Financial Controller at NigerDock

Descriptions

• Prepare Monthly Management Accounts;
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of the monthly management accounts;
• Prepare monthly variance reports for all reporting entities and provide explanations to variances;
• Prepare a quarterly forecast for the full year in the format of the monthly management accounts;
• Provide useful insights into business performance and recommend improvement activities.
• Oversee full financial accounting systems and processes e.g. accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll function;
• Prepare Intercompany reconciliation and statements
• Review key assumptions for reasonableness; analyse and quantify key risks and judgements used in the financial figures reported.
• Develop financial reporting in the ERP system to meet company requirements;
• Provide support to other departments to maximise amounts invoiced to clients and to efficiently collect payments;
• Provide financial information to support commercial activities within the business and other departments as required;
• Ensure compliance for statutory deductions and payments;
• Manage tax reporting and audits;
• Ensure insurance coverage is in place at all times to meet statutory and company requirements;
• Plan and manage the annual external accounts audit to produce draft financial statements within 10 weeks of the year end;
• Oversee the preparation of quality and timely financial statements and reports in line with IFRS standards
• Provide ad-hoc support to the GM Finance as required (i.e. special projects)
• Other duties as required

Requirements

• University Graduate or equivalent
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Minimum 8 years of experience in a similar role or within a Finance team.
• Wide experience of working with ERP/Accounting software
• Experience of large projects and EPIC would be advantageous
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to develop and present ideas and reasoned arguments clearly and concisely to various audiences
• High level of integrity and ethical behaviour - sets a good example
• Strong ability to prioritize, multi-task and delegate
• Culturally aware and adept at operating in a multi-cultural environment
• Advance MS Excel financial planning and modelling skills
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes; Outlook, Word, PowerPoint
• Solid team player with high energy and go get attitude to deliver results
• High degree of resilience.
• Demonstrable evidence of interpreting & manipulating data clearly and accurately with the ability to extract & clearly articulate key points