Senior Manager, Finance at Red Media Africa

Red Media Africa (brands including YNaija.com, The Future Awards Africa, amongst others) - Will be working in a dynamic and fast growing media company populated by under-35s who are highly talented and passionate. The company is 70-man strong and growing and is broken down into 3 distinct businesses dealing with all aspects of media - TV, radio, print online, advertising etc at same time.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Senior Manager, Managing our Money and Making #TeamRED Incredibly Wealthy (Finance)

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Will be working in a dynamic and fast growing media company populated by under-35s who are highly talented and passionate. The company is 70-man strong and growing and is broken down into 3 distinct businesses dealing with all aspects of media - TV, radio, print online, advertising etc at same ti
• The Senior Manager, Finance will manage finance process and implementation for the business on behalf of the CEO.
• Provide advice on financial matters, make recommendations on ways to best utilize financial resources.
• Also prepare management accounting information and provide high-quality support service to the Business.
• Produce financial reports for the management team.
• Write and format accounting reports, in order to improve accuracy of information produced and overall departmental performance.
• Conduct in-depth review of our Business's financial circumstances, current provision and future objectives.
• Prepare month end accruals and prepayment journals.
• Produce monthly management accounts, ensure accounts reconcile to nominal ledger.
• Produce balance sheet and cash flow statements as required.
• Analyse variance and explore potential problems with line managers. Make appropriate recommendations and advise of the impact.
• Ensure all budget holders understand the financial information they are sent every month and to answer questions they may have.
• Assist budget holders with preparation of budget templates.

Requirements

• Highly experienced and able to bring structure, process, and highly developed systems into a creative and largely unstructured environment, Preferably someone with experience in such environments already.
• Have flair! You actively promote creativity, innovation, flexibility and rapid growth across all sections of the business.
• The capacity to grow and nurture superstars ensuring discipline while at the same time maintaining our culture of joy. A person with a depth of understanding on how to manage and optimize talent and people, and grow them rapidly and sustainably.

Remuneration
Pension Scheme I Mandatory annual leave I Annual retreats I Employee bonus programme I Flexible hours for mothers I Health insurance.

Application Closing Date
4th June, 2015

Method of Application
Interested candidates should send their CV's, with position of interest as the subject of mail and a 250-word piece on 'Why we should hire you' to: [email protected]