Business Controller at Lington and Bernie Consulting Limited

Lington & Bernie Consulting Limited was established on October 8, 1999 to provide efficient and qualitative consulting services to the oil and gas industry as well as banks and financial institutions in the areas of human resources placement and management, human resources consulting services, tax administration and payroll services as well as oil and gas fiscal and contractual terms advisory services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Controller

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities
The responsibilities of the job holder will be to:

• Participate in the preparation of the Monthly Reporting to Management and Corporate Head Office in partnership with the Chief Accountant.
• Prepare the Budget and Mid-term Plan for the various entities.
• Check and control the reliability of cost accounting and management information from different reports.
• Develop and implement KPs by activity to immediately alert potential drift.
• Propose areas of improvement for OPEX monitoring and reduction.
• Participate in strengthening and training the Credit Controllers and Debts Collectors.
• Improve the monitoring of the Branch activities.
• Establish procedures and management processes when necessary.
• Always implement ANZEN and KAIZEN principles.
• Any other tasks as may be assigned from time to time by the manager.

Financial:

• Providing accurate and timely financial reports
• Maintaining internal control systems

Internal Process:

• Monitoring day to day cash flow and expenses of the business.

Customer:

• Customer Satisfaction

Learning & Growth:

• Competency Development
• Workshop and Training

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Accounting.
• Minimum of 3+ years related work experience.
• Membership of relevant professional bodies preferably ICAN.
• Membership ACA, ACCA will be an added advantage.

Required Competencies: 

• Financial reporting.
• Applies accounting principles and concepts in recording and analysing business and financial transactions, in accordance with professional and regulatory/statutory requirements.
• Applying Month-End Close concepts and procedures to enable the closure of accounting books in a timely and accurate fashion.
• General knowledge of the uses and applications of MS Office suite: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook etc.

Communication Skills:

• Excellent verbal & written communications skills.
• Good presentation skill.

Technical Skills:

• Financial Reporting skill.
• Numeric Skill.
• Upholding quality and continuous improvement.

Personal Attributes:

• High level of integrity.
• Results Orientation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills & people skills.
• High level of personal effectiveness.
• Time management skills.
• Strong Attention to Details.

Specific Behavioural Skills :

• Customer Service Orientation.
• Presentation skills.

Core Values:

• Performance.
• Entrepreneurship.
• Agility.
• Diversity.

Application Closing Date
31st August, 2025.