HEOSL is seeking a highly experienced Senior Budget Accountant to strengthen its finance function in Lagos. This hybrid role, based in Ikoyi, is designed for a seasoned finance professional with strong budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management, and internal control expertise.
The successful candidate will play a central role in ensuring financial discipline, statutory compliance, and accurate reporting across the organisation, while supporting joint-venture (JV) and SubCom financial operations.
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos (Hybrid)
Department: Finance
Reports To: Country Finance Manager
Company: HEOSL
Role Overview
The Senior Budget Accountant is responsible for overseeing financial operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and maintaining robust internal controls. The role leads budgeting, forecasting, and financial close processes, ensuring timely and reliable delivery of financial information to senior management.
In addition, the role ensures that joint-venture financial activities are properly funded, reconciled, and aligned with performance reporting requirements.
This is a strategic finance position requiring both technical accounting expertise and strong stakeholder engagement skills.
How to Apply
Interested candidates can apply via the link
Key Responsibilities
The Senior Budget Accountant will:
Monitor Cash Call requests against Cash Call receipts to ensure all JV activities are fully and properly funded.
Prepare weekly and monthly cash-flow forecasts to support liquidity planning.
Lead the budgeting and financial planning process in alignment with approved work programmes.
Coordinate month-end and year-end close processes, including general ledger management, balance-sheet reconciliations, and overhead allocations.
Ensure accurate recording, filing, and reporting of all financial transactions.
Review financial data and reports to identify discrepancies and implement corrective measures.
Oversee timely submission of internal and external financial reports.
Recommend and implement improvements to accounting systems, including payroll and invoicing platforms.
Develop and document accounting policies and business processes to strengthen internal controls.
Ensure compliance with all State and Federal statutory requirements.
Provide timely financial reports and forecasts to the GM Finance.
Lead and motivate finance team members, clarifying responsibilities and driving performance standards.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related discipline.
Minimum of 10 years’ relevant industry experience, with at least 5 years in a similar senior finance or budgeting role.
Strong understanding of financial reporting standards and compliance requirements.
Experience managing JV financial structures is an advantage.
Core Competencies
Financial & Budgeting Expertise
Demonstrated proficiency in budgeting, forecasting, cost analysis, pricing structures, and financial reporting. Strong capability to interpret financial data and support strategic decision-making.
Analytical Rigor & Validation
Applies disciplined financial analysis to test assumptions, validate pricing models, analyse variances, and ensure budgets are accurate and defensible.
Stakeholder Management
Works collaboratively across departments, challenges assumptions constructively, and ensures alignment during budgeting cycles. Comfortable managing complex internal stakeholders and senior leadership relationships.
Communication & Influence
Translates complex financial information into clear insights for leadership and non-finance teams, supporting informed decision-making.
Governance & Internal Control
Maintains high ethical standards and strong internal control orientation. Ensures compliance and reinforces governance frameworks across financial processes.
Why Join HEOSL?
HEOSL offers a dynamic hybrid work environment in Ikoyi, Lagos, and an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to financial governance, operational efficiency, and strategic planning within a structured finance function.
HEOSL celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
