Head, Finance at Dragnet Nigeria

About the Role

• Lead the finance function, ensuring sound financial management, accurate reporting, strong controls and compliance to support the facility’s financial health and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day‑to‑day financial operations at the facility, including billing, revenue, payments and cash management.
• Prepare and review periodic financial statements and management reports.
• Manage the facility’s budgeting and forecasting process; monitor performance against budget and explain variances.
• Ensure robust internal controls, financial policies and segregation of duties are in place and adhered to.
• Oversee revenue‑cycle management, including patient billing, claims and reconciliations with payers and HMOs.
• Manage payables, receivables and treasury at facility level.
• Ensure statutory and tax compliance (VAT, WHT, PAYE, pension) and support audits.
• Supervise and develop the Account Officer.
• Provide financial analysis and insight to support facility management decisions.
• Liaise with Head Office finance functions on consolidation and governance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a related field, plus completion of NYSC or a valid exemption where applicable.
• Minimum of 6–8 years’ finance/accounting experience at a senior level, including leading a finance function, financial reporting and controls, audit, budgeting and treasury.

Required skills:

• Financial reporting
• Budgeting
• Analysis
• Internal controls
• Tax compliance
• Statutory compliance
• Revenue-cycle management
• ERP systems
• Accounting systems
• Leadership
• Integrity.

Nice to have:

• Experience in a hospital, healthcare or HMO‑facing environment.