Fund Accountant at Radix Pension Managers Limited

Radix Pension Managers is a licensed Pension Fund Administrator (“PFA”) by the National Pension Commission (“PenCom”) with presence across Nigeria. Formerly known as IGI Pension Fund Managers Limited, a company previously owned by IGI Plc, Radix Pension Managers Limited has an authorized and paid-up share capital of over One Billion Naira which has facilitated the competitive acquisition of such prerequisites as technology and manpower as well as ensuring a comfortable working capital.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Fund Accountant

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
Job Type: Full time
Department: Finance
Supervisor/Manager: Head, Finance

Job Summary

• Responsible for all aspects of day-to-day accounting for a group of assigned funds including, calculating/ reporting the daily NAV (Net Asset Value) per unit, and compiling standard weekly and/or monthly financial statements, and income and expense accruals.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage all financial and accounting operations related to the pension funds
• Prepare periodic budgets and financial forecasts and report variances on the pension funds
• Preparation of monthly general ledger reconciliation
• Preparation of weekly and monthly bank reconciliation
• Carrying out daily unitization of funds
• Rendition of Daily and Monthly RMAS to PENCOM
• Prepare and publish timely monthly financial statements for all pension funds
• Preparation of Management accounts of Pension funds ensuring that relevant accounting standards have been met
• Preparation of monthly returns to pension commission
• Additional controller duties as assigned by the Head of Finance Department.

Qualifications

• A minimum of first degree or its equivalent in numerate or semi-numerate disciplines such as actuarial sciences, statistics, mathematics, accounting, economics, banking, finance, insurance, and other related courses.
• An acceptable professional qualification from any relevant professional organization such as ACCA, ACCA, CFA, Etc.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years overall combined accounting and finance experience.
• A strong technical accounting background, with financial reporting experience in IFRS

Technical Skills:

• Strong financial modelling and excel skills
• Understanding of, and desire to develop, strong corporate governance frameworks and systems to support
• Financial Management and corporate governance
• Provision of strong financial control and stewardship over finance operations

Behavioral Skills:

• Interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to put complex financial issues into layman’s terms for non-specialist audiences, including senior managers
• Capacity to form and maintain good working relationships with a wide network of internal and external stakeholders

Deadline: 31st October, 2020.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV in PDF or MS word format only to: careers@radixpension.com using the “Job Title” as the subject of the email.