Finance & Accounting - Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nigeria

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria has been operating in Nigeria since 1953 through its predecessor firms of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. We're one of the leading professional services firms in the country with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, over 1000 staff and 31 resident partners.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance & Accounting - Manager

Job ID: 436422WD
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full-time
Line of Service: Advisory
Specialism: Finance
Management Level: Manager
Travel Requirements: Up to 20%

Job Description & Summary

• The challenges facing business and society are complex and need new angles and fresh thinking. Your human ingenuity, passion and experience, combined with the latest technology, make these problems easier to tackle.
• Together, we are a passionate community of solvers coming together in unexpected ways, creating new solutions for a new day.
• We’re in the business of transformation. To transform the future, we're building a diverse, ambitious team that champions imaginative ways to solve our clients' most important challenges.
• Join a team of business professionals who work with clients to solve complex problems; utilizing tools to digitally upskill Finance teams.
• Work with clients to establish and deliver on their transformation roadmap to create value for Finance and beyond.
• Working in a diverse team, you will help our clients identify process, performance and people and lead the development of meaningful solutions to deliver sustainable change.
• Our work encompasses helping clients define their Finance strategies, design their outsourcing and operating models, improve processes, planning, performance and reporting using the application of digital technologies.
• We partner with our clients from strategy to execution and place a big emphasis on
• making sure the clients and our teams have a great experience working on our programmes.
• A career in our Finance Advisory practice will provide the opportunity to work alongside Finance leaders to optimize the structure of their finance functions, re-architect Finance processes and implement best-of- breed technology to enable their transformation journey.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Work with colleagues across PwC to sell and deliver business-led, technology enabled projects to fulfill client needs for Finance Consulting services
• Participate in and lead proposal development and submission and other business development initiatives
• Support the engagement senior manager, director / partner in managing engagement risk and project economics
• Prepare, review and ensure engagement deliverables meet PwC and client quality expectations
• Perform role of coach and actively participate in staff recruitment and retention activities.
• Facilitate workshops with key stakeholders to drive solution design
• Lead teams in the delivery of Finance Advisory engagements, including finance transformation, enterprise performance management, finance function effectiveness, financial planning and capacity building.

Preferred skills

• Master's in Business Administration or MSc in Finance, Accounting, Banking, Economics, Engineering or in related field
• First degree with a minimum of 2.1
• ACA, ACCA, CFA
• Professional Finance experience is an asset (e.g. Financial reporting, FP&A, Reporting &Analytics)
• Understanding of financial applications (i.e. Consolidation and Business Intelligence tools)
• An interest in upskilling for a digital world and technology trends, an openness to learning new tools and adapting how you work
• Demonstrated project management and coaching skills.
• Financial Services or Telecommunication Industry experience would be an advantage
• Strong financial modelling experience
• Experience in consulting or corporate finance with any of the leading professional service firms or investment banks.
• Strong accounting technical skills and knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

Minimum years experience required:

• Up to 7 years’ work experience in the financial reporting, treasury, corporate finance, or investment analysis in a reputable organisation with at least 1 year in a managerial role.

How to Apply
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Application Deadline  6th May, 2023.