About the position
A Lending Organization established to provide Credit Facilities to Small & Medium Businesses, Individuals, and Institutions that require Short and Medium Term Funding for various purposes is currently hiring for a Senior Accountant.
Responsibilities
- Prepares balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other financial reports.
- Analyses trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses.
- Reports the organization's finances to management and offers suggestions about resource utilization, tax strategies, and assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
- Be familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the Consumer Finance Industry, astute at relying on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
- Gathers and monitors financial data (e.g., sales revenues and liabilities).
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual statements (balance sheets and income statements).
- Forecasts costs and revenues.
- Manages tax payments.
- Organizes internal audits.
- Prepares budgets (for the entire company and by departments).
- Monitors and reports on accounting discrepancies.
- Conducts detailed risk analyses to assess potential investments.
- Analyses financial trends.
- Performs month-end and year-end close processes.
- Performs a variety of additional tasks as assigned with a certain degree of creativity.
- Reports to management.
Requirements
- 4-6 years of professional accounting experience within a financial institution, eg, Microfinance Banks, Fintechs, etc.
- Degree in Accounting from a reputable institution.
- Additional qualifications like ACA, ICAN etc would be an added advantage.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Sound written and verbal English communication skills.
- Advanced Computer Skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Analysis and Reporting Skills.
Benefits
- Monthly Salary: N600,000 - N800,000 NET
