Senior Finance Officer at NSIA-LUTH Cancer Center (NLCC)

Role Description

• This is a full-time on-site Senior Finance Officer role based in Lagos State, Nigeria.
• The Senior Finance Officer will be responsible for day-to-day financial operations, financial statements analysis, financial reporting, and communication with relevant stakeholders.
• The Senior Finance Officer will report to the Finance Officer.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, examine, and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness in line with International financial reporting standards (IFRS)
• Prepares journal entries and reconciles general ledger and subsidiary accounts; prepares monthly financial statements, including distributing monthly revenue and expenditure reports to departments.
• Ensure all company’s financial transactions are captured accurately and timely, manually and within the electronic accounting systems (SAGE 200). Maintain an efficient filing and document retrieval system of all accounting books and ledgers.
• Analyzes and reconciles expenditure and revenue accounts, including investment reports.
• Makes wire transfers and journal funding transfers and reconciles monthly bank statements.
• Calculates and prepares reimbursement billings and tracks receivables; reconciles monthly accounts receivable.
• Develop, maintain, and analyze budgets; prepare periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual performance and highlight issues for Management attention.
• Prepares audit schedules for external auditors and assist with the audit process.
• Prepare monthly management accounts including but not limited to - profit and loss account, balance sheet, bank reconciliation statements and receivables and payables ageing analyses.
• Cash control and disbursement: prepare periodic treasury reports, cash flow forecasts; liaise with banks; process all payables; monitor all receivables.
• Computation of PAYE, Pension Contribution etc. to respective bodies.
• Compute taxes owed and prepare periodic tax returns, assist with ensuring compliance with remittances, reporting and other requirements for WHT, VAT, and Company Income Tax etc.
• Appraise, evaluate, and maintain accurate and comprehensive inventory of all company’s assets, recording information such as the property's description, value, and location.
• Reviewing and verifying accuracy of data;
• Prepares and files annual financial statements
• Prepare invoices for all customers and client
• Assists with the preparation of the annual and mid-year budgets.
• Assists with the fiscal year-end and fixed asset accounting.
• Provide the necessary support to auditors and other regulatory reviews.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills in finance
• Experience in creating financial statements and financial reporting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
• Must be a qualified accountant (ICAN/ACCA)
• Experience in healthcare industry finance preferred
• Knowledge of Nigerian tax laws and financial regulations