Operations and Performance Analyst Job at Lafarge Africa Plc

Lafarge Africa Plc is a member of the LafargeHolcim Group – the biggest building and concrete solutions company in the world. It is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and serves Nigeria with a wide range of building and construction solutions designed to meet housing and construction needs from small projects like individual home buildings to major construction and infrastructure projects.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Operations and Performance Analyst

Requisition ID: 9467
Job Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

About the Job 

• To aid managerial planning and commercial decision making by providing appropriate, accurate and timely analysis and reporting for the business segments.

What You'll Be Doing

• Ensure timely delivery of Month End Closing (MEC) activities, MTP and Budgeting
• Produce monthly management accounts for the business segment
• Carry out Internal Audits for the purpose of testing and reinforcing controls
• Work with the rest of the team to ensure budgets are understood and adhered to
• Capex Business Case Preparation for the segment
• Liaise with auditors (Internal/Group/External) on Compliance and Controls requirements
• Generate annual and monthly budgets for the business segments
• Ad hoc analysis and partnering that may be required from time to time.

Leaning and Development:

• Ensure minimum competency level as required
• Ensure that Finance (Controlling) unit is fully aligned with evolution of the business
• Develop and agree Training & Development plan.

Requirements
What we are looking for 

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience
• Professional qualification of recognized accounting body
• Strong analytical skills
• Good communication skills
• Knowledge of people management
• Excellent IT skills (Proficiency with SAP, MS Excel and other MS Office tools)
• Strong commercial skills.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Result oriented
• A balanced person with good interpersonal and communication skills
• Achievement oriented
• Analytical thinking
• Strong integrity
• Teamwork
• Customer service oriented
• Ability to prioritize and independently manage multiple deadlines.

Managerial Competencies:

• Innovative
• Results oriented
• High integrity
• Ability to persuade and convince
• Effective time management skills.