Group Accountant at a Hospitality / Oil & Gas Group – Lagos, Lagos State

A diversified hospitality and oil-and-gas business is recruiting a full-time Group Accountant in Lagos. The role leads financial reporting, consolidation, compliance and financial controls across multiple entities.

Group accounting and reporting

• Oversee financial records and reporting for all companies in the group.
• Prepare and consolidate monthly, quarterly and annual statements, including intercompany balances and eliminations.
• Review ledgers, reconciliations, accruals, prepayments and supporting records.
• Standardise accounting policies and ensure timely management reporting.

Budgeting and financial analysis

• Coordinate budgets, financial forecasts and variance reviews across business units.
• Assess revenue, costs, profitability, liquidity and working-capital needs.
• Provide financial insight to inform investment, expenditure and operating decisions.

Tax, audit and control

• Oversee Nigerian statutory and tax compliance, including VAT, PAYE and WHT.
• Prepare audit schedules, coordinate statutory reporting and work with auditors, consultants, banks and regulators.
• Maintain approval controls, accounts payable and receivable, asset registers and sound record-keeping.
• Supervise finance personnel, identify financial risks and support process improvements.

Qualifications and experience

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field; ICAN or ACCA qualification is mandatory.
• At least seven years’ progressive accounting and finance experience.
• Proven group consolidation, multi-entity reporting and intercompany accounting expertise.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, Nigerian taxation, budgeting and financial control.
• Proficiency in Sage, QuickBooks or similar systems, advanced Excel and financial analysis; hospitality accounting software experience is an advantage.
• Leadership, confidentiality and ability to manage multiple deadlines.

Salary is negotiable.