Finance / Accounts Manager

Job title : Finance / Accounts Manager

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.