Head, Finance and Accounts at National Pension Commission (PenCom)

Michael Stevens Consulting - Our client, an extra-ministerial department set-up to oversee the management of pensions for pensioners not transiting to the Defined Contributory Scheme has recently received the mandate to carry out its functions as stipulated by the Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2004.

The Organisation now seeks to recruit self driven, experienced and motivated individuals to fill the vacant position of:

Job Title: Head, Finance and Accounts

Ref No: HFA - PFA022
Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• This role is primarily responsible for establishing financial policies, procedures, controls and reporting systems and ensuring legal and regulatory compliance for all accounting and financial reporting functions.
• The Job Holder reports to the Director, Support Services and has oversight of the Finance team.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local legal requirements by researching existing and new legislation, consulting with outside advisors, and filing financial reports.
• Identify risks and long-term financial implications of financial decisions and advise management accordingly.
• Guide financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures.
• Provide status of financial condition of the company by collecting, interpreting, and reporting key financial data.
• Coordinate and manage budget and control expenses effectively.
• Authorize expenditure/ transactions in line with the Agency's approved authority limits.
• Coordinate timely preparation of financial statements, ensuring the statements reflect the Agency's financial position
• Ensure that the Agency's financial reporting process is in line with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Provide timely, accurate and relevant financial information for decision making.
• Ensure availability of adequate funding as required for the Agency's operations, in line with its financial policies.

Job Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or any other Social Science discipline.
• A minimum of 12 years work experience of which at least 3 years should have been in similar function.
• Professional accounting certification is mandatory.

Key Competency Requirements:

• Advanced financial and accounting knowledge, including in depth understanding of public sector international and Nigerian accounting standards.
• Demonstrates excellent leadership/supervisory, coaching and mentoring and people management skills.
• A hands-on experience in financial planning and analysis.

Application Closing Date
Extended to 17th October, 2014.

Method of Application
Qualified and Interested persons should send Applications to: [email protected] or [email protected] stating how their skills, knowledge and experience make them suitable, and addressing the person specifications highlighted above. The suitability statement should not exceed a page and must appear on the first page of the CV, which must be saved in Microsoft Word and as applicant's full name. The subject of the mail should be the job position and code being applied for.

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Note: Late applications will not be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.