Job Title: Finance Manager
Reports To: Managing Director
Location: Lagos/Port Harcourt
Nationality: Nigerian

About The Firm
A foremost player in Marine/Oil and Gas Servicing with offices in Lagos and Port Harcourt need the services of a Finance Manager to be based in its Port Harcourt office with occasional travels to Lagos. Salaries attached to this role compares favourably with the industry standard.

Job Description
• Auditing financial information
• Compiling and presenting reports, budgets, business plans, commentaries and financial statements
• Analysing and evaluation of monthly accounts, reviewing actual performance against budget, identifying trends and highlighting variances, providing accurate management information to the Managing Director.
• Providing tax planning services with reference to current legislation
• Financial forecasting and risk analysis
• Dealing with insolvency cases
• Negotiating the terms of business deals and moves with clients/suppliers and associated organisations
• Detecting and preventing fraud (forensic accounting);
• Effective management of subordinate personnel in terms of performance assessment, skills development, career path planning, managing workloads and deadlines
• Preparing financial statements, including monthly and annual accounts;
• Preparing financial management reports, including financial planning and forecasting;
• Advising on tax and treasury issues;
• Reviewing General Ledger entries to ensure completeness and accuracy of Business financials
• Reviewing account reconciliations in line with the Corporate criteria for quality and driving quick resolution of any identified defects or failures
• Support internal and external financial and tax audit and examination processes, including assisting with the preparation of audited financial statements, footnotes and supplemental information
• Primary contact for the Businesses, responding timely and accurately to queries/clarifications raised
Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy, Finance, or other Business related field and 7-10 years progressive accounting or finance experience
• Professional accounting qualification (e.g. CA, CPA, ACCA, ACA)
• Experience of Managing Processes, Financial Reporting, Analysing Information, Developing Budgets
• Computer literate in Word, Excel, Office Outlook, and Financial Software

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Understanding and knowledge of an active commitment to promoting equal opportunities
• Knowledge of Nigerian tax law and other related statutory laws.
• Understanding and knowledge of the requirement for confidentiality
• Reporting Skills, Attention to Details, Deadline-Oriented, Reporting Research Results, Rules, Confidentiality, Time Management, Data Entry Management, General Math Skills.
• Communicate sensitively and effectively both verbally and in writing with a wide range of people
• Demonstrate respect, openness and genuineness in developing working relationships with others and contribute to positive working relationships in a team
• Analytical, interpretative and decision-making skills.
• Excellent coaching and relationship building skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Sound IT knowledge in the use of MS Suite especially MS Excel.
• Working knowledge in an accounting package-
• Proven ability to facilitate, persuade, influence and build credibility with all levels and all functions.
• Work without direct supervision
• Ability to undertake occasional travel
• To be able to work flexibly including some evenings and weekends when required.

Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV and application letter in one document to recruiterforjobs2015@gmail.com. Closing date is May 10, 2017. We will revert to only shortlisted candidates.