Accountant

Job Description

• We are seeking a proactive, analytical, and detail-oriented Accountant to manage and support its financial operations.
• The successful candidate will maintain accurate financial records, support financial reporting and planning, monitor expenditures, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide reliable financial information to support strategic decision-making.
• This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional who understands the importance of financial accuracy, accountability, compliance, and operational efficiency in a research-driven, highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date financial records, ledgers, and supporting documentation.
• Manage day-to-day accounting transactions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, expenses, and payments.
• Prepare journal entries, financial schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Perform monthly bank, cash, supplier, customer, and general ledger reconciliations.
• Prepare accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management, and financial planning activities.
• Monitor departmental, project, research, and operational expenditures against approved budgets.
• Track project-related costs and support financial reporting for grants, research projects, partnerships, and funded programmes where applicable.
• Ensure financial transactions are properly authorized, documented, classified, and recorded.
• Monitor accounts receivable and payable to support effective cash-flow management.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, tax regulations, statutory requirements, and internal financial policies.
• Assist with tax filings, statutory reporting, audits, and regulatory reviews.
• Maintain proper documentation and financial controls to ensure audit readiness.
• Identify financial discrepancies, investigate variances, and recommend corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Research, Procurement, Administration, and Management teams on financial matters.
• Support the development and improvement of accounting processes, controls, and reporting systems.
• Prepare financial analysis and management reports to support informed business decisions.
• Safeguard company assets and ensure appropriate financial controls are maintained.

What Success Looks Like

• Financial records remain accurate, complete, and audit-ready.
• Financial reports are delivered accurately and within required timelines.
• Expenditure is properly monitored against approved budgets.
• Financial discrepancies are identified and resolved promptly.
• Statutory, tax, and regulatory obligations are consistently met.
• Project and research-related finances are properly tracked and reported.
• Internal financial controls remain effective and consistently applied.
• Management receives reliable financial information for strategic decision-making.
• Accounting processes become increasingly efficient through continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of three (3) years of professional accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial reporting, reconciliations, and internal controls.
• Experience with accounting software, ERP systems, or financial management platforms.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial reporting tools.
• Good understanding of Nigerian tax, statutory, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong analytical, numerical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage confidential financial information with a high level of integrity.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, research-driven, and multidisciplinary environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• ICAN, ACCA, CPA, CMA, or an equivalent professional qualification.
• Previous experience in Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Research, Diagnostics, or a related industry.
• Experience managing project, research, grant, or donor-funded accounts.
• Familiarity with research and development expenditure, laboratory operations, procurement, and inventory accounting.
• Experience with ERP platforms such as Sage, QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, or similar systems.
• Knowledge of financial reporting requirements for funded research programmes and institutional partnerships.

Application Closing Date
28th August, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to:  using the job title as the subject of the email.

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