Senior Finance Officer at Alex Reid West Africa

Alex Reid West Africa - We sell laundry and dry cleaning products and consumables.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Finance Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• We are looking to appoint a Senior Finance Officer with sound financial background to handle various financial and administrative responsibilities relating to planning, implementing, managing and controlling of financial-related activities for Alex Reid West Africa (ARWA).

Responsibilities

• Develop financial and tax strategies
• Overseeing all financial transactions and processing systems
• Managing day to day processing of accounts receivable and payable, producing reports as requested.
• Overseeing monthly and quarterly assessments and forecasts of the company's financial performance against budget, financial and operational goals.
• Prepare regular reports on income, expenditure and any variations from budgets.
• Reconcile monthly activity, generating year-end reports, and fulfilling tax related requirements.
• Ensure effective internal controls are in place and compliance with all applicable regulatory legislation for financial and tax reporting
• Payroll management including employee benefits and organisational insurance.
• Develop and maintain short- and long-term forecasts and financial plans.
• Develop, maintain and monitor all accounting systems and procedures capturing all billings and receipts and for the recording of all revenue transactions, recommend and implement improvements to systems.
• Assist in preparation of annual audit and liaise with the external auditor.
• Provide strategic recommendations to enhance financial performance and new business opportunities
• Able to effectively communicate and present critical financial matters in a precise and concise manner to Management.

Qualifications

• HND / BSc with 3 - 5 years relevant work experience.
• Strong background and work experience in financial responsibility for budgeting, accounting guidelines, end of year accounts and external liaison with auditors.
• Excellent computer and IT skills, proficient in excel, word, outlook, access and accounting/financial management systems; especially in Quickbooks system.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate both verbal and written.
• Budget development and oversight experience
• A demonstrable commitment to high professional ethical standards
• Knowledge and experience of tax and other compliance implications
• Excellent people management, open to direction, correction and with commitment to getting the job done.
• Strong problem solver and ability to make decisions based on accurate and timely analysis.
• High level of Honesty, integrity and dependability.

Salary
N170,000 - N200,000 Monthly.

Application Closing Date
31st January, 2025.