Application Closing Date
28th November, 2021.

Don Quester Consulting – Our client, a reputable school, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Manager

Job Code: FM004
Location: Mainland, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Required Qualifications

• BSc in Accounting or related discipline with a minimum of five (5) years cognate experience, of which at least three (3) years at a senior management level with proven analytical and qualitative accounting/finance competencies.
• Professional accounting certification e.g. ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, ICAN, or other relevant higher business degree is important.
• Proven ability to interpret financial statements and apply a broad perspective in summarizing results is required.

Job Competency Requirements:

• Ability to develop, interpret and execute a school’s business model, tracking business performance and developing suitable interventions to increase profitability.
• Ability to manage expenditures, manage forecast processes and manage budget preparations, monitoring, and reporting.
• Ability to monitor the day-to-day financial operations within the school, such as payroll, invoicing, other transactions. Review financial data and prepare weekly/monthly/ annual P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement reports for quarterly budget review.
• Ability to oversee general ledger, revenue recognition, accounts receivables & payables, tax, payroll, and pension administration of the organization.
• Ability to review, develop and maintain a strong framework of internal controls processes, accounting processes and procedures, and internal payments processes and systems.
• Ability to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements including PAYE returns, VAT returns, corporation, and other tax returns/reporting.
• Ability to work collaboratively with the Accounts department staff and other departments that liaise with Accounts and maintain a good relationship with external parties such as banks, tax authorities, service providers, vendors regulators, and other stakeholders and legal counsels.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted and scheduled for an interview.