Finance Team Lead

Summary

As a Finance Team Lead reporting to the Finance Manager, you will play a crucial role in generating accurate monthly management accounts and ensuring the timely completion of statutory filings. Your responsibilities include preparing detailed management accounts, completing variance reports, managing the general ledger, and producing quarterly and annual statutory returns. You will oversee regulatory and statutory filings, manage the Fixed Asset Ledger, and review bank reconciliations. Additionally, you will assist in the preparation of annual plans and budgets, coordinate year-end audits, and ensure compliance with accounting standards and company policies. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills are essential, along with a minimum of five years of relevant accounting experience and at least two years in a supervisory role. A Certified Accountant designation (e.g., ACCA, CPA) and proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Office are required.

Responsibilities

• • Prepare monthly management accounts that are timely, accurate and comprehensive;
• • Complete monthly variance reports on actual against plan as well as month over month;
• • Manage the accounting software, specifically the general ledger;
• • Produce quarterly and annual statutory returns for Manager’s sign off;
• • Oversee and ensure fulfillment of all regulatory and statutory filings;
• • Oversee the management of the Fixed Asset Ledger;
• • Review and sign off on bank reconciliations;
• • Assist in the preparation of the Annual Plan/Budgets;
• • Assist with coordinating year end audits;
• • Review and approve ledger/schedules/ reconciliation;
• • Review and sign-off schedules in audit file;
• • Authorize journal entries;
• • Review and authorize disbursements;
• • Liaise with external bodies e.g.: regulators, actuaries, auditors etc;
• • Ensure compliance with company's regulatory policies, practices and procedures, accounting standards etc.;
• • Assist management with special projects;
• • Complete employee performance appraisals;
• • Any other tasks assigned by management.

Desired Traits and Characteristics

• • Strong analytical Skills;
• • Strong problem-solving skills;
• • Strong time management skills;
• • Solid leadership skills;
• • Solid interpersonal communication skills;
• • Solid digital literacy skills.

Qualifications

• • Minimum five (5) years relevant Accounting Experience;
• • Two (2) years at Supervisory level;
• • Certified Accountant (e.g., ACCA, CPA, etc.) Professional Accounting Degree or equivalent qualification;
• • Knowledge of the Financial Services regulatory environment;
• • Knowledge of accounting software applications;
• • Computer Literacy – e.g., Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

Additional Information and Instructions

Though we appreciate all candidates, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

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