JOB DESCRIPTION
As Head, Financial Reporting you will be responsible for:
- Liaising with the Group Finance Manager to develop/update and implement financial and accounting policies, procedures, and strategies across the group.
- Maintaining the general ledger, manage and post all intercompany financial transactions, making accruals and adjustments as needed.
- Updating “chart of accounts” periodically to reflect account management activities.
- Developing and implement controls to ensure the integrity of the Company’s ledgers and associated systems.
- Reviewing all financial accounts, reports, and reconciliations to ensure adherence to the financial reporting cycle deadlines and presents timely reports to the Group CFO
- Summarizing outcome of management account submission reviews to highlight variances and the drivers with recommendation of corrective actions to address adverse variances.
- Publishing calendar for month end, quarter end and year end close activities and ensure SBUs submit their deliverables in line with deadlines.
- Working with Group Finance Manager to develop a timetable for the annual budgeting exercise together with guidelines to ensure consistency of assumptions used across board by all the business units.
- Overseeing proper capturing of financial transactions across all business units
- Maintaining existing relationships with relevant external bodies e.g auditors, financial institutions, regulatory organizations etc
- Acting to ensure compliance with the Group’s financial policies, procedures and standards.
- Overseeing the preparation of the Company’s trial balance and financial reports (cashflow statement, statement of financial position, profit or loss accounts) and manage the consolidation of financial information.
- Developing an operating mechanism to ensure all business units work consciously towards completing the annual statutory financial statements audit ahead of June 30 tax filing deadline.
- Providing coaching and technical support to team members
- Liaising with internal auditors to discuss and resolve queries.
- Ensuring strict adherence to HSE policies and procedures and comply with safe work methods as required.
- Any other task as may be assigned by the finance leadership team.
What are we looking for?
- Minimum of a first degree in Accounting, Finance, or any related discipline
- Relevant professional qualification e.g. ICAN, ACCA, CITN, etc.
- A minimum of 10 years relevant experience with at least 3 years in a supervisory role
- Good understanding of current finance and accounting principles. Knowledge of IFRS is added advantage.
- Good knowledge of automated financial reporting systems, federal and state financial regulations.
- Proficiency in the use of Ms Office Suite i.e Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Financial reporting.
- Knowledge of local and international financial reporting standards and regulations
- Strong Problem solving, numerical & analytical skills.
Salary
Competitive
Monthly based
Location
Kurmin Musa, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Job Overview
Location
Kurmin Musa, Kaduna State, Nigeria
