Head, Expenditure and Payables at Unified Payments Services Limited

Unified Payment Services Limited is Nigeria’s premier Payments & Financial Technology company that operates as a shared infrastructure for the banking community in Nigeria and Payments Service Provider within and outside Nigeria, with a vision to be the most preferred e-payment service provider in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Expenditure and Payables

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

Job Objectives

• To ensure accurate and timely recording of all financial transactions in line with company policies, rules and guidelines as well as regulatory standards.
• To ensure that management reports are produced accurately and timely. To produce such reports as may be requested my management for the purpose of decision making. To supervise designated staff.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Payroll: Ensure that staff salary is paid promptly.
• Ensure remittance of staff pension.
• Inventory Management: To ensure accuracy, completeness and integrity of stock records and balances including Airtime Vending.
• GL Schedules: Ensure that GLs are reviewed and proofed, while errors are detected and corrected promptly.
• GL expense proofing: Ensure that all transactions posted into each expense account and their project codes (if any) belong to such accounts and that there are no duplications.
• Ensure that Expense report is prepared and sent to the required HODs monthly.
• Ensure collection of WHT Credit Notes due to Unified Payments.
• Ensure that Fixed Asset Register is correctly updated and agreed to GL Records.
• Management Accounts: Ensure that Management obtains consistently; timely, accurate and relevant financial information for decision making and planning purposes.
• Staff and Vendor Payments: Ensure that all approved staff and vendor payments or internal requests are effected within agreed timelines.
• Ensure that USD Merchants are settled weekly and in line with terms of agreement with them
• Staff Loans Administration: Ensure staff loans repayment is in line with Management approvals.
• Ensure Tax Remittances comply with statutory requirements and avoid penalties.
• Delegated tasks: Performing any other tasks as may be assigned from time to time.
• In partnership with HR, responsible for attracting, hiring, motivating, engaging and retaining employees in their units/departments and directorates by institutionalizing a positive work culture, fostering career growth through training and advancement opportunities, encouraging open communication and feedback, recognizing contributions, and ensuring fair and inclusive practices.

Requirements

• First degree in Accounting or any numerate subject.
• Professional membership of ICAN/CIMA/ACCA or similar recognized professional accounting bodies.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience post NYSC.

Skill/Competencies:

• Demonstrate ability to cope with pressure and meet deadlines
• High degree of accuracy.
• Deductive reasoning abilities and eye for details.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Advanced Excel user.

Knowledge:

• Excellent knowledge of cost and financial accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards Knowledge of supervisory practices and principles. Knowledge of Card Payment industry.

Application Closing Date
30th October, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: judith.okolie@up-ng.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.