Chief Finance Officer Job Knowbrill Consulting

Knowbrill Consulting - Our client is an indigenous group of companies. Their business is a diversified conglomerate cutting across various sectors such as Oil & Gas, Transportation & Logistics, Hospitality, Agriculture etc.

Their focus is on provision of local, value-added products and services that meet the needs of the Nigerian population directly. Their businesses are spread across several locations in Nigeria including Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ibadan, Ilorin etc. With plans, to expand all over Nigeria.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Chief Finance Officer
Job Location: Lekki, Lagos
Job Description
Planning:

• Assist in formulating the company's future direction and supporting tactical initiatives in collaboration with the CEO
• Develop performance measures that support the company's strategic direction
• Monitor and direct the implementation of strategic business plans
• Develop financial and tax strategies
• Manage the capital request and budgeting processes

Operations:

• Participate in key decisions as a member of the executive management team
• Manage the accounting, investor relations, legal, tax, and treasury departments
• Oversee the financial operations of subsidiary companies and foreign operations
• Ensuring compliance with all country legal, regulatory and tax reporting requirements.
• Implement operational best practices
• Supervise acquisition, due diligence and negotiate acquisitions
• Maintain in-depth relations with all members of the management team
• Manage any third parties to which accounting or finance functions have been outsourced
• Oversee the company's transaction processing systems

Risk Management:

• Understand and mitigate key elements of the company's risk profile
• Designing policies and processes for internal control to minimize business risk and comply with local and internal accounting standard
• Maintain appropriate insurance coverage
• Monitor all open legal issues involving the company, and legal issues affecting the industry
• Ensure that record keeping meets the requirements of auditors and government agencies
• Report risk issues to the audit committee of the board of directors
• Construct and monitor reliable control systems
• Ensure that the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements
• Maintain relations with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations

Financial Information:

• Oversee the issuance of financial information
• Personally review and approve all financial filings with the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (if the company is publicly held)
• Report financial results to the board of directors

Funding:

• Monitor cash balances and cash forecasts
• Invest pension funds
• Arrange for debt, equity and project financing
• Invest funds

Third Parties:

• Participate in conference calls with the investment community
• Maintain banking relationships
• Represent the company with investment bankers and investors

Background & skills

• 5+ years work experience.
• Strong Leadership Skills and exceptional analytical skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external affiliates and clients
• 10 years of Audit or Operational finance experience
• Qualified accountant with knowledge of IFRS accounting standards
• Experience in a renown audit firm or oil & gas firm preferred
• Strategic orientation and successfully managed financial organization with comparative scale and complexity.

Salary
N6,000,000p/a.