Vice President - Finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Our client is a niche player in the Aviation industry with focus on redefining and dominating the business jets market. Given the increasing need for speed and flexibility in responding to business opportunities and issues, a rapidly growing number of individuals and corporate bodies are resorting to business jets as the most comfortable means of business travel. These developments, combined with the ambitious growth and expansion plans to effectively cover the West Africa market using Nigeria as the hub, have created exciting career opportunities at Senior Management level for entrepreneurial and highly creative individuals with hands-on industry experience in the provision of luxury brand services.

We are recruiting for the position below:

Job Title: Vice President - Finance

Location: Lagos

Job Objective

• Reporting to the Managing Director, the focus of this role is to promote accountability, transparency and adherence to corporate governance and ensure adequacy of controls for judicious utilization of financial assets and optimal returns on investment.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure effective decision support through the initiation, implementation of sound financial accounting policies, procedures and controls in line with IFRS, best practice and other statutory requirements including tax.
• Ensure timely preparation of company business plans and annual budgets and effective monitoring performance against targets.
• Enhance the effectiveness of business decisions through the preparation of quality and timely financial reports ( Monthly Management Accounts, Annual Accounts etc to the Board) with proper explanation of variances.
• Control and progressively reduce debtor/creditor positions to minimize company exposure.
• Prepare and validate aircraft owner Statement of Accounts and communicate any financial issues relating to the owner fees, payments, accounts and structure.
• Manage all treasury and cash flow activities and apply hedging techniques to mitigate financial risk on the Company&'s borrowings and foreign exchange positions.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of finance and accounting with good functional leadership capacity, analytical, problem solving and communication skills. Integrity, proven ability to engage key stakeholders including the board.
• Bachelor's degree with ACCA/CPA/ACA/CIMA, MBA and knowledge of IFRS.
• Minimum of 10 years experience.
• Knowledge of Aviation industry is desire.

Application Closing Date
2nd September, 2014

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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