FastLab is a groundbreaking healthtech startup revolutionising diagnostics in Africa, starting with Nigeria, by connecting healthcare providers and professionals to the digital economy through our innovative unified platform.

The Role

We are looking for a capable, hands-on Accounting Officer to own the day-to-day finance function and grow with the company. You will keep our books accurate and timely across both entities, run the monthly close, manage payroll and payments, and support the founders on management accounts, cash-flow tracking, and the financial work that underpins our lending and fundraising. This is a broad, mid-level role with significant room to grow as the company scales.

You will work closely with the founders, and alongside external advisors and auditors on specialist and regulatory matters. Strong candidates will be organised, accurate, trustworthy with sensitive financial data, and eager to learn.

What You’ll Own

• Maintain accurate ledgers across both the diagnostics business and the lending vehicle, with a chart of accounts that cleanly separates the two.
• Run the monthly close and prepare timely, accurate management accounts.
• Manage vendor payments, track receivables from laboratories (transaction fees and LabCapital repayments), and keep both current.
• Run monthly payroll accurately, with correct PAYE and statutory deductions.
• Reconcile bank accounts, payment platforms, and the lending ledger against partner records.
• Administer staff expenses and allowances in line with policy.
• Help maintain and update the rolling cash-flow model and flag issues early.
• Support statutory accounts, tax filings (CIT, VAT, WHT), and audit coordination, working with external advisors.

What You’ll Support

• In these areas you will assist the founders and external specialists, with room to take on more as you develop:
• Management reporting and FP&A — budgets, re-forecasting, unit-economics tracking, and board/investor reporting packs.
• Lending finance — loan-portfolio accounting, interest accrual, repayments, and expected-credit-loss provisioning (supporting, under supervision).
• Regulatory and treasury finance — CBN returns for the lending vehicle, capital-importation processing, and cash/liquidity management.
• Fundraising support — cap-table tracking, data-room preparation, and due-diligence support.

What We’re Looking For (Essential)

• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Three or more years of hands-on accounting/finance experience, including bookkeeping and monthly close.
• Solid working knowledge of Nigerian tax (PAYE, CIT, VAT, WHT) and statutory compliance basics (CAC/CAMA).
• Proficiency with accounting software (QuickBooks, Zoho Books, Sage, or similar) and strong spreadsheet skills.
• Accuracy, integrity, and discretion in handling confidential financial data.
• Strong organisation and the ability to meet reporting deadlines reliably.

Desirable 

• Part-qualification or progress towards ICAN / ACCA.
• Exposure to lending, credit, or financial-services accounting (IFRS 9, loan books).
• Familiarity with IFRS and management reporting.
• Experience in a startup, fintech, or fast-growing company.
• Awareness of CBN regulatory reporting and the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023.

Why Join Us

• Own a broad finance remit and grow with an ambitious healthtech company.
• Exposure across diagnostics, embedded finance/lending, and fundraising.
• Work directly with the founders and help build the finance function from the ground up.