Human Capital Partners is a professional services firm that specializes in the provision of management consulting services covering the entire human resource management value chain.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Finance and Accounts Manager
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
Job Summary
The Finance and Accounts Manager reports to the Managing Director, with a dotted reporting line to the Chair - Board Finance Committee and will be responsible for the overall financial management and day to day bookkeeping of the company’s financial records.
Responsibilities
Financial Strategy: Responsible for reviewing company financial strategy (including the use of profits and reserves) and making recommendations to the Managing Director where appropriate.
Financial Accounting: Responsible for producing and analyzing end of year financial accounts; liaising with the company's auditors, production of statutory accounts and filing of the company's tax returns.
Management Accounting: Responsible for producing annual departmental and company-wide budgets and five-year rolling estimates, monthly and quarterly management accounts and ad-hoc reports as required.
Accounting Systems: Responsible for reviewing, updating, and implementing existing internal accounting systems and introducing new systems and controls where appropriate.
Accounting Software: Responsible for maintaining computerized accounting software, ensuring the provision of adequate third-party support for the software, and upgrading the software where appropriate.
Expenditure Control: Responsible for monitoring all company expenditure and where appropriate making recommendations to individuals and teams responsible for budgets.
Co-ordination of additional bookkeeping support as necessary from time to time. This might include managing temporary workers or mentoring accountancy students on placement.
General Ledger: Responsible for maintaining the General Ledger; setting up new accounts and cost centers when required; ensuring reconciliation of control accounts; ensuring correct allocation of expenditure to cost centers.
Purchase Ledger: Responsible for accurate processing of all supplier invoices and for their regular, on-time payment.
Sales Ledger: Responsible for prompt raising of sales invoices for customers, processing of receipts and all aspects of credit control.
Banking: Responsible for managing of all treasury functions including company bank accounts and company credit/debit cards; ensuring adequate funds are available to meet expenditure requirements; ensuring optimal management of cash flows by liaising on a regular basis with the company's bankers and other stakeholders.
Tax: Responsible for handing all tax returns and providing advice on compliance with regulations as necessary, working with the company’s tax consultants where available.
Budgeting: Working with the various departments to prepare budgets, forecasts, and management accounts.
Develop financial documents, processing, and budget preparation and execution.
Provide analytical support for specific programs with respect to budget formulation.
Insurance: Responsible for reviewing the company's insurance arrangements (policies and brokers); ensuring adequate insurance cover is maintained; administering the company's insurance policies and making claims where necessary; liaising with the company's insurance brokers
Contribute financial information to strategic plans and reviews; for implementing operational, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying system improvements.
Prepare monthly management reports.
Prepare income statements and balance sheets.
Support regular and annual audits by providing timely information and answers to internal and external auditors.
Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential.
Maintain financial security and establish internal controls and checks.
Requirements
A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
Minimum of Eight (8) years’ prior work experience within a financial management role.
Experience of preparing budgets, management accounts and end of year financial accounts.
Extensive experience and a thorough working knowledge of computerized accounting systems and spreadsheets.
Good verbal and written presentation skills.
Ability to work independently and on own initiative, within a team environment.
Ability to work well under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail.
Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.
Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office tools.
High analytical ability; Good investigative and Reporting Skills.
Member of ICAN.
Application Closing Date
2nd November, 2022.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.