Financial Analyst at Primeguage Solutions Limited

Primeguage Solutions Limited is a leading business intelligence & e-business solutions development company with specialization in deploying enterprise automation systems across a wide cross-section of corporate, government & and financial services institutions in Nigeria and other African countries. We design, develop, support and promote software and ICT applications using integrated, state-of-the-art technology. Leveraging our cross-industry and cross-functional expertise, we partner with clients to advance their businesses by providing solutions that raise performance and serve their long-term objectives through our strategic business units.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Financial Analyst

Location: Asokoro, Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• As part of the Strategic Growth Team, the Financial Analyst is responsible for facilitating the delivery of assigned projects on time within budget and scope under the Primegauge Solutions umbrella. You will be required to understand the various business processes and demonstrate analytical skills. You will work closely across multiple departments and working groups to solve issues and implement process changes with the end goal of making our team better.
• Using high levels of qualitative aptitude, you will research, develop, communicate, and implement new products, programs, processes and projects across various project environments. He/she will facilitate the defining of business requirements and report them back to stakeholders. The typical project scope for this role includes executive work associated with an overhaul of existing workflow processes inclusive of process flow documentation, data analysis, systems architecture, implementation, deployment and customization of new or existing businesses, development of reporting tools as well as training of staffs and stakeholders on new policies and procedures.
• Analysts should have strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze the solutions and systems to improve overall performance, reliability and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities
In addition to the above, the analyst will help create internal OKRs and SLAs that hold our teams to ambitious performance standards. Other responsibilities would include;

• Conducting sophisticated interpretation and analysis of financial data to formulate intricate financial models predicting business outcomes and profitability. Meticulously generating essential accounting reports and projections based on the discerning analysis undertaken.
• Provide timely, relevant, accurate and frequent reporting and analysis of the Company's performance against financial historical, budgeted, forecasted and strategic planning results with recommendations on corrective actions as necessary.
• Consolidating and analyzing financial data, taking into account the company’s goals and financial standing. Present results of analysis report with recommendations for management, using Microsoft excel, PowerPoint and similar applications software to create dashboards to visualize results.
• Providing creative alternatives and recommendations to reduce costs and improve financial performance.
• Develop key business performance metrics using analytical techniques, tools, and concepts to provide practical insights into KPI development to drive operating performance and business results. Assembling and summarizing data to structure sophisticated reports on financial status and risks.
• Produce monthly reports, which include key metrics, financial results, and variance reporting. Facilitate periodic meetings with departments as necessary to discuss historical financial results and future performance providing practical counsel on achievement of performance targets.
• Spearhead the annual and quarterly budgeting and forecasting processes
• Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, make recommendations for improvements and identify opportunities for performance improvement across the organization.
• Maintain knowledge and keep abreast of new investment regulations or policies
• Develop models that help with decision-making, utilize business understanding to perform complex financial and statistical analysis to enable business insights
• Analyze competitor's financial performance and provide a fact-based understanding of the competitive landscape to the Management and Board.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, investment banking, or other related fields.
• Strong working knowledge of Excel and financial modeling
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
• Attention to accuracy and detail required

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in a related field.

Behavioural Competence and Requirements:

• This candidate must have the energy, intellect, and excitement to take on a work-in-process process and help to continually iterate to achieve industry excellence.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet constantly changing timelines.
• Be able to travel as necessary, and perform, additional job-related duties as requested.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams.
• Ability to work independently, initiative, and remain flexible in an ever-changing environment.
• Fast learner with an interest in a broad range of business functions.
• Possesses an astute attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills

Application Closing Date
10th March, 2024

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CVs to: recruitment@primeguage.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.