Senior Accountant - Operations and M&A at UnoCasa Limited

UnoCasa Limited - Our client is recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Accountant - Operations and M&A

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Description

• Our client is looking to hire a Senior Accountant to support our strategic initiatives. The role would cover bank reconciliations, financial statements analysis, financial modeling, accounting due diligence, preparing quality of earnings reports and additional duties.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare quality of earnings report for potential acquisition targets.
• Development of various types of financial models to value debt and equity for mergers, acquisitions, and capital raising transactions.
• Perform various valuation methods - comparable companies, precedents, and DCF.
• Develop recommendations for product offerings, private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and valuations.
• Conduct preparation and review of materials used in the financing of clients, including investment memoranda, management presentations, and pitch books.
• Develop relationships with new and existing clients in order to expand the business.
• Perform due diligence, research, analysis, and documentation of live transactions.
• Create presentations for client portfolios.
• Affinity for current events, critical issues, and relevant news.
• Preparing all monthly, quarterly and yearly tax reports and ensuring that necessary filings and payments are done on time
• Perform treasury function including handling and controlling of payments to vendors and handling of cash
• Perform monthly staff payroll/ tax deductions and all related calculations.
• Perform Weekly /monthly bank reconciliations and analysis of FOREX gains/losses.
• Supervising and performing monthly or end year stock takings / inventory valuation where applicable.
• Setting up and maintaining policies and procedures including requirements on controls and documentation for management
• Managing the external audit and ensuring that it is completed on time.

Relevant Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Professional qualification: ACA/ ACCA/CIMA qualified (CPA is a plus) -
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in an Accounting, Audit or Consulting role.
• We require 5+ years Accounting experience, ideally within an Accounting, Consulting or Audit firm.
• Great knowledge of accounting systems (Access Dimensions, Quick Books, SAGE etc.).
• Strong knowledge of internal control principles, operational risk evaluation.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-based environment with minimal supervision.
• Working knowledge of deal structuring and closing principals.
• Strong communication and networking skills.
• Impeccable research, quantitative and analytical skills, especially in explaining market events.
• Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office products, especially Microsoft Excel and VBA.
• Ability to organize and track overlapping tasks and assignments, with frequent priority changes.
• Strong financial modeling skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.