Finance Analyst Job at Beyond Credit

Beyond Credit is a technology-driven financial services company focused on empowering low-income entrepreneurs across Africa. We seek to provide them with opportunities to grow their businesses, improve their standard of living and thereby have better outcomes in life. We aim to give them hope of a better life by equipping them with appropriate tools needed to attain greater financial independence.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Finance Analyst

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting To: The Head of Finance

Main responsibilities

• Assist with daily finance operations including ensuring on-time disbursement of approved Loans & bank reconciliations.
• Responsible for key liquidity availability management functions. This includes cash forecasting and cash management processes, liquidity monitoring and funding strategies.
• Overseeing processing of payables including vendor payments
• Complete national and local (state) tax returns (incl. PAYE, VAT, WHT, CIT e.t.c) and work with local tax advisors as needed on all jurisdictions
• Work with external auditors to perform the annual audits for all jurisdictions
• Preparing weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly operating reports to present to senior management and provision of recommendations for improvements based on trends
• Oversee expense management via accounting tools and Monthly expense variance analysis
• Liaise with parties (banks and processors) to ensure optimal cost structures and verify daily settlements.

Desired Qualifications and Skillset

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or a related business discipline
• 2 to 4 years+ of experience (preferably commercial) working with an Investment Bank, Commercial Bank, or in a Management Consulting Firm.
• Proficiency in accounting software and IT savvy.
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to read and assess datasets and company financial statements – profitability, cash flow + projections.
• High Level skills especially in Excel, Accounting and PowerPoint
• Chartered Accountant (ICAN, ACCA, CPA).
• Self-starter with the desire to contribute from day one to supporting Beyond Credit Limited in providing premier financial services.
• Good written, presentation and communication skills, able to prepare statistical and narrative reports
• Able to work under broad direction but self-motivated to work independently. Has technical responsibility and accountable for work performed and decision taken.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills and able to communicate and manage relationship at all levels.

Remuneration
Industry Standard.

Method of Application:
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Resume to: recruitment@beyondcredit.com.ng using the Job Position as the subject of the email

Note: Only Qualified candidate will be shortlisted.