Job Title: Finance Manager / Head of Finance
Location: Yaba, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description
- This position reports to the CEO and serves as an integral member of the senior management team wearing the hat of Head of Finance.
- As the Head of Finance, the candidate will be responsible for developing, monitoring and evaluating overall corporate strategy with the CEO and other departments with emphasis on bottom line performance, working capital and enhancing shareholder value. This position will provide useful financial insights to help make better decisions about formulating and executing our strategy.
- As the Head of Operations, the candidate will provide the leadership, management and vision necessary to ensure that the company has the proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and people systems in place to effectively grow the organization and to ensure financial strength and operating efficiency
- You will be required to professionalize and streamline the finance and operations function, enabling rapid growth strategy by significantly improving financial systems, risk management, operation efficiency, controls and KPIs, with potential future exit.
Role Purpose & Impact
To ensure the smooth and efficient running of the organisation by providing leadership in:
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- All financial matters, including budget development, planning & reporting; managing the accounts, payroll and financial reporting of business performance.
- All operational matters, overseeing activities to ensure safe and cost-effective management.
- To work as part of the Senior management team to contribute financial and operational expertise in the development and implementation of organizational strategies, policies, practices, funding proposals and applications.
- To interact with the Board of Directors, Finance & Audit Committees, by providing financial reports and information to ensure sound financial and operational governance
- Improve operational systems, processes and policies — specifically, better management reporting, information flow and management, business processes, performance management and organisational planning
- Manage and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Support Services (HR and Finance), through improvements to each function as well as coordination and communication between operational support and business development & product delivery.
- Play a significant role in long-term planning, including an initiative geared toward operational excellence
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree qualification.
- 10 – 15 years Experience.
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong budget and management skills, including proven ability to manage project/process.
- Ability to adapt to change quickly and multi-task.
- Excellent ability as a consultant/negotiator to influence company senior management and Board of Directors.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity, tight timelines, multiple priorities, and demanding Customers, in a fast-moving, constantly changing environment.
- High degree of professionalism, maturity and confidentiality.
- Strong oral, written interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Strong People skills- Building Collaborative Relationships, highly developed, demonstrated teamwork skill.
- Demonstrated ability to see the big picture and provide useful and strategic advice and input across the company and on the executive team.
- Creative and forward-thinking skill.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work within and manage a team of professional, guiding and coordinating towards achieving common objectives.
- Strong Leadership skills.
- Strong ethics.
- Responsible for presenting and reporting accurate and timely historical financial information of the Company.
- Responsible for capital planning and allocation as well as balance sheet optimization.
- Reports financial status by developing forecasts; reporting results; analyzing variances; developing improvements.
- Coordination of financial reports within the Company.
- Demonstrates an excellent understanding of Fintech financials as well as advanced business finance and performance analysis.
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Deadline: March 28, 2021
Job Features
Job Category | Accounting / Audit / Finance |