Analyst, Finance Operations

Reports to: The Associate leading each client you work on.

Contract type: Full-time. Location: Abuja (hybrid). Open only to people who already live in or around Abuja

The role:

As an Analyst, you keep the books for several of our clients at the same time, often in different sectors. The accuracy of your work is what every

report CA gives those clients is built on, and an Associate reviews each piece before it goes any further. The work runs to firm monthly deadlines across several clients at once, and month-end is demanding. We are looking for someone who has chosen accounting and finance as their career, takes pride in getting the numbers right, and wants to grow into leading client work.

What you will do

• Keep each client's books up to date: record every sale, purchase and payment in the right account, the right period and at the right amount, from the client's source documents.

• Reconcile bank and cash: agree each bank and cash account to its statement, find and resolve the differences, and raise anything you cannot resolve rather than forcing it to balance.

• Process payroll and prepare tax filings: prepare the payroll with tax, pension, and NHF deducted, prepare the monthly PAYE, VAT, and withholding tax returns, and prepare the payroll payment file for the client to approve. You never initiate, approve, or release a payment.

• Prepare schedules for the month-end: prepare the schedules and data the Associate needs to close the month and build the client's reports.

• Hand over work that is ready to review: follow CA's standards, keep the evidence behind every figure, and list anything still open, so the Associate can review your work without having to rebuild it.

• Keep several clients on schedule: you keep the books for several clients at once, so you plan your month across all of them and flag early if a deadline is at risk.

Where this leads:

As your work meets the standard, you take on more responsibility, including leading client work yourself. At CA, you move up by showing you can do the next step's work, not by time served.

Requirements

• Hands-on bookkeeping or accounting experience, including bank reconciliations.

• Around two years is typical, and

• graduates with relevant internship or NYSC experience are welcome.

• A degree or HND in accounting or a related subject.

• Professional exams: you have completed ICAN Foundation, ACCA Applied Knowledge or ATS, and passed at least two

• ICAN Skills or ACCA Applied Skills papers. Having passed half or more of the ICAN Skills or ACCA Applied Skills papers is

• preferred.

• Experience in an accounting, audit or outsourcing firm, working on several businesses' books at the same time, is an

• advantage.

• A sound grasp of double entry, and a working knowledge of PAYE, VAT and withholding tax under the Nigeria Tax Act

• Confident with Excel, including lookups, SUMIF, and pivot tables, and with accounting software.

• Zoho Books experience

• is an advantage.

• Careful and accurate: you check your work against its source and raise what does not agree.

• Able to take feedback on your work and get it right the next time.

• You already live in or around Abuja, as we do not support relocation, and have your own working laptop and

• smartphone, as CA staff work on their own devices inside CA's systems

Benefits

• Hybrid working, normally two days a week in our Abuja office. Occasional additional attendance may be needed for

• meetings, assessments, and agreed business needs.

• HMO health coverage and paid annual leave.

• Every piece of your work is reviewed, with feedback, so you learn quickly what good work looks like.

• Experience across several businesses in different sectors at the same time, which builds your judgement faster than

• working on one company's books.

• Apply through the application link with your CV and your answers to the application questions. Shortlisted applicants are

• invited to an assessment in Abuja, followed by an interview