Lagos businesses need accountants who keep books clean, deadlines real and cash visibility honest — especially when founders are stretched.
We recruit accountants and finance officers for SMEs, professional firms and growing teams, screening for tool skills (QuickBooks, Sage, Excel) and integrity around money and data.
Hiring in Lagos specifically? Open the Lagos hiring guide.
What this professional does
- Accounting and financial reporting.
- Typical accountant duties are confirmed on your clarity call.
Who typically hires them
Offices & businesses
What to look for
- Experience relevant to accountant roles
- References Pukena can verify before shortlist
- Professional conduct aligned to your environment
Work arrangements
Full-timeSchedule confirmed on brief
How Pukena screens for this role
Role-aware screening in employer-friendly terms — not internal scoring or confidential evidence.
- Identity verification
- Address verification
- Guarantor verification
- Employment history
- Reference checks
- CV review
Professional verification — Standard checks plus CV, qualifications, skills assessment and interview.
Your hiring journey
- Submit a structured hire request with role, schedule and requirements
- Pukena reviews your brief and confirms scope and commercial model
- We source and screen candidates against role-aware criteria
- You review a shortlist with context — not an unfiltered CV dump
- You select and we support deployment, documentation and onboarding coordination
- Ongoing support where your service model includes it
Engagement options
- Managed recruitment through Pukena Concierge
- Direct hire where your commercial model supports it
Commercial treatment
Quote on request
Share your brief for a quotation before recruitment begins.
Questions about hiring a accountant
- How do I hire a accountant in Lagos through Pukena Concierge?
- Submit a brief for a accountant on our hire request or quote flow. We confirm scope, recruit and screen candidates, then shortlist verified professionals for you to interview before deployment.
- Are accountant candidates verified?
- Yes. Every Concierge placement follows a verification standard matched to the role — identity, references and role-specific checks for office support professionals.
- Do you place accountant professionals outside Lagos?
- We primarily serve Lagos and can support placements across Nigeria depending on the role, timeline and location. Share your city when you request a accountant.
- How long does it take to hire a accountant?
- Timelines depend on role scarcity and your requirements. After your brief is confirmed, we typically move from sourcing to a shortlist within days for common roles, and longer for specialist or executive searches.