Sahara Group Graduate Recruitment, March 2017

Sahara Group nutures businesses in the energy sector. These companies operate essentially within the energy industry and its associated sub-sectors. The Group consists of individuals, who are determined to make a positive impact on the business environment.

Sahara Group is recruiting to fill the position below:


Job Position: Front Desk Officer
Location: Nigeria
Key Deliverables

• Operate telephone switchboard to answer, screen, or forward calls, providing information, taking messages, or scheduling appointments.
• Hear and resolve complaints from customers/clients or the public.
• Collect, sort, distribute, or prepare mail, messages, or courier deliveries.
• Greet persons entering establishment, determine nature and purpose of visit, and direct or escort them to specific destinations.
• Provide information about establishment, such as location of departments or offices, employees within the organization, or services provided.
• File and maintain records.
• Analyze data to determine answers to questions from customers or members of the public.
• Schedule appointments and maintain and update appointment calendars.
• Supervision of Office Assistants in respect of janitorial services whilst maintaining the lobby or reception area.
• Keep a current record of staff members' whereabouts and availability.
• Schedule space or equipment for special programs and prepare lists of participants.
• Taking messages and relaying them to the relevant department/companies.
• Administration of meeting rooms
• Adhoc duties as advised.

Requirements
Minimum Qualification / Experience:

• First Degree from a reputable University
• Minimum of 1- 2 years cognate working experience (Post NYSC) in a similar role within a corporate Organization.

Knowledge/Skills:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced corporate environment.
• Ability to handle high volume switchboard /telephone/ reception duties.
• Good organizational and multi-tasking abilities
• Problem-solving skills
• Customer service orientation
• Ability to work independently and under pressure
• Proven experience as front desk representative, agent or relevant position
• Knowledge of office management and basic bookkeeping
• Proficient in English (oral and written)
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (especially Excel and Word)
• Strong communication and people skills

Personality Traits:

• Customer friendly attitude,
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Creativity and Efficiency
• Good coordinating/ organizational skills.

Working Relationships

• All Staff
• Companies/Departments
• Visitors
• Clients and Vendors.

Job Title: Payroll Supervisor
Location: Nigeria
Responsibilities
Payroll Administration:

• Ensure that all payroll related inputs required for the monthly payroll process are received before 15th of the month.
• Review all payroll related inputs into the payroll system and check for accuracy
• To reconcile current month payroll with previous month and explain the variances
• Run the payroll software
• Review cost center changes, all deductions and check for accuracy of Payroll
• Print out schedules of statutory deductions i.e. PAYE, NSITF, and Pension etc.
• Print out all payroll schedules i.e. Payroll Analysis, Bank Mandate & Payment Summary on GAPS
• To ensure high confidentiality on employees’ pay, package and position

Payroll Reconciliation:

• Monthly upload of staff salary cost & Transfer to Journal on Oracle payroll
• Provide adhoc reports on staff salary costs to the relevant units within finance
• Compute all end of services entitlements or indebtedness
• Ensure resigned staff are not included in payroll
• Advise Finance Mangers of monthly and Quarterly Reimbursable net position
• Coordinate the administration of Pension, Taxes, NSITF, ITF, and Group Life Insurance.
• Assist in the preparation of HR annual budget
• Review salaries journal vouchers raised manually to determine their accuracy and to ensure they impact the correct general ledger accounts.
• Monitors the amortization and accruals of all reimbursable and salaries related payments.

Statutory Compliance:

• Coordinate the processing, remittance and reconciliation of all payroll related statutory liabilities (PAYE, NSITF, NHF, Group Life) to ensure compliance with all payroll related tax laws and regulations.
• Administration of statutory audit (concerning PAYE, NSITF, NHF) process and respond promptly to payroll related queries raised by the tax authorities and other regulatory bodies.
• Filing of tax returns in compliance with the deadline of the statutory authorities.
• Prepare PAYE audit support data for external auditor’s use.
• Implement all new Payroll related Law and Amendment within Nigeria and other African countries where

Requirements
Minimum Qualification/ Experience:

• A University Degree (or its equivalent) in Accounting or related fields
• Minimum of 3- 5 years cognate working experience (Post NYSC) within the Reward & Remuneration department of a corporate organization, with at least 3 years in a similar role.
• Professional certification such as ICAN, ACCA is an added advantage

Knowledge/Skills:

• Good knowledge and understanding of issues affecting the employee remuneration such as PAYE guidelines, Pension, etc is necessary.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Apt for figures
• Must be good with reconciliations.
• Must be proficient in the use of Oracle payroll software package
• Must be good with Microsoft office suite (MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Word, MS PPT etc)

Personality Traits:

• Must be a quick self-starter
• A good communicator
• Must be flexible and ready to work long hours
• Must be hard working
• Must be a quick thinker
• Must have be assertive
• Must be Resilient
• Must have good interpersonal skills
• Must possess analytical skills

Working Relationships

• Company/Function Head
• Group Legal
• Finance
• Corporate Affairs
• Agencies/Contractors, External Auditors
• All staff

Job Position: Program Supervisor
Location: Any City, Nigeria

Knowledge/Skills: 

• Knowledge of the Corporate Social Responsibility agenda
• Knowledge of computer applications including Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• Investigative and problem solving skills
• Demonstrate organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize workloads
• Project management skills, including the ability to coordinate the work of others

Personality Traits: 

• Candidate must be hardworking and dedicated
• Candidate must be highly analytical and creative
• Candidate must be resourceful with good interpersonal skills to relate with people across different social strata.
• Candidate must possess ability to adapt to different types of environment

Key Deliverables

• To provide support to the Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG) secretariat and manage expectations from cross sectoral partners.
• To provide regular updates on activities of the to Line Manager and ensure these activities are in line with the expectations of the Global PSAG
• Engage local communities to determine needs, develop strategies and initiate programs which would answer these needs, in connection with the company’s strategies and Business Plan.
• Ensure full understanding of PCSR strategies and work with implementing partners to coordinate the timely execution of sustainable Entrepreneurship programs
• Facilitate the process of impact assessment of programs on recipients
• Promote company-wide awareness of Sahara Group PCSR strategies and initiatives
• Day-to-day coordination of existing PCSR projects ensuring alignment with the SDGs.
• Monitor expenditure relating to the PCSR budget in accordance with financial regulations and processes.
• Initiate and coordinate Partnership Relations with business neighbors
• Provide business support to the Line Manager.

Working Relationships:

• Executive Director
• Company MD’s
• Unit Heads & Finance Managers
• Host Community Representative & Implementing Partners
• Contemporaries in other Private Sector Organizations

Minimum Qualification/Experience

• First Degree from a reputable University.
• 4-5 years of cognate work experience with large organization, relating with people of diverse cultures and traditions
• Experience of implementing policies and strategies whilst encouraging change within an organization
• Experience in Corporate Social Responsibility Advisory

Job Position: Oracle System Administrator/DBA Support
Location: Any City, Nigeria
Key Deliverables

• Perform daily system maintenance on Oracle E-Business suite.
• Manage username, passwords, profile and responsibilities within Oracle ERP.
• Works with vendors, developers and technical support personnel to implement and support Programs or interfaces.
• Applying Oracle recommended patches to resolve application bugs and implement fixes.
• Performing system cloning of production environment to provide up to date test environment for testing.
• Migrating tested patches to production environment through the change process
• Identify, support and resolve user issues and work with the team to resolve these issues in the least possible time.
• Provide technical assistance to the Database administrator.
• Performing daily database health check and performance tuning.
• Provide technical support to the Technical reports developer.
• Reviews and debugs existing configurations and report’s findings as necessary.
• Ensuring high availability of oracle E-Business suite services.
• Work as an integral part of the “In-house Development and Support” technical team for nSahara.
• Support User Community with emphasis on functionality enhancements
• Must act as each modules System Administrator for the Group and ensure proper documentation is in place

Working Relationships:

• Oracle Team
• Group Finance department,
• Business functions,
• Project consultants
• All Staff

Minimum Qualification/Experience

• B.sc in Computer Science from a reputable University (Minimum Second Class lower)
• Minimum  of  3-  5  years  cognate  working  experience  (Post  NYSC)  in  a  similar  role  within  a  corporate organization.
• Oracle certified Professional (OCP) will be an Added advantage

Personality Traits:

• Candidate must have good technical understanding of Oracle ERP application and database.
• Candidate must be able to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial & dynamic environment.
• Candidate must be hardworking and one who thinks “out of the box”
• Candidate must be ambitious with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Candidate must be a self-starter and a team player with a proactive approach to work.
• Candidate must be able to communicate effectively.
• Candidate must possess excellent analytical problem solving skills.
• Candidate must be committed to continuous career development and skill improvement initiatives.

Knowledge/Skills:

• Must have relevant experience involving Oracle ERP implementation and support.
• Good knowledge of Oracle 11g Grid Infrastructure implementation and support.
• Knowledge of Oracle warehouse builder and Oracle Business Intelligence.
• Good knowledge of Oracle forms and reports.
• Good Knowledge of PL/SQL and Unix/Linux Shell Scripting.
• Good knowledge of Oracle backup and disaster recovery concepts.
• Ability to perform Oracle database and system health checks
• Good knowledge of Oracle Workflow and approval management engine.
• Good Knowledge of Oracle technology development suite.
• Good knowledge of Java programming language.

Method of Application
All qualified candidates should send their applications to: recruiter@sahara-group.com