Job Title: Finance Operations Manager
Reports to: Managing Principal
Job Type: Full time & Abuja (Hybrid 2 days a week in the office)
The Role:
The Finance Operations Supervisor is part of our senior delivery layer the level that grows into Finance Operations Manager. You work across a portfolio of client businesses making sure the reporting that reaches each clients leadership is accurate complete and on time by overseeing and reviewing the work that produces it. On some clients that means overseeing the clients own accounting team; on others our team runs the accounting directly and you oversee is a practice role you carry several clients at once each with its own books deadlines and leadership and you keep all of them to standard and on time. You sit above our Analysts and Associates you report to the Managing Principal and you are on a defined path to Finance Operations Manager. From day one you hold the standard and the schedule below the Principal. As you master how we work your authority grows until you are signing off the work yourself and leading delivery as Finance Operations Manager.
What this looks like in practice:
You are the quality checkpoint. You review the management accounts reports and reconciliations before they reach the clients leadership. You check the numbers are right nothing is missing and the work is clearly presented and you send it back to be corrected when it is not
You hold the reporting standard and the cadence. You make sure every clients reporting meets our standard and arrives at the agreed monthly cadence and you keep the work moving across all the clients you are responsible for.
You oversee month-end controls and compliance. You oversee month-end across your clients keep the controls and processes behind the numbers sound and make sure statutory and tax obligations are met and that your clients are ready for audit.
You oversee and develop the team. You review and raise the work of our Analysts and Associates who run the accounting on the clients we execute for and of the clients own accounting team where we oversee and train them so the work gets stronger over time.
You support the advisory. You help turn reliable numbers into the budgeting forecasting and variance analysis the leadership relies on to make decisions. You grow into Finance Operations Manager. As your judgment and your grip on our systems grow you take on sign-off own client relationships in full and lead delivery.
Requirements
Requirements Qualifications and Experience:
ACA ACCA or equivalent professional qualification.
3 to 5 years of post-qualification experience in accounting audit or finance operations.
Strong financial reporting and management accounts experience including running and reviewing month-end
.
A solid grounding in reconciliations financial controls and process review.
Working knowledge of Nigerian statutory and tax compliance (VAT PAYE WHT and company income tax) and of preparing for audit.
Experience reviewing the work of other accountants and holding it to a consistent standard or clearly ready to step up to it.
Exposure to budgeting forecasting or variance analysis is an advantage as you will support our advisory work.
Comfortable in accounting software; Zoho Books and Zoho Analytics experience will count in your favor
Skills and Attributes:
Technically strong and still sharpening. You know accounting and reporting deeply you stay current on standards and compliance and you keep getting better.
A reviewers eye. You catch the errors other people miss and you can tell when a set of numbers does not hang together.
An operational thinker. You organize work into clear repeatable systems and schedules and you can see where a process is about to break before it causes a problem.
Organized under pressure. You can carry several clients and deadlines at once without letting the quality slip.
Ownership and initiative. You move without waiting to be told and when something goes wrong you own it and put it right. You develop people.
You can review and coach other accountants so their work improves over time. Ambitious. You want to grow into the Finance Operations Manager seat.
Benefits
What We Offer:
A role with real ownership and a defined time-bound path to Finance Operations Manager the firms senior delivery role.
A close working relationship with the Managing Principal: direct access real mentoring and a genuine say as you grow.
A structured technology-forward firm with documented systems and clear standards built so you can do your best work.
The chance to shape a growing practice with your impact visible in the team and the firms direction.
Hybrid working 2 days a week in the office.
Paid annual leave
N.B.: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position will remain open until it is filled.
Required Skills:
Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or a related field. Part-qualified or actively pursuing professional accounting certification (e.g. ACA ACCA ICAN) preferred. 2 years of accounting experience ideally in a professional services or corporate finance environment. Experience with financial reporting reconciliations and tax compliance. Proficiency in accounting software (Zoho Books QuickBooks or similar). Strong analytical skills and attention to detail. Ability to work independently and manage time effectively. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Willingness to learn and grow into a senior accounting role. High level of integrity and professional ethics.
Required Education:
Accounting Economics