Financial Analyst at Elvaridah – Abuja and Niger

Elvaridah is a Business Development Company with the primary objective of working with businesses and business owners to start up their businesses, improve, differentiate or expand already existing ones.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Financial Analyst

Locations: Abuja and Niger
Employment type: Full Time

Role Summary

The financial analyst is responsible for analyzing financial statements and predicting the future performance of our company.
This may include forecasting future revenues and expenditures, as well as modeling capital structure and budgeting.
The financial analyst will be responsible for keeping track of our company’s financial plan.
Analyzing the company’s performance, alongside changes and market trends, not only helps the analyst create forecasts, but also allows them to calculate variances between those forecasts and actuals.

Duties and Responsibilities

Analyzing financial information to come up with forecasts for the business, helping it make informed, and hopefully correct, decisions, this plays a role in determining a company’s present value and future business abilities.
Create and maintain various spreadsheets and dashboards to aid in analysis and insight provision.
This helps provide a clear interpretation of trends and data.
Creating models to value potential investment opportunities.
Perform financial forecasting, reporting, and operational metrics tracking
Analyze financial data and create financial models for decision support
Report on financial performance and prepare for regular leadership reviews
Analyze past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for improvements.
Work closely with the accounting team to ensure accurate financial reporting
Evaluate financial performance by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.
Grow financial performance through analysis of financial results, forecasts, variances, and trends
Create recommendations to be presented to management and executives
Develop financial models to support valuation, planning, and forecasting
Aid in the capital budgeting and expenditure planning processes
Reconcile existing transactions through cross-referencing of incoming and outgoing data
Conduct comparable analysis and market research to support internal financial analysis
Maintain up-to-date technical knowledge of financial instruments, market conditions, and trends.
Guide the cost analysis process by establishing and enforcing policies and procedures
Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization
Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; study proposed changes in methods and materials
Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Excel dashboards
Increase productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools
Perform market research, data mining, business intelligence, and valuation comps
Maintain a strong financial analysis foundation creating forecasts and models
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel ; familiarity with data query/data management tools (Access, SQL, Business Objects).

Academic Qualifications

2 – 4+ years of business finance or other relevant experience.
High proficiency in financial modeling techniques
Strong fluency with Excel formulas and functions
BA, B.Sc, or B.Com degree required (Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting / Finance / Economics).
Previous Experience as an accountant/( ICAN ) certification
Strong analytical and data gathering skills
Good business acumen
Strong quantitative and analytical competency.
Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.
Advanced knowledge of Excel.
Personality and Interpersonal Skills
Ability to streamline functions and passion to learn and grow
Strong interpersonal skills, including written and oral communication skills
Comfort dealing with ambiguity and the ability to work independently
Experience working with, and presenting to, senior executives.
Excellent communication and presentation skills; be comfortable interacting with executive-level management.
Strong financial modeling experience.