Financial Analyst / Accountant at BlueSlip Limited Full Time

Job Title: Financial Analyst / Accountant

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking
• Analyze financial data and create financial models for decision support
• Report on financial performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews
• Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements
• Ensure accurate financial reporting
• Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts
• Guide the cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures
• Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization
• Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; study proposed changes in methods and materials
• Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Excel dashboards
• Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools
• Perform market research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuation comps
• Maintain a strong financial analysis foundation creating forecasts and models
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel is mentioned in virtually any financial analyst job description; familiarity with data query/data management tools is extremely helpful (Access, SQL, Business Objects)
• Reconciling the company’s bank statements and bookkeeping ledgers
• Completing analysis of the employee expenditures
• Managing income and expenditure accounts
• Filing and remitting taxes and other financial obligations
• Initiating and managing financial and accounting software used by the company.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
• 4 – 8 years of work experience with at least 3 years experience as a Financial Analyst.
• Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) or Financial Risk Management (FRM) certifications will be an advantage.
• Professional accounting qualification ICAN/ACCA.
• Ability to interpret financial data.
• Strong leadership and Project management skills
• Exceptional communication skills; both written and verbal
• Good Interpersonal skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.