt issuance of fee notes and prompt escalation of receivables to the partner in charge
• Ensure that all financial transactions are accurately recorded, filed, and reported
• Ensure that all reconciliations are completed on a timely basis and that differences are investigated and resolved promptly for month end and year end reporting purposes
• Create and generate timely month end and annual reports to communicate the financial performance trends, and forecasts
• Supervise the finance department staff, including accountants and financial assistants and motivate for excellence by clarifying roles and providing constructive feedback
• Lead the requirement gathering, implementation of and migration to a new accounting system
• Ensure financial processes and controls operate effectively and efficiently on a day-to-day basis and develop and implement a review of existing processes and control to identify improvements for immediate implementation
• Assist the Management Board in developing and implementing a risk management process
• Manage the identification and mitigation of risk within the finance department
• Establish and implement financial reporting systems to comply with government regulations and legislation
• Collaborate with auditing services to ensure proper compliance with all regulations
• Examine all financial reports and data closely to check for and correct discrepancies
• Create systems to prevent errors in data collection, data entry and calculations
• Present reports to partners, stakeholder, and board members.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent
• Relevant professional certification e.g. Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA), Associate of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
• 10 - 16 years proven experience in Finance Management.

Skills, Competencies / Requirements:

• Financial Management
• Understanding of Accounting standards and Principles
• Accounting Tools/Software
• Data Migration
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Controls
• Year-end reporting
• Financial Modelling & Forecasting
• Risk Management
• Communication
• Integrity and Confidentiality
• Strategy Execution and Transformative mindset
• Accountability
• Decisiveness.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.