Techy Accountant

10 finance career paths Nigerian professionals should know in 2026.

4 of these paths didn’t exist 5 years ago. AI created them.
Which path are you on or aiming for? Drop the number 👇

CareerGrowth

Celebrating the freedom to choose, the power to speak, and the hope for a better Nigeria. 🇳🇬

Happy Democracy Day!

5 Excel tricks that save Nigerian finance professionals 3+ hours every week and most accountants don’t use them.

Save this before your next financial model

1️⃣ XLOOKUP - replace VLOOKUP forever. Searches left or right, handles errors, returns multiple columns automatically.

2️⃣ Dynamic Arrays (FILTER, SORT, UNIQUE) - results spill automatically. No dragging. No manual updates.

3️⃣ Power Query - clean and reshape messy data in clicks. Connect multiple sources. Refresh with one button.

4️⃣ Named Ranges - name your data (e.g. “Revenue2026”) and use it in formulas. Makes models readable and auditable.

5️⃣ Conditional Formatting - instantly flag variances, negatives, and anomalies with colour. Your CFO sees the story before reading a number.

Which trick did you not know before today? Drop the number 👇

AccountingTech

Finance professionals: these 5 prompts help you move faster from raw data to clear insights. Use them for annual reports, ratio analysis, trend review, valuation, and board summaries.

AccountingAI

The 2026 Hiring Dilemma: Who gets the job?

On one hand, you have Candidate A: 2 years of experience, but a complete force multiplier. They leverage Claude, automate workflows, query with SQL, and build live dashboards. They get 10 hours of work done in 2.

On the other hand, you have Candidate B: 10 years of deep industry experience, but strictly traditional. Manual Excel, static reports, no automation. They know the theory inside out, but they move at yesterday’s speed.

Years on a resume don’t mean what they used to. Today, efficiency, adaptability, and tech-savviness are rewriting the rules of the job market.

If you’re the hiring manager, who are you bringing onto your team? Drop your thoughts below! 👇

Welcome to the month of June!

If your business isn’t tracking these 10 metrics, you’re making financial decisions in the dark.

Every CFO and finance professional needs to know these cold 👇

1️⃣ Revenue Growth Rate - Are you actually growing?
2️⃣ Gross Profit Margin - How much do you keep after COGS?
3️⃣ EBITDA Margin - What’s your core profitability?
4️⃣ Cash Runway - how many months before cash runs out?
5️⃣ Current Ratio - Can you cover short-term obligations?
6️⃣ Debt-to-Equity - How leveraged is the business?
7️⃣ Operating Cash Flow - Is profit turning into real cash?
8️⃣ Return on Equity - what return are shareholders getting?
9️⃣ Budget Variance - How far off is actual vs plan?
🔟 Working Capital - Is the business operationally healthy?

Pro tip: Track all 10 in a live Power BI dashboard. Stop sending static Excel reports.

Which of these does your business track right now? Drop the number 👇

FinanceProfessionals

May this season bring us all peace, prosperity, and plenty of blessings. Barka da Sallah!

5 differences between a finance professional using AI and a regular accountant in 2026.

Same job title. Completely different output.

1️⃣ Reports: 3 hours manually vs 3 minutes with Claude
2️⃣ Transactions: reviewing one by one vs AI flags anomalies in 60 seconds
3️⃣ Tax research: 2 hours vs 30 seconds with sources
4️⃣ Reporting: static Excel vs live Power BI dashboards
5️⃣ Data: waiting for IT vs querying the database yourself

The gap between these two professionals is growing every single day.

FutureOfAccounting