Senior Manager at De-Podium Professional Services

The role

• You will lead client delivery across the firm’s tax, compliance and advisory work, and act as the Managing Partner’s senior technical lead. You will run a portfolio of client relationships, lead and develop the engagement teams, and make sure every piece of work leaves the firm on time and to standard.
• You will also play a central part in growing the firm: deepening existing client relationships, winning new work, and helping to build the firm’s advisory services.

What you will do

Client delivery and quality

• Lead a portfolio of client engagements from scoping to delivery, with accountability for timelines, quality and client satisfaction.
• Review and sign off the work of managers and consultants before it is released to clients.
• Give clear, practical technical advice on tax, regulatory compliance and related matters, including the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 regime and Nigeria Revenue Service requirements.
• Make sure every engagement has a signed engagement letter, an agreed scope and a documented file before work begins.
• Identify technical and delivery risks early and escalate them to the Managing Partner.

Client relationships and growth

• Act as the senior relationship lead on assigned accounts, with regular client reviews held outside routine compliance work.
• Identify opportunities to extend services to existing clients, and lead or support proposals for new work.
• Support the annual fee review on your accounts and make sure fees reflect the scope and value of the work.
• Contribute to the firm’s thought leadership through client briefings, articles and events on regulatory changes.

Team leadership and development

• Lead, coach and supervise managers and consultants, and allocate work across the team with the Practice Manager.
• Set objectives and carry out appraisals for your team, and support their technical training and professional exams.
• Build and keep up to date the firm’s technical procedures, templates and knowledge base for the services you lead.

Practice management

• Track engagement budgets, time and recoveries on your portfolio, and report on them monthly.
• Take part in the monthly management meeting and the firm’s strategy reviews, and lead the initiatives assigned to you.
• Deputise for the Managing Partner on technical and client matters when required.

What we are looking for

• A first degree in accounting, finance, economics, law or a related discipline.
• A professional qualification: ICAN, ACCA or CITN.
• At least seven years’ experience in tax, compliance, audit or advisory, with at least three years managing engagements and teams in a professional services firm.
• Strong, current technical knowledge of Nigerian tax and regulatory compliance, including the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 and CAMA.
• A track record of managing client relationships directly and growing fee income on accounts you led.
• Experience reviewing and signing off the work of others to a documented quality standard.
• Clear, confident writing for client reports, advice letters and proposals.
• The ability to lead and develop a team, and to work closely with a Managing Partner on firm direction.
• It would be an advantage if you have
• Experience in a growing firm where processes had to be built rather than inherited.
• Exposure to e-invoicing, transfer pricing or sector-specific regulatory work.