Finance and Administrative Officer

About Watu: 

WATU is a focus-driven, customer-centric company that believes everyone deserves the opportunity to be an entrepreneur and achieve their ambitious goals in life. As Africa’s fastest-growing Asset Finance Company, we see the continent’s bright and prosperous future and want to be part of making it a reality.
Our vision is to provide asset financing for motorcycles and three-wheelers to those who understand when provided with the right tools, they can fulfil their dreams and the needs of their families and community.

We Empower Entrepreneurs by providing the means needed to move and improve lives.
Our business is growing rapidly, and with more than 30,000 customers in Nigeria, we are looking for an enthusiastic Finance and Administrative Officer in Lagos, Nigeria. We are looking for doers who are ready to roll up their sleeves and, with their hard work and dedication, create the impact needed in our communities. 

Do you want to become a part of our ambitious and creative team of smart individuals, make a difference, and do you have what it takes? Then read on and apply for this exciting opportunity!

Job Purpose
The role of a Finance Officer at Watu involves a variety of responsibilities aimed at managing financial
operations, ensure accurate reporting and compliance with regulations, provide strategic financial insights, and
support risk management. This role is crucial for maintaining financial health, optimizing processes, and
contributing to the organization’s growth and stability.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Ensuring that required Excel sheets for HQ reporting are filled out accurately and on time.
• Ensure that the office is in compliance with all local, state and federal tax laws.
• Advise on VAT taxation for outgoing invoices.
• Monitoring the cash flow and expenses of the office and ensuring all transactions are recorded.
• Monitor all bank balances and reconcile transactions with bank statements.
• Assist HQ in the preparation of payroll including calculating tax and pension deductions.
• Make tax payments and filings and receive receipts for payment of taxes.
• Monitor performance of all branches and report on trends, red flags, etc.
• Research, find and implement tools to assist in the real-time reporting of key performance indicators of branches.
• Assist with administrative tasks for the office as needed.
• Supports in annual Audit processes (Statutory, tax and Data protection)
• Continually evaluating this process for improvement and making suggestions to management on how to make it faster and more accurate.
• Reporting all company related expenses (transport, installation related expenses) in an accurate manner.
• Carrying out other tasks as requested by the company management.

What You Bring:

• Passion: An unyielding passion for financial technology and a commitment to driving financial inclusion.
• Leadership: Proven experience in managing and motivating high-performing sales teams.
• Innovation: A knack for thinking outside the box, exploring new avenues, and staying ahead of the curve.
• Customer Focus: Exceptional customer relationship skills and a genuine desire to make a positive impact on people's lives.
• Adaptability: The ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and embrace change as an opportunity.

Technical skills:

• Highly analytical with a high degree of competency in Excel/Google Sheets, Smartsheet software and other analytical tools.
• Google documents
• Ability to work with finance software such as Oracle, Peachtree, MS Documents,

Qualifications:
Education Level

• BSc. Accounting, Bachelor's degree in management, finance, or related field; MBA or similar higher degree a plus.

Experience

• 3+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: Administration, HR, Finance, Logistics
• Exceptional organization and planning skills, ability to manage and follow work plans
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, able to negotiate, influence, give effective feedback, and be a team player.
• Able to manage stress effectively, juggle competing priorities, balance various programmatic, logistic and team needs.

Behavioural skills: (Abilities that influence how a person interacts with others and responds to certain
situations.)
Must demonstrate the following values:

• Customer Focus – deliver and maintain a high level of customer service with both our internal and
• external customers.
• Ownership – Treat Watu as your own company and make decisions that would benefit us all aligned with our company values – with a clear focus of delivering on the agreed KPIs.
• Respect – display respect and maintain respectful relationships within our Watu teams and our customers and partners.
• Integrity – operate openly and transparently with our teams, customers, and partners – Act with Integrity.
• Empowerment – Learn and grow with Watu. We empower our employees to be the leaders our people want to follow. We empower our employees by giving them the opportunities to learn and grow together. We empower each other by sharing knowledge and embracing a positive mindset.

People & Leadership Skills

• Work together to create an environment that fosters teamwork and cooperation
• Attend training sessions offered to continuously improve skills and knowledge.
• Be proactive and self-motivated to achieve set Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Recommend new ways of working to continuously improve efficiency, productivity and enhance both our internal and external customer experience.
• Keep updated on any changes in policies, schedules and product knowledge for the team.
• Attend and participate in team meetings.