Head of Finance, Financial Controller in a Leading Manufacturing Company in Nigeria

Vacancies: Head of Finance, Financial Controller

 

Employment Opportunities in a Leading Manufacturing Company in Nigeria

 

Company Profile

Our client is the market leader within the Nigerian manufacturing industry. The Company is expand­ing operations across Africa and has embarked on several transformation initiatives aimed at building world-class processes, systems and infrastructure, to enable it to consolidate on its market leadership position.

 

The Company has identified the need to recruit dynamic, competent and suitably qualified pro­fessionals to fill the following positions within its Finance Function:

 

Position: Head of Finance, Nigeria (HF – C001)

 

Reporting to the Group CFO, the successful can­didate will be responsible for providing leadership and oversight to the finance team in Nigeria and will have overall responsibility for the quality and integrity of the finance function and the associ­ated financial controls and disciplines. Emphasis will be on building a world class finance team and implementing best practice financial manage­ment within the business.

 

 

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the implementation of the finance team’s operational strategy, work plans, programs, systems, controls, policies and procedures to ensure a rigorous framework in alignment with the company’s overall objectives.
• Overall responsibility for financial reporting, budgeting, planning, cost control and tax to­gether with the development of the finance organisation.
• Ensure timely and accurate provision of monthly, quarterly and annual financial report­ing to aid management decision-making pro­cess and reporting to external stakeholders.

 

 

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or any other related discipline.
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. ACA).
• A minimum of fifteen (15) years post qualifica­tion experience, of which at least five (5) years must be at senior management level within the manufacturing industry.
• Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislation relating to the manufacturing industry.
• Advanced financial and accounting   knowledge, including understanding of finance best practices and IFRS/ international accounting standards.
• Experience of best practice finance functions and implementation of financial control frame works.
• Good understanding of financial controls, foreign exchange operations and regulation.
• Proven experience in strategic financial planning and analysis.
• Very sound business acumen – financial and commercial knowledge.
• Working knowledge of ERPs (SAP will be an added benefit).
• Strong communication, interpersonal and networking skills.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• High ethical standards and integrity.

 

Position: Financial Controller (FC- C002)

 

Reporting to the Head of Finance, the successful candidate will be responsible for financial report­ing and control with primary focus on the accura­cy and integrity of the Company’s results. Focus will be on developing a central “centre of excel­lence” approach to ensure consistency of ac­counting processes and control functions across the various country locations in Nigeria.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Coordination of financial information for all country locations (plants, etc.) for consolida­tion and reporting.
• Ensuring that appropriate systems, internal controls and accounting processes are imple­mented and maintained.
• Preparation of timely, accurate and relevant fi­nancial information for strategic decision mak­ing and external audit purposes.
• Preparation of budgets, forecasts and cash flows.
• Participate in relevant communications with external auditors and Internal Audit staff.

 

 

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Ac­counting, Finance, Economics or related dis­cipline.
• Relevant professional accounting/ finance cer­tification, (e.g. ACA)
• Minimum of ten (10) years post qualification experience.
• Advanced accounting knowledge, including experience with International Financial Report­ing Standards (IFRS)
• Working knowledge and demonstrated experi­ence in the use of accounting packages and systems, including SAP.
• Good interpersonal relationship and people management skills.

 

How to Apply:

All applications must be submitted not later 25^th April, 2013 by email to corporaterecruitment@ng.kpmg.com  with the relevant job title and code stated in the subject line of the email.

 

 

Each application must include:

• A cover letter indicating the applicant’s position of interest and detailed contact information.
• Applicant’s curriculum vitae.

 

All applications will be treated in confidence.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.