Senior Accountant

Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting & Compliance:

• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in compliance with IFRS.
• Maintain general ledger integrity and chart of accounts structure.
• Perform complex reconciliations (bank, intercompany, vendor, receivables).
• Prepare management reports and financial performance dashboards.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., FIRS, state tax authorities).
• Manage external audits and statutory reporting.
• Prepare management accounts with variance analysis.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Analysis:

•  Lead annual budgeting process
• Conduct variance analysis and provide actionable insights.
• Prepare rolling cash flow forecasts.
• Conduct cost-benefit analysis on IT investments.
• Monitor project profitability (on a per-client/contract basis)

Revenue Recognition:

• Ensure proper revenue recognition in line with IFRS 15 for software licensing agreements and SaaS subscriptions (monthly/annual billing), where applicable. , Managed service contracts, multi-element arrangements (software + support + implementation), Milestone-based project revenue and recurring revenue
• Review SLAs and client contracts to determine appropriate revenue treatment.
• Track deferred revenue, accrued income schedules, and contract liabilities.
•  Revenue assurance

Taxation Management:

• Ensure timely filing of VAT returns, PAYE and pension remittances, WHT, and Company Income tax
• Optimize tax efficiency within legal frameworks
• Manage tax audits and correspondences.

Accounts Payable & Procurement Oversight:

• Track vendor payments (hardware suppliers, cloud providers, software vendors).
• Reconcile supplier statements.
• Ensure proper capitalisation of IT assets (servers, networking equipment).
• Monitor procurement compliance and cost controls.
• Track foreign vendor payments and FX exposure.

Accounts Receivable & Credit Control:

• Oversee invoicing for enterprise clients, and government contracts
• Monitor receivables ageing.
• Implement credit control policies to reduce bad debts.

Accounts Payable & Procurement Oversight:

• Ensure oversight in vendor payments (hardware suppliers, cloud providers, software vendors).
• Reconcile supplier statements.
• Ensure proper capitalisation of IT assets (servers, networking equipment).
• Monitor procurement compliance and cost controls.
• Track foreign vendor payments and FX exposure.

Internal Controls & Risk Management:

• Develop and enforce internal financial controls.
• Implement segregation of duties.
• Prevent fraud and financial leakage.
• Support Standards (ISO and/or IT governance) compliance

Financial Systems & Automation:

• Manage the accounting module in ERP software (Odoo).
• Integrate billing systems with accounting systems.
• Generate KPI dashboards for management.

Team Leadership

• Supervise junior accountants and finance officers.
• Provide mentorship and performance oversight.
• Coordinate with procurement, HR, and operations teams.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Professional certification (ICAN / ACCA / CPA) is required.
• An MBA (Finance) will be an advantage.
• 5–8 years of relevant accounting experience.
• Minimum 5 years in a B2B, IT, SaaS, or technology company preferred  
• Proven experience handling full accounting cycle independently
• Proficiency in accounting software (QuickBooks, Sage, Odoo, SAP, etc.).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, financial modelling).
• Strong knowledge of Nigerian tax and financial regulations.
• Strong IFRS knowledge (especially IFRS 15 & IFRS 16).
• Understanding of IT project accounting and capitalisation rules.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Strategic / Critical thinking
• Integrity & confidentiality
• Strong organizational skills
• High integrity and ethical standards.
• Analytical and detail oriented.
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced tech environment.
• Strong negotiation skills (vendors & clients).