About Company:
Renmoney - We're a technology-driven financial services company committed to making financial inclusion count for millions of Nigerians. Through innovation and customer-centric solutions, we provide lending, savings, payments, and other financial products that help individuals and businesses thrive.
Job Description:
- The Financial Control & Reporting Lead will be responsible for strengthening the financial control environment, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial reporting, and driving discipline around month-end close activities.
- The role will serve as a key review layer between the Finance team and the Head of Finance, ensuring that reconciliations, schedules, journals, and reporting outputs are properly prepared, reviewed, and completed within required timelines.
- The role will also provide oversight on key financial balances, support audit readiness, and ensure strong documentation standards across all accounting processes.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting & Month-End Close:
- Support month-end and year-end close processes.
- Review monthly management accounts and financial reporting packs.
- Ensure timely completion of all close activities in line with reporting deadlines.
- Perform analytical reviews of financial results, variances, and balance sheet movements.
- Support preparation and review of financial statements and disclosures.
Reconciliations & Financial Controls:
- Review balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules across key accounts.
- Take oversight of high-risk and complex reconciliations.
- Ensure timely resolution of reconciling items and escalation of aged differences.
- Strengthen documentation and control processes around key financial balances.
Audit Coordination & Support:
- Coordinate external and internal audit requests and ensure timely responses.
- Maintain audit schedules, PBC listings, and supporting documentation.
- Support auditors during fieldwork and follow up on audit queries.
- Track and support closure of audit findings and management actions.
- Maintain audit-ready documentation throughout the financial year.
Team Oversight & Review Function:
- Serve as first-level reviewer for key accounting schedules and reconciliations prepared by the Finance team.
- Provide guidance and support to team members on accounting treatments and documentation standards.
- Monitor completion of recurring weekly and monthly deliverables.
- Support the Head of Finance in driving accountability, timelines, and execution discipline.
Process Improvement & Support:
- Identify gaps in financial processes and recommend improvements.
- Support standardization of reporting templates and reconciliation frameworks.
- Participate in ERP implementation activities relating to finance processes.
- Contribute to strengthening internal controls and documentation standards.
Requirements:
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- ACA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification is mandatory.
- 7–10 years of relevant experience in Financial Reporting, Audit, Financial Control, or Accounting.
- Experience in financial services, fintech, banking, or lending environments is strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and financial statement preparation.
- Experience managing month-end close processes and reconciliations.
- Experience working with external auditors and audit processes.
Technical Skills & Competencies:
- Financial Reporting & IFRS.
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation.
- Financial Controls.
- Month-End Close Management.
- Audit Coordination.
- Analytical Review.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel.
- ERP Systems (advantageous).
- Strong attention to detail and documentation discipline.
This Job Is Perfect For You If You:
- Have strong technical accounting and financial reporting expertise.
- Enjoy strengthening financial controls and improving reporting processes.
- Can review complex financial information with accuracy and attention to detail.
- Thrive in a fast-paced, regulated financial services environment.
- Are passionate about driving accountability, quality, and continuous improvement.
You Will Not Enjoy This Job If You:
- Prefer working without structured reporting timelines.
- Struggle with reviewing detailed reconciliations and financial documentation.
- Are uncomfortable challenging inconsistencies or following up on outstanding actions.
- Prefer transactional accounting over financial oversight and control.
Benefits
What's In It For You:
- Play a key role in strengthening the financial control framework of a fast-growing financial institution.
- Partner with senior finance leaders on strategic reporting, audit readiness, and finance transformation initiatives.
- Gain exposure to high-impact finance projects, ERP improvements, and regulatory reporting.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- Opportunity to grow your leadership career in a collaborative, high-performance environment.
Salary
Very attractiveApplication Closing Date: Not specified
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Job Information
Deadline
Not specified
Job Type
Full-time
Industry
Finance/ Accounting
Work Level
Experienced
State
Lagos
Country
Nigeria