Director / Chief Operating Officer at Moore RoseWater

Moore RoseWater, formerly known as Jamiudeen, Olukayode, Sunmola & Co., is one of the indigenous professional services firm in Nigeria. Our philosophy has been to develop and better cater for our clients’ needs whenever required, but not to grow for the sake of size alone. Our growth has been organic and we have never been involved in a major merger. As a firm we are small enough to provide a personal service but large enough to have available specialist expertise in all areas.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Director / Chief Operating Officer

Location: Ilupeju, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Unit / Department: Assurance & Accounting
Key Relationships: All departments in the organization

Responsibilities

• Responsible for day to day management of the firm
• Responsible for the completion of assurance and accounting work.
• Deliver industry and technical expertise in assurance & accounting through client interactions, reports, technical work, management presentations and the creation of high-quality deliverables.
• Manage project financials (budgets, timely billing and collection and variance recognition)
• Execute transactions through the provision of client services including planning, budgeting, scheduling and coordinating engagements.
• Collaborate to plan engagement objectives and an audit strategy that complies with professional standards and appropriately addresses risk.
• Detailed reviews of assurance and non-assurance engagements to ensure professional standards are met.
• Review, investigate and correct discrepancies and irregularities in financial entries and reports.
• Set up handling terms for any claim brought up by clients and also contribute to the preparation and delivery of competitive proposals to meet client needs.
• Collaborate with client engagement team prior to commencement of client work to discuss roles and responsibilities, risk areas, materiality and deadlines.
• Leverage team appropriately to ensure proper documentation is prepared for the client and procedures relating to the file are followed accordingly.
• Make information on company policies, revision of regulations, and various updates that are contributory, as well as on clients progress available.

Qualifications / Required Experience

• Must not be less than 45 years old.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, finance or a related field; ICAN, ACCA strongly preferred.
• Must be a Chartered Accountant with a minimum of 20 years experience as an auditor for a mid-tier accounting firm.
• Experience in supervising, planning, execution and reporting on audits of financial statements.
• Proficiency and experience with audit, tax and accounting applications.

Competences & Skills:

• Analytical skills
• Leadership & managerial skills
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills
• Team spirit and ability to effectively delegate
• Problem solving
• Project management
• Presentation & report writing
• Customer Service Orientation
• People management and development skills

Application Closing Date
31st October, 2020.