Finance Coordinator at Smile360 Dental Specialists

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

Job Summary

• To plan, direct, and coordinate all of the finance and financial transactions of the practice as well advise top management

Essential responsibilities
(Others may be assigned):

• Vet all payment to be made and all cash lodgements
• Monitor daily transactions in terms of sales and cash remittance
• Vet all invoices before being processed for payment
• Resolving issues arising from posting and misposting on Quickbooks & Dolphin
• Check posting on Quickbooks for accuracy and completeness
• Reconciling cash book bills to Dolphin Production report
• Confirmation of amount remitted with Dolphin Receipts report
• Tracking of Direct credit to accounts and communicating it to checkout to update Dolphin (private patients)
• Perform post-payment audits
• Vetting petty cash request
• Ensure all payments received are accounted for
• Update debtor Schedule
• Supervise and double-check the preparation of Doctors' Schedule/ Commission
• Supervise and double-check the preparation of Debtors' Schedule
• Attending to tax matters
• Follow up on weekly report on HMOs
• Coordinate monthly stock count exercise
• Generate contracts for the new month
• Supervise work activities of team members and ensure accuracy of work and data
• Prepare and present required monthly reports

Professional Demands

• The right candidate must have a minimum of an HND Degree in Accountancy, Finance or Banking & Finance from a recognized university
• ICAN certified
• At least 5 years work experience in similar capacity.

Knowledge and Skill Requirement:

• Problem Solving Skills: Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions
• Financial Skills: Ability to develop and present budgets that realistically reflect the needs of the practice; Initiates cost containment measures within area of responsibility, and monitors budget implementation and target realisation.
• Analytical Skills: Excellent ability in forward-thinking and in identifying problem areas.
• Attention to details: Must have an eye for details and be able to identify/ verify the correctness or error of data.
• Cost Consciousness: Ability to conserve organizational resources.
• People skills. Be able to negotiate, make inclusive decisions and work effectively with teams and units.

Competencies:

• Good Leadership skills
• Critical thinking & financial planning
• Strong decision making & ability to make sound judgments quickly
• Team Player.

Person Specification:

• Good planner
• Problem solver
• Flexible but firm
• Learning agility
• A team player
• Smart.