Head, Accounts & Finance

Job title : Head, Accounts & Finance jobs in Lagos Job Location : Lagos Deadline : June 28, 2024 Quick Recommended Links

Duties & Responsibilities
Leadership/Supervisory Role:

• Provide visionary leadership to the accounting and finance departments.
• Lead the company's financial accounting, reporting, and control activities in adherence to best practices and statutory requirements.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with external parties, including customers, vendors, regulators, and external auditors.
• Supervise end-of-period processes, ensuring timely analysis of business performance, budgets, and forecasts.
• Motivate, develop, and align the departmental culture and vision, taking full responsibility for the prompt conclusion of all deliverables in the accounts & finance department.
• Ensure the timely delivery of high-quality Management and Annual Audited Statements of Accounts. Financial Analysis and Reporting:
• Lead the accounts department in preparing periodic Management and Statutory financial reports.
• Collaborate with external auditors for the delivery of Audited Financial statements.
• Oversee the preparation and monitoring of the business's annual budgets, driving ad hoc projects to improve process efficiency.
• Proactively engage in implementing audit findings to enhance overall financial performance.
• Supervise the documentation of all financial books and records.
• Prepare periodic financial reports reflecting the company's revenue and expenses, delivered to the Chief Finance Officer/ED, Finance & Admin.
• Prepare reports on accounting-related matters, including taxation, accompanied by proactive advice and recommendations. Strategic Decision-Making:
• Provide crucial financial insights for strategic decision-making.
• Contribute to the development and achievement of the company's goals.

Policy Formation:

• Create and enhance financial policies and procedures across the accounts and finance department.
• Ensure consistency in procedures and policies, aligning them with the business's overall goals and objectives.
• Ensure compliance with the business's internal corporate framework policies and finance manuals.

Tax & Compliance:

• Legally minimize required taxes by studying regulations and presenting strategies to the management.

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Head, Accounts & Finance in Lagos