Monday, March 9, 2020

Lagos

Head of Finance

Lagos|Full Time|Banking, Finance & Insurance|

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We are currently recruiting for the position of Head of Finance

Manage the company’s finances and prepares detailed monthly financial statements and reports.
Conduct risks and opportunities assessment and prepare a financial forecast based on assessment outcomes.
Monitor the company’s financial goals, objectives, and budgets and assist with high-level decisions about policies and strategies.
Oversee the company’s fiscal activity, including budgeting, reporting, and auditing.
Prepare board papers for the use of directors at periodic board meetings
Monitor compliance with laws and regulations by ensuring that legal and regulatory documents are filed promptly.
Track cash flow and financial planning as well as analyzing the company's financial strengths and weaknesses and proposing corrective actions.
Manage the finance and accounting divisions to ensure that the company’s financial reports are accurate and completed in a timely manner.
Supervise audit and tax remittance for the company.
Works with other senior managers and plays a key role in a company’s overall success, especially in the long run.
Advise on the feasibility of marketing strategies and the company’s investment.
Provide leadership, direction, and management for the finance and accounting team.
Advice on long-term business and financial planning
Establish and develop relations with senior management, external partners and stakeholders
Review all formal finance, HR and IT related procedures
Other duties as may from time to time be assigned.

Qualifications:

Degree in Accounting or Banking and Finance, Economics or any other related field. Master's Degree, MBA or being chartered (added advantage).
Experience in a senior management position.
Strong financial and accounting background, including an understanding of profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow management and general finance and budgeting.
Experience with corporate governance.
Proven negotiation skills.
Experience with budget management, project accounting, and cash flow.
Ability to understand issues quickly and make wise decisions.
Ability to inspire confidence and create trust.
Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively and delegate.

You will need to have:

Growth mindset
Strong practical knowledge of SAP or any other modern ERP package
Responding positively to challenges and continually seeking and better ways of approaching things.
Collaboration: Drives alignment and teamwork within a team, department. Combines resources and joins efforts to achieve company-wide goals.
Drive for Results: Tenaciously pursues positive outcomes, using effective approaches to solve problems. Delivers on commitments and seeks increasingly challenging work. Takes responsibility and holds others accountable for actions, decisions, and goals.
Business Acumen: Applies an understanding of how the business operates, financially and strategically, within the industry. Analyses key business drivers and integrate insights into priorities and plans.
Trusted Advisor: Conveys professional depth and breadth and builds strong client relationships. Effectively influences clients.
Interpersonal skills that enable you to work with people at all levels, motivate others and influence people’s attitudes when necessary.
Initiative and the ability to offer ideas
Organizational and planning skills to manage your time and to meet deadlines and objectives.
Good time-keeping skills to enable you to effectively manage training schedules
Personal commitment to improving your own knowledge and skills

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