Chief Financial Officer - Jumia Job at Jumia Nigeria 2020

Jumia is Africa's leading internet group, with already over 3,000 employees in more than 20 African countries and huge successes such as Jumia, Jumia Travel, Jumia Food, Jumia Deals, Jumia House, Jumia Jobs and Jumia Services. It is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by MTN, Millicom, Rocket Internet, Axa, Orange, Goldman Sachs & CdC.
We are recruiting to fill the  position below:

Job Position: Chief Financial Officer - Jumia
Job Location: Lagos
Department: Company Leadership
Job Type: Full Time
Job Objective

• To provide leadership support to the Finance and Accounting team whilst providing strategic financial recommendations to the executive team.

Responsibilities

• Defining and implementing the financial strategy in collaboration with the Group CFO and the local CEO.
• Manage the capital request and budgeting processes with executive team
• Providing strategic financial input and leadership on issues affecting the business
• Overseeing and ensuring the accurate/timely reporting of the business financial results, the preparation of budgets, financial reports and analyses, evaluate cash flow projections
• Leading the accounting function, maintaining the financial accounting systems and best practices of accounting processes.
• Ensuring compliance with all country legal, regulatory and tax reporting requirements
• Designing policies and processes for internal control to minimize business risk and comply with local and international accounting standards
• Maintain relations with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations
• Oversee cash balances and cash forecasts.  

Qualification & Experience

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in Accounting related course.
• At least 10 years of experience in Audit or Operational Finance
• Working experience in any of the big 4s’ audit firms preferred
• Qualified accountant with knowledge of IFRS accounting standards
• Excellent leadership skills and exceptional analytical skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external affiliates including clients
• Successfully managed financial organization with comparative scale and complexity.
• Experience of working in a matrix organization.

We Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African ecommerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders

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