Current Jobs in a Leading Microfinance Bank in Lagos

Workforce Group – Our client, a leading Microfinance Bank on the Island in Lagos is currently recruiting suitable and qualified candidates for the position below: Job Title:Accountant Location: Lagos Function: Operational role Industry: Banking Responsibilities

• Manage all accounting operations based on accounting principles
• Prepare budget and financial forecasts
• Publish financial statements in time
• Conduct month-end and year-end close process
• Collect, analyze and summarize account information
• Compute taxes and prepare tax returns, balance sheet, profit/loss statement etc.
• Develop periodic reports for management
• Audit financial transactions and document accounting control procedures
• Keep information confidential and secure them with random database backups
• Keep up with financial policies, regulation and legislation

• OND/HND/BSc in any relevant discipline

• Managing the day-to-day operational aspects of a project.
• Being responsible for all aspects of a project from the design stage through to completion and handover to the client.
• Writing up all project documentation.
• Submitting progress reports to stakeholders and senior managers.
• Setting the standards and methodology to be used in a project.
• Creating a working environment that allows everyone to work to the best of their abilities.
• Taking responsibility of projects through their entire lifecycle.
• Properly scoping a project.
• Managing project budgets.
• Managing project resources.
• Communicating with stakeholders to clarify the desired outcome of a project.
• Ensuring that all relevant processes are followed on projects.
• Administering the allocation of jobs and budgets on a project.
• Managing project personnel to achieve project objectives.
• Regularly review and analyze the project scope.
• Managing client expectations.
• Identifying project risks.

• Strong drive and resilience.
• Action and result oriented.
• Ability to build strong relationships with people at all levels.
• A willingness to see things through to the end.
• A team player who is comfortable working with other professionals.
• Ability to influence people at all levels.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure and to tight deadlines.

• OND/HND/BSc in any relevant discipline

• Gathering information about clients
• Reading financial briefings
• Assessing, analyzing and interpreting complicated financial information
• Undertaking risk analysis by developing statistical models
• Visiting clients
• Keeping company credit exposures within set risk bearing limits
• Completing loan application forms and submitting to loan committees for approval
• Using credit-scoring systems for small credit amounts (such as small unsecured personal loans)
• Keeping knowledge of key issues up-to-date (for example legal, market risk and compliance issues)
• Helping to enhance the quality of credit applications
• Making recommendations about procedural/policy changes.

• OND/HND/BSc in any relevant discipline