Head of Finance - English West Africa at a Multinational Pharmaceuticals Company - Stresert Services Limited

Stresert Services Limited - Our Client is a Multinational Pharmaceuticals Company. There exists a senior Position in the Finance Department. Job Summary is given below.

Job Title: Head of Finance - English West Africa

Job Grade: 4
Location: Lagos
Department: Finance
Reports to (Job Title): Operationally to Country Group Head and functionally to Africa Cluster CFO

Job Purpose

• To be a business leader and operate as a partner to the Country Group Head; to drive business strategy and its implementation, monitor business performance, manage risk and compliance; to develop talent; to facilitate financial scenario planning and decision making, supporting strategy setting and implementation for all countries part of the English West Africa group.

Major Accountabilities

• Leads the business in managing performance in Finance.
• Drives the business planning and forecasting process and alignment across the organization.
• Manages and integrates other functions (IT, Procurement, etc.).
• Sets stretch objectives based on external / competitor benchmark.
• Challenges and investigates results with the objective of identifying gaps, checking progress towards budget achievement and recommending Gap Closing Actions and assessing Risks and Opportunities.
• Engages proactively in external and commercial activities.
• Creates value for the business - drives growth, productivity and efficiency through strong project leadership.
• Provides transparency and assessment of trade-offs for strategic decisions.
• Develops strategic long-term financial and business plans.
• Drives discipline in executing the strategy; drives accountability for results.
• Manages and integrates services delivered to the organization (defines processes, agrees and tracks Service Level Agreements [SLAs])
• Is accountable for risk management, financial compliance and controls (Business Process Controls [BPC], Internal and External Audits).
• Supports business compliance, agrees accountabilities with Compliance Manager.
• Provides leadership and guidance to the Finance & Administration associates and is committed to the development of the individuals.
• Grows talent across functions.
• Identify and lead ad-hoc projects
• Support Africa or AMAC Region projects
• Integrity and Compliance
• Works within Integrity and Compliance policies and ensures those around him/her do the same.
• Works to ensure a diverse and inclusive environment free from all forms of discrimination and harassment.

Key Performance Indicators
Financial and Business Results:

• Successfully meets finance objectives
• Successfully completed tax returns and statutory financial statements
• Ensure compliance with IFRS/NAM/NPhS standards/guidelines
• Successful in personal and/or functional leadership responsibilities
• Strategy/Market Focus:
• Delivery and quality of Country business plan: timeliness, detail, insight, innovation
• Internal customer satisfaction with quality, appropriateness, and timeliness of financial analyses provided by the Finance group
• Cluster coordination: alignment with Cluster strategies, best-practice import/export
• People, Capabilities, and Management:
• Finance, Admin and IT group satisfaction and retention
• Associate acquisition and development: succession planning, talent export

Potential Qualifications

• University degree or comparable qualification.
• Professional/advanced qualification such as CA, ICAN, ACCA, CPA, MBA preferred.
• English.

Job Dimensions
Number of associates:

• Direct 3-4
• Financial responsibility:
• Country Revenue $25 - $50m
• Impact on the organisation: Essential contribution for improvement of overall effectiveness of the business. English West Africa is among the fastest growing regions in Africa

Ideal Background:

• Experience: Extensive experience (8 years plus) in financial administration roles (both BPA and FRA), with record of increasing responsibility scopes, and successful and effective financial planning, control, and audits.
• Strong and proactive business results-focus, and proven ability to provide insights that increase business volume and profit
• Excellent financial modeling and control process design abilities
• Thorough understanding of relevant tax and governance codes, and ability to ensure compliance across a complex and geographically-dispersed organization.
• Thorough understanding of Pharma/FMCG business cycle and financial issues, including its regulatory environment.
• Strong grasp of IT, and willingness and ability to consistently expand IT knowledge base to account for emerging support technologies.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with proven ability to manage and develop other financial professionals.

Remuneration
Very Attractive.

Application Closing Date
15th April, 2014.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates with work experience in the FMCG, Pharmaceutical & health care sectors should please forward CV's to: [email protected] using "Head of Finance-EWA" as the subject of mail.

Note: Only experienced candidates with over eight year experience will be contacted for an interview.