Vacancies: Operations Coordinator, Financial Controller
Our client is one of the leading Freight and Logistics organizations in Nigeria. The organization offers career development career enhancement and equal opportunity in the workplace. In view of the foregoing, the client seeks to attract, motivate and retain qualified candidates to fill the following positions:
Position: Operations Coordinator
The individual will be responsible for day-to-day management of freight forwarding operations and personnel in addition to providing administrative support, decision making and leadership.
Responsibilities for this position include:
- Managing daily forwarding activities of the growing air, ocean and road business while effectively developing new routes and services
- Approving and reviewing freight agents’ quotations as well as customers invoices
- Liaison with the sales department to develop strategies for the acquisition of new customers and the retention and development of the existing ones
- Ensuring effective relationship management with clients, agents, suppliers, customs authority officials, etc.
- Maintaining communication and control throughout all phases of supply chain, including the production of management reports and statistical/unit cost analysis.
- Ensuring the adherence to all rules and regulations pertaining to the freight forwarding units.
- Ensuring that a proper record keeping system is in place
Requirements for the position include:
- A Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent with strong freight forwarding background in operations, business and development.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role
- Relevant certifications/qualifications in Logistics/Supply-Chain Programme
- Excellent business literacy and communication skills
Position: Financial Controller
The individual will work closely with the Managing Director and Senior Management Team to perform the following
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring information provided by the financial and management accountants are relevant and timely
- Ensuring systems and processes are optimized in the most cost efficient ways to maximize reporting quality integrity and turnaround times.
- Providing strategic support to management to ensure fulfillment of business goals and objectives as well as viability of future plans and direction.
- Ensuring compliance with all current direct and indirect tax legislation through systems evaluation, review, implementation, monitoring and liaison with external advisors.
- Providing commercial and financial reporting services through the branches and various divisions to ensure reliable information is produced, evaluated and communicated to facilitate planning, control and decision making.
- Providing input and guidance in investment decisions as well as other aspects of the business
- Ensuring the smooth and shrewd management of the company’s cash flow to maintain adequate working capital needed to fund growth.
- Managing the treasury function of the company and administration of company bank accounts
- Maintaining client relationships and also ensuring that credit limits are not exceeded.
- Directing the establishment of financial/accounting principles, procedures and practices in line with legal and corporate requirements
Requirements for the position include:
- A Bachelor’s degree preferably in Accounting, Finance or any Business Administrative discipline.
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in preferably in the logistics industry with at least 4 in a similar role within a multi-divisional organization
- ICAN or ACCA qualification
- Ambitious and self-driven with proven commercial track record
- Strong team management skills
How to Apply:
Interested applicants should please forward their CV’s to hcdeloitte@deloitte.com on or before 3rd January 2013. The position being applied for should be clearly stated in the subject of the email.
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