Senior Finance Analyst
Helium Health · Finance team
- Financial Analyst
- Lagos
- Full-time
- 3–6 years
At a glance
About the company
Helium Health is a healthtech company that says it has been digitising healthcare across Sub-Saharan Africa and the GCC since 2016. Its products cover hospital software, financing for healthcare providers and public health data, including HeliumOS, HeliumDoc and HeliumCredit.
Description
You work closely with the Head of Finance at Helium Health and cover both the accounting and the analysis. You will:
- Lead month-end close, prepare the monthly financial statements and run monthly forecasts
- Analyse monthly and quarterly management reports for trends, profitability and risks in each business unit
- Build financial models for investment opportunities and lending facilities
- Track budget against actual spending, and help prepare the annual budget and plans
- Handle tax returns, statutory compliance and monthly bank reconciliations
- Prepare KPI reports and presentations for senior management, and review weekly payments for approval
Qualifications & Skills
Must have 6
- A first degree in finance, accounting, economics or a related field
- 3–6 years of relevant finance experience
- Advanced Excel and strong financial modelling
- Ability to review and challenge the assumptions in a financial forecast
- Clear communication of complex financial issues and models to all stakeholders
- Comfort with cloud-based tools and digital ways of working in finance
Nice to have 1
- An ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualification
How to stand out for this job
Written by our team from the employer's post. Work through it in order, then apply.
1What they actually want
Our plain-words read of this job. It explains the job, not the employer's own words.
This is a finance analyst job where you do both the books and the thinking. Each month you lead the close, prepare the financial statements and reconcile the bank accounts, then step back and explain what the numbers say about each business unit. You keep budgets in check against actual spending, and you build the models the company uses when it weighs an investment or a loan facility. Tax returns and statutory filings also sit with you, so accuracy and deadlines matter as much as insight.
Helium Health wants three to six years of finance experience, a degree in finance, accounting or economics, and advanced Excel. A professional qualification such as ACA, CIMA or ACCA is an added advantage. They also want someone confident enough to question a forecast's assumptions and explain the answer simply to leaders. To stand out, show a model you built that informed a real decision, and a month-end process you made faster or cleaner. The role is based in their Lagos office.
2Words to use in your CV
Use the words that are true for you. The dark ones matter most for this job.
- financial analysis
- financial modelling
- month-end close
- financial reporting
- budgeting
- forecasting
- budget vs actual
- management reports
- bank reconciliation
- tax compliance
- Excel
- KPI reporting
- strategic planning
- ACA
- ACCA
- CIMA
4Tailor your portfolio
Make a copy of your portfolio for this job and lead with these three projects. Give the problem, the data, the tools and the result as a number.
- 01
A three-statement financial model
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for a made-up company, with clear inputs and scenarios.
- 02
A budget vs actual report
A monthly variance report with the five biggest gaps explained in plain words.
- 03
An investment appraisal
NPV and payback for a made-up project or loan facility, with the assumptions you would challenge.
3Tailor your CV
- Headline“Senior Finance Analyst | Financial Modelling, Month-end Close, Budgeting”
- Lead with close and reportingSay how many days your month-end close took, and what you improved.
- Show a modelName a model you built for an investment, loan or pricing decision, and what was decided.
- Show budget controlGive one gap you found between budget and actual, and the action that followed.
- Add your qualificationPut ACA, CIMA or ACCA, or your progress towards one, near the top.
BeforePrepared monthly financial reports.
AfterCut month-end close from 10 days to 6, and built a 3-year model that supported a ₦500 million lending facility.
Example only. Use your own real numbers.
5Learn the missing skill
Data Analytics in Microsoft Excel (A Complete Course)
Self-paced · 84 lessons
₦30,000
6Before you apply
Apply on Helium Health's careers page
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