About this role
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Job Description
- Own the Group’s financial control environment — budgeting, invoicing, payables, statutory remittance and record retention — and stand up the day-to-day bookkeeping the Uyo office launch requires.
Role Overview
- The Finance/Accounts Manager owns the Group’s financial control environment — budgeting, invoicing, payables, statutory remittance and financial record retention — executing the Finance & Accounting SOP series the Group has already built, and standing up the day-to-day bookkeeping the Uyo office launch requires.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the Finance & Accounting SOP series: financial resource planning and budgeting, client invoicing and revenue recognition, accounts payable and external-provider payments.
- Own statutory remittance execution and reconciliation — PAYE, pension, NHF, NSITF, WHT and VAT — and financial record control and retention.
- Confirm pricing and commercial terms during contract review before contracts are issued for client signature.
- Hold payment-initiation and approval authority within the Group’s defined segregation-of-duties tiers.
- Own Finance-specific nonconformity and corrective action handling, support internal audits of financial records, and provide Finance’s input to the Management Review.
- Manage day-to-day bookkeeping, bank reconciliations and statutory filings for LifeCare Connect Nigeria Limited.
- Support annual budgeting and cash-flow planning for the Uyo office launch and ongoing Group-wide operations.
Requirements & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
- ICAN or ACCA membership, or final-stage candidacy, required.
- Minimum 5 years’ accounting or finance management experience, ideally in a services or multi-entity environment.
- Strong knowledge of Nigerian statutory compliance obligations (FIRS, PAYE, pension, NSITF, NHF, VAT/WHT).
- Proficiency in accounting software (e.g. QuickBooks, Sage or Zoho Books) and advanced Excel.
- High attention to detail and integrity in handling financial controls.
What We Offer
- Ownership of the Group’s finance function from the ground up, on a documented control framework.
- Direct commercial visibility across every client contract the Group signs.
- A founding role in the Uyo office with a clear path as the Group scales.
Application Closing Date
31st December, 2026.