About this role
A senior management role at De-Podium Professional Services in Lagos, focused on leading client delivery across tax, compliance and advisory work. The position serves as the senior technical lead to the Managing Partner, overseeing a portfolio of client engagements and developing the firm’s advisory services. The role involves managing client relationships, guiding engagement teams, and ensuring work is delivered on time and to standard. The firm seeks a candidate who can contribute to growth by deepening existing relationships and winning new work.
What you would do
- Lead client engagements from scoping to delivery with accountability for timelines, quality and client satisfaction
- Ensure each engagement has a signed engagement letter, defined scope and documented file before work begins
- Identify and escalate technical and delivery risks to the Managing Partner
- Review and sign off on the work of managers and consultants before client delivery
- Act as senior relationship lead on assigned accounts and conduct regular client reviews
- Identify opportunities to extend services to existing clients and support proposals for new work
- Support the annual fee review to ensure fees reflect scope and value of work
- Contribute to thought leadership through client briefings, articles and events on regulatory changes
- Set objectives and conduct appraisals for team members and support their training
- Maintain and update technical procedures, templates and knowledge base for leading services
What they are asking for
- First degree in accounting, finance, economics, law or related field
- Professional qualifications such as ICAN, ACCA or CITN
- At least seven years’ experience in tax, compliance, audit or advisory
- At least three years’ experience managing engagements and teams in a professional services firm
- Strong knowledge of Nigerian tax and regulatory compliance, including the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 and CAMA
- Experience reviewing and signing off others’ work to a documented quality standard
- Proven track record in managing client relationships and growing fee income on led accounts
- Clear, confident writing for client reports, advice letters and proposals
- Desirable: exposure to e-invoicing, transfer pricing or sector-specific regulatory work
- Desirable: experience in a growing firm where processes were built rather than inherited
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