Head, Financial Control

Edlom Consulting Services
Lagos, Nigeria | Posted 2 weeks ago
Full-time On-site
Finance

Job Description

Head, Financial Control

Location: Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

  • Primarily responsible for overseeing and ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of financial reporting, implementing and maintaining effective financial controls, and supporting strategic decision-making for the Bank.
  • Additionally, the Head of Financial Control is also required to manage funds and other financial activities of the bank and make financial information available to users.

Principal Duties and Responsibilties

  • Preparation of financial statements & reports
  • Reviewing of Bank reconciliation statements; all outstanding issues to be trashed out
  • Reviewing of daily postings into the General Ledger
  • Creation of General ledgers for new transactions and Banks.
  • Timely rendition of statutory returns and reports to the Bank’s regulators (CBN, NDIC, CAC etc.)
  • Budget preparation and allocation
  • Expense monitoring & control
  • Liaising with statutory bodies and government agencies such as (CBN, NDIC, LIRS, FIRS, etc.)
  • Liaising with compensation officer, internal control & external auditors
  • Liaising with Banks of finance related issues
  • Attends to various meetings such as: Management meetings, Credit review,
  • Credit Appraisal and general purpose meetings.
  • Computation of depreciation and amortization
  • Preparation of salary journal and posting
  • Reconciliation of bank books and records: prepayment, sundry creditors, sundry customers, unpaid salary etc.
  • Maintenance and updating of fixed assets register and schedule.
  • Other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Managing Director.

Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Competencies

  • Minimum of an HND/B.Sc. in Accounting/Accountancy, Finance or its equivalent. Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
  • Professional membership is required - ACA/ACCA, and MCIB
  • 10 – 15 years of experience in the financial sector, preferably in Microfinance or Commercial Banking
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent teamwork skills
  • Financial Intelligence
  • Report Generation
  • Good Financial Decision
  • Statutory Reporting
  • Management Accounting
  • Excellent use of MS Office packages (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
  • Leadership
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Detail-Oriented
  • Communication
  • Team Spirit

Application Closing Date

31st August, 2026.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs to: recruitment@moneyfieldmfb.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.

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Edlom Consulting Services