First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria’s largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Lead, Accounting Set-up Squad

Job Identification: 1691
Location: Lagos

Duties & Responsibilities

• Facilitate all account maintenance activities, i.e. Static/Master Data Maintenance such as creation of new accounts and appropriate GL mapping, managing restrictions on accounts as required for product setup or modifications
• Review of Product Papers, Business Requirement Documents, User Story Document and all such change requests/ change management documents to ensure accuracy in accounting setup and accounting treatment, correctness of accounting entries, management of financial risk and operational risk issues.
• Designing all required accounting procedures for products and processes
• Operate the change control process and ensure Chart of Account standards, GL Control Policy accounting standards and policies, regulatory requirements, tax laws, and all other relevant policies are adhered to.
• Implement financial accounting process improvements as may be required
• Undertake periodic post implementation reviews on existing and new products in conjunction with Team Lead, Accounts and Systems
• Participating in Controlled Live Test and User Acceptance Test, and all such other testing sessions as part ofb change management and serves as the expert on all accounting and financial control matters on all product development projects.

Requirements
Education & Minimum Education:

• First Degree in Applied or Social Sciences, Higher Degree / Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA, or its equivalent.

Experience:

• Minimum experience: 8 – 10 years of relevant financial services, operations, consulting and financial control functions.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.