Deadline: 12 November, 2021
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
The British Council is seeking to fill the role of Finance Analyst (Financial Planning and Analysis).
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
The council builds connections, understanding and trust among people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.
Responsibilities
- Support in the end-to-end financial planning and analysis function for Nigeria while ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness of reports
- Support financial analysis and reporting for the subsidiaries’ board
- Act as one of the key finance business partners to senior managers and business units across operations in Nigeria
- Ensure compliance with internal British Council financial planning and analysis reporting standards and any other applicable policies and procedures
- Play a key role in sustainability and achieving desired results of the changes and improvement of projects, especially those that are related to financial planning and analysis
- Contribute in driving income target/performance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in any field
- Qualified accountant with fours years, minimum, of post-qualification experience in a similar role
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Proven experience in data analysis and visualisation in line with best practices
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- ERP systems experience (transaction level and reporting)
- Delivery of results within a complex international structure and reporting to tight deadlines
- Ability to relay complex financial information in an easy-to-understand way to support non-financial managers to deliver against financial performance indicators
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