Job Title: Senior Accountant

Industry: 3 ACE

Location: Ajah, Lagos

Employment Type: Full-Time | Onsite

Compensation: ₦300,000 – ₦350,000 Monthly

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer & Business Head

Client Overview
A diversified business group with multiple operating subsidiaries is strengthening its finance function and requires a senior accounting professional to take ownership of financial reporting, reconciliation, controls, and accounting activities across its businesses.

Role Overview

The Accountant will serve as a key finance resource across the Group, overseeing accounting activities for multiple subsidiaries and ensuring that their financial records are complete, accurate, reconciled, and properly controlled.

The position requires someone who can go beyond transaction processing and take ownership of month-end reporting, intercompany balances, cash and bank reconciliation, payables and receivables, statutory obligations, financial controls, and subsidiary-level financial performance.

The successful candidate will work directly with the CEO and Business Head and will be expected to identify discrepancies, challenge unsupported transactions, follow through on outstanding financial issues, and ensure each subsidiary maintains acceptable accounting standards

Key Responsibilities

Group & Subsidiary Accounting

• Take ownership of accounting records across multiple subsidiaries, ensuring transactions, ledgers, receivables, payables, cash movements, and supporting documentation are accurately maintained and reconciled.
• Review and reconcile intercompany transactions and balances, identify discrepancies or outstanding items, and follow up with subsidiary teams to ensure timely resolution.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready financial records across all subsidiaries while ensuring compliance with approved accounting procedures and reporting requirements.

Financial Reporting & Month-End Close

• Lead the month-end accounting close for assigned subsidiaries and prepare management accounts, trial balances, financial schedules, and performance reports within agreed reporting timelines.
• Perform bank, cash, general ledger, receivables, payables, and intercompany reconciliations while investigating material variances and unusual financial movements.
• Consolidate relevant financial information from subsidiaries and provide clear financial analysis and explanations to support management review and decision-making.

Financial Controls & Risk Management

• Review financial transactions and supporting documentation to ensure compliance with approved procedures, authorization limits, and internal control requirements.
• Identify control weaknesses, duplicate payments, unexplained balances, unusual transactions, and other financial risks, ensuring appropriate corrective actions are taken.
• Strengthen accounting processes and controls across subsidiaries by improving documentation, accountability, transaction review, and financial reporting practices.

Payables, Receivables & Cash Management

• Monitor receivables, payables, supplier obligations, customer balances, and cash positions across subsidiaries to maintain effective financial control.
• Review payment requests and supporting documentation while ensuring outstanding obligations, collections, and overdue balances are properly tracked and escalated.
• Support cash-flow monitoring by providing management with timely information on available funds, expected inflows, upcoming obligations, and potential liquidity concerns.

Tax, Audit & Statutory Compliance

• Coordinate accounting schedules, financial records, and supporting documentation required for tax filings, statutory reporting, and external audits across subsidiaries.
• Maintain accurate records for applicable taxes, statutory deductions, and other regulatory obligations while ensuring required documentation is readily available.
• Liaise with auditors, tax consultants, and relevant external stakeholders and ensure audit queries, accounting exceptions, and compliance issues are resolved within agreed timelines.

Management Reporting & Business Support

• Provide the CEO and Business Head with timely financial reports, analysis, and insights covering subsidiary performance, costs, cash flow, variances, and financial risks.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and performance reviews by providing accurate financial information and highlighting significant business trends.
• Recommend practical improvements to accounting processes, reporting structures, cost management, and financial controls to improve the overall financial performance of the Group.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• ACA, ACCA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification is required.
• Minimum 5 years' relevant accounting experience, with demonstrated responsibility for complete accounting functions.
• Proven experience managing accounts across multiple companies, subsidiaries, branches, or business units.
• Strong hands-on experience in management accounts, month-end close, bank reconciliation, general ledger, payables, receivables, and intercompany accounting.
• Practical knowledge of tax, statutory compliance, audit preparation, and financial controls.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with accounting software or ERP systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate discrepancies and provide practical resolutions.
• Ability to work independently and communicate financial information effectively to senior management.
• Must reside within the Ajah axis or surrounding areas and be available to work onsite.

Core Competencies

• Group & Multi-Entity Accounting
• Financial Reporting & Management Accounts
• Reconciliation & Financial Controls
• Intercompany Accounting
• Tax & Statutory Compliance
• Financial Analysis & Reporting
• Advanced Excel & Accounting Systems
• Problem Solving & Financial Investigation
• Attention to Detail & Accountability
• Senior Stakeholder Management

Ideal Candidate Profile
A seasoned accountant with proven multi-subsidiary experience who can independently lead and oversee financial activities across our corporate entities.