Financial Controller(FMCG) at Adexen Recruitment Agency

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Adexen Recruitment Agency is mandated by a multinational FMCG company to recruit for the below position  for its activities in Nigeria

Job Title: Financial Controller
Job Reference No: NGA0958

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• The Finance Controller is to be responsible for the day to day operation of the treasury, statutory and tax, payroll and accounts payable functions ensuring timely delivery at high quality within the budget plan.
• The individual must have strong strategic and entrepreneurial skills, in terms of innovation and problem solving, strong team working, motivation of team members and commitment.
• The finance controller is to report to the Finance Director.

Responsibilities
The responsibilities for this office shall include but is not limited to the following:

• Ensuring compliance with all current direct and indirect tax legislation through systems evaluation, review, implementation, monitoring and liaison with external advisors
• Administration of the company’s payroll obligations
• Ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements pertaining to financial statement reporting
• Providing commercial and financial reporting services to the local organisation ensuring that reliable category, overhead, and balance sheet information is produced, evaluated and communicated to facilitate planning and control and decision making
• Implementation of necessary security and internal controls
• Management and control of the Treasury function in line with Global policy
• Ensure compliance with the company’s global accounting and other standards
• Engineer process improvements within the finance department, to maximise reporting quality, integrity and turnaround times
• Responsible for fixed cost monitoring, evaluation and control
• Liaison between the company and the external audit team
• To investigation and identification of areas of potential savings .
• Ensuring excellent liaison and correspondence with the local revenue authorities with all prompt submission of all reports requested by them
• To ensure compliance with all tax legislation affecting the business
• Management of the accounts payable and receivable teams as wells the corporate travel card facility
• Management of the treasury function of the company and administration of the company’s bank accounts
• Management of the dividend process
• Modelling of core values and vision to the subordinates and emphasis of compliance on their part
• Effective utilisation of people resources in accordance with the company culture

Qualifications and Experience

• Must have a professional accounting degree (ICAN/ACMA)
• Must have at least five to eight years post qualification experience preferably in the FMCG sector
• Must have strong exposure/working knowledge of ERP systems (J.D. Edwards preferably), HFM (Hyperion), ICE (COGNOS), and Microsoft Office Tools
• Strong project management skills
• Must have an in-depth understanding of financial function process
• Must have strong understanding of business process and operations preferably FMCG
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure with special attention to meeting specified time dead lines
• Energetic with excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
• Must be fluent in English
• Must have high level problem solving skills with pragmatic approach to responsibilities
• Strong people management skills

Application Closing Date
3rd December, 2012

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online