Manager, Accounting & Financial Reporting Services at Deloitte Nigeria

Deloitte is the largest private professional services network in the world. Everyday, approximately 286,200 professionals in more than 150 countries demonstrate their commitment to making an impact that matters. Our West Africa practice serves multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and the public sector across Nigeria and Ghana.

In Nigeria, Deloitte is one of the leading professional services firms, specializing in providing Audit, Tax, Consulting, Risk Advisory and Financial Advisory services. We serve clients in a variety of industries from financial services, consumer, telecommunications, media & technology, energy resources & Industrial and government and public services.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Manager, Accounting & Financial Reporting Services

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description
As a Manager in Assurance, you will be a part of team of like-minded individuals where you will work to contribute to market initiatives and deliver exceptional service to our clients. You will:

• Develop the business opportunities for financial reporting services including IFRS, IPSAS and Financial reporting technologies ( CaseWare, Workiva etc)
• Be responsible for technical accounting support including technical accounting opinions under IFRS and IPSAS
• Supervise financial reporting projects and manage personnel under the accounting and financial reporting services
• Be responsible for implementation of complex accounting standards including IFRS 9, IFRS 15, IFRS 16, IFRS 3, IAS 32 etc
• Be experience for assurance over financial reporting activities
• Contribute to market and eminence initiatives, including development of new service offerings and marketing campaigns within the practice
• Be responsible for implementation of various financial reporting technologies
• Support the Implementation of internal controls over financial reporting
• Be responsible for Support the audit function on technical issues on financial reporting
• Develop and lead timely communications - both internal and external - relevant to our professionals and clients
•  Develop materials for and participate in the delivery of presentations to clients and firm personnel
• Serve clients and / or support local office teams as the opportunity arises.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree / HND holder with a minimum of Second Class upper/Upper credit
•   Have a minimum of five credits in WASSCE Ordinary Level/NECO subjects or acceptable equivalent examination, including Mathematics and English Language in one sitting only
• Must have a ACA or ACCA designation or equivalency and possess a minimum 7 years of relevant work experience with a reputable organisation
• Must  have practical accounting & reporting advisory technical experience and skills in IFRS, IPSAS, GAAP
• Must have strong business development capabilities
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience in a big 4 professional services firm
• Must be sound in Corporate reporting including financial and sustainability reporting
• Must have experience in implementation of internal controls
• Capacity to think critically about issues from a strategic perspective (options available, pros / cons of different options, proposed solution) and aptitude in researching accounting standards and related interpretive guidance
• Must have strong technology implementation capabilities. Experience in CaseWare, Workiva or similar solutions is an added advantage.
• Effective consensus building, conflict resolution, and team-building skills, including being a role model for others and imparting knowledge and experience to junior team members
• Experienced with project problem diagnosis, solution development, client communications, facilitation of decision making, documentation, managing client expectations and team leadership.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.