Finance Manager at Wakanow

Wakanow is Africa's leading, full-service online travel company. At Wakanow, we understand that everyone likes easy and affordable travel services, so we provide our customers with a one-stop booking portal for Flights, Hotels, Visa Assistance, Holiday Packages, Airport Transfers, an international Travel SIM, a Prepaid Travel Card, a Loyalty program, and much more.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Objectives

• To have primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial-related activities of the company.

Job Responsibilities
Transactions:

• Ensure accounts payable are paid in a timely manner
• Ensure all reasonable discounts are taken on accounts payable
• Ensure accounts receivable are collected promptly
• Process payroll in a timely manner
• Ensure periodic bank reconciliations are completed
• Ensure required debt payments are made on a timely basis
• Maintain the chart of accounts
• Maintain a system of controls over accounting transactions
• Ensure smooth running of finance operational activities

Management:

• Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
• Oversee the operations of the accounting department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives
• Oversee the accounting operations of subsidiary organizations’, especially their control systems, transaction-processing operations, and policies and procedures

Reporting:

• Issue timely and complete financial statements
• Coordinate the preparation of the corporate annual report
• Recommend benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations
• Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics
• Manage the production of the annual budget and forecasts
• Calculate variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
• Provide financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations
• Maintain a 6-month rolling cash flow forecast

Compliance:

• Coordinate the provision of information to external auditors for the annual audit, bankers and tax authority
• Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt covenants
• Comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings

Requirements

• Certified FCA
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting and internal control principles
• Knowledge of financial reporting
• Knowledge of local, state and federal laws regarding accounting, finance and taxation
• Strong IT literacy, Microsoft Excel in particular
• Leadership Skills
• Communication and Presentation
• Excellent Analytical, Reasoning and Problem-Solving Skills
• Efficiency and Time Management
• People Skills
• Develop and maintain effective networks with contractors and industry colleagues.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.