Finance Controller at Shuttlers

The Financial Controller will be responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the company, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and providing financial analysis to support decision-making processes. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker, possess excellent analytical skills, and have a thorough understanding of financial management principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the day-to-day financial operations of Shuttlers, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger accounting.
• Responsible for governing all accounting operational activities like MIS, Balance sheet, P&L, billing, A/R, A/P, cost accounting, and revenue recognition and deploying the team to discharge responsibilities arising such activities
• Develop and implement financial policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
• Prepare and analyze financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, to provide accurate and timely financial information to support decision-making processes.
• Manage the annual budgeting process, ensuring that budgets are prepared on a timely basis and are consistent with the company's strategic goals and monitor annual budgets and forecasts across the company and report budget performance and variances to the Management
• Monitor and control expenses to ensure that they are within budgeted amounts.
• Creating the Annual Operating Plan for the business functions and refresh the outlook for the year every quarter by working with Products, Customer Finance, Marketing and Growth teams.
• Ensure tax and statutory compliance (I.e VAT, PAYE) for the group with all government agencies including FIRS, LIRS, etc.
• Manage the year-end reporting and audit functions for the group by working with internal accounting team and external auditors.
• Manage relationships with external stakeholders, including auditors, tax authorities, and regulatory bodies.
• Lead and manage the financial control team, providing guidance, coaching, and mentoring as required.
• Participate in strategic planning initiatives, providing financial analysis and recommendations to support the development of the company's long-term strategic goals.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including banks, investors, and other financial institutions.
• Develop innovative business plans, financial forecasts, and analysis for strategic initiatives and ad hoc projects, including new business lines/markets / products analysis, strategic decision-making in day-to-day operations, and other growth initiatives
• Any other responsibility as may be prescribed by the CEO or other members of the Management team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in Finance and Accounting
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.
• Professional accounting certification (ICAN or ACCA) is required.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to adapt to a constantly changing and fast-paced work environment
• Must possess great leadership qualities
• Proven ability to manage financial operations and provide strategic financial analysis.
• Strong proficiency in financial analysis and accounting software.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite Applications (Excel, Powerpoint)
• Excellent knowledge of Accounting Software (Sage, Quickbooks, Microsoft Dynamics etc)
• Experience in managing multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in engaging different groups of Regulators.
• Experience in designing and maintaining chart of accounts.
• Experience in end-end financial and management reporting.