Financial Controller at Deloitte Nigeria

Deloitte Nigeria - Our client, one of Nigeria's largest integrated law firms, offering a wide variety of specialized legal services, is currently recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Financial Controller

Location: Lagos

Key Responsibilities

Oversee the preparation, reporting, filing and management of all financial statements
Oversee the accounting, filing and payment of all statutory liabilities accurately and within the stipulated timelines
Perform data migration and effectively uses accounting software to analyse, report and manage financial information
Ensure proper application of accounting standards in managing and recording financial transactions
Ensure effective cost control and cost management processes are implemented, tracked and reported
Prepare and deliver the budget and financial plans on time and manage expenditure within the approved limits
Review all financial plans and budgets regularly to identify and implement approved cost reduction opportunities
Manage cash flow and debtor days within approved limits
Oversee the fee note generation and fee collection process ensuring prompt issuance of fee notes and prompt escalation of receivables to the partner in charge
Ensure that all financial transactions are accurately recorded, filed, and reported
Ensure that all reconciliations are completed on a timely basis and that differences are investigated and resolved promptly for month end and year end reporting purposes
Establish and implement financial reporting systems to comply with government regulations and legislation
Collaborate with auditing services to ensure proper compliance with all regulations
Examine all financial reports and data closely to check for and correct discrepancies
Create systems to prevent errors in data collection, data entry and calculations
Present reports to partners, stakeholder, and board members.
Create and generate timely month end and annual reports to communicate the financial performance trends, and forecasts
Supervise the finance department staff, including accountants and financial assistants and motivate for excellence by clarifying roles and providing constructive feedback
Lead the requirement gathering, implementation of and migration to a new accounting system
Ensure financial processes and controls operate effectively and efficiently on a day-to-day basis and develop and implement a review of existing processes and control to identify improvements for immediate implementation
Assist the Management Board in developing and implementing a risk management process
Manage the identification and mitigation of risk within the finance department

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent
Relevant professional certification e.g. Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA), Associate of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
10 - 16 years proven experience in Finance Management.

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