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Senior Finance & Accounts Officer
a Reputable Company • Lagos
Posted: 16 October 2026
📋 Requirements
- •Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
- •MBA degree will be an advantage.
📝 Description
- •Job Summary:
- •Senior Accounts Officer will aid business planning and decision-making by providing appropriate financial advice and undertaking related finance and accounts administration.
- •Qualifications:
- •Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
- •MBA degree will be an advantage.
- •Skills/Requirements:
- •A minimum of 5 years work experience as a Senior Accounts Officer in a medium/large sized reputable company is required.
- •Associate member of Association of Chartered Accountants (ACA) or similar professional certification.
- •Strong financial analysis, reporting and management skill.
- •Treasury and investment management skill.
- •Strong leadership ability.
- •Good communication and presentation skill.
- •People and performance management skill.
- •Ability to interpret financial reports for management decisions.
- •Fraud prevention, detection, and investigation skill.
- •Responsibilities:
- •Coordinate financial planning, budgeting, procurement and investment activities for the company and its subsidiaries.
- •Collaborate with Unit Heads to prepare annual financial budget, including operating and capital expenditure budgets for the company.
- •Ensures approved capital expenditure budgets are always adhered to.
- •Implement, direct, and evaluate performance of operating budget periodically to ensure it is consistently profitable.
- •Advice management monthly and ensure compliance on income and planned expenditure policies.
- •Ensure monthly preparation and reporting of management account, showing actual revenue projected, balance sheet reconciliation, business performance analysis and financial recommendation.
- •Manage the entire payroll process of the company including seamless computation of staff salary in line with the existing regulations.
- •Institute and implement cost-saving strategies that will ensure reduction in operational expenses and present a monthly cost-saving report to the MD.
- •Maintain and update withholding tax deduction registers for the company and its subsidiaries regularly.
- •Ensure compliance and prepare all statutory returns.
- •Ensure compliance with all statutory and audit requirements at all times.
- •Ensure certificates for statutory payment made (Company tax, Land Use Charge, VAT, Education Tax etc.) are properly documented for easy retrieval.
- •Develop and institute an internal control/accounting policy that will greatly reduce cost, financial leakages, and wastages.
- •Establish and implement effective, accurate procedures for custody and control of assets, records, and securities of the company.
- •Ensure safekeeping and easy retrieval of all financial records as at when needed.
- •Analyze financial data for deficient controls, duplicated efforts, extravagance, fraud or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.
- •Ensure all noted errors are immediately reported to the MD.
- •Conduct a monthly review and reconciliation of inter-company accounts, including reconciliation of all ledgers and sub-ledgers.
- •Take remedial action to correct noted inconsistencies or refer same to the MD.
- •Identify and implement approved continuous improvement strategies for the company’s financial policies and procedures to further strengthen and improve the company’s overall operation and effectiveness.
- •Supervise daily/weekly/monthly reconciliation of all bank accounts for the company and take proactive measures to address noted variance.
- •Prepare and submit reconciliation report weekly and monthly to Management for review and necessary action.
- •Relate with external auditors to ensure annual audited report is presented to the Management latest by 1st Quarter of the subsequent year.
- •Communicate clearly and directly with assigned subordinates concerning performance expectations, productivity, and accountability.
- •Ensure communication is ongoing, concise, and well understood.
- •Identify training needs of subordinates and liaise with the HR Unit to implement agreed training schedules for all staff in the unit.
- •Attend and facilitate training and other employee development programs as may be required.