Finance and Tax Consultant at Michael Stevens Consulting

Michael Stevens Consulting - We are a well known consulting practice with first class strategic alliances. We are currently seeking self managed and result oriented professionals to fill the position below at our Lagos Offices:

Job Title: Finance and Tax Consultant

Location: Lagos

Job Summary
Your role will be to advise and assist our clients in optimising their finance function and its underlying processes and systems. You will be involved in performance improvement projects to provide tailor-made creative and pragmatic solutions to address complex problems in areas such as:

• The strategic positioning of finance within the organisation
• Process improvement within finance
• Corporate performance management
• Cost and profitability management
• Shared services and outsourcing
• Financial systems selection and deployment
• In addition to project delivery, your role will also include delivering presentations and courses and contributing to thought leadership and business development in your specialist area.

You need to have a professional experience of at least 4 years acquired in one or more of the following areas:

• Consulting within the finance function
• Financial or business controlling (in a manufacturing or services environment)

Financial Audit
You also need to be able to demonstrate solid and relevant project experience in at least one of the following areas:

• Finance function reorganisation and process improvement
• Planning, budgeting and management reporting
• Cost management
• Financial systems selection and implementation.
• Experience with the financial modules of SAP/Oracle or with CPM applications is a plus.

In order to be successful in this function, you require the following additional knowledge and skills:

• Good overall understanding of the finance function roles and activities
• Excellent project management skills
• Commercial acumen and business development skills

Job Requirements

• 10 - 15 years experience in financial and tax management, 5 of which must have been in a structured consulting firm.
• Strong business development skills with a proven track record of converting prospects to paying clients.
• Experience in proposal/bid preparation.
• Excellent People and Client management skills.
• Strong project management skills.

Application Closing Date
1st January, 2015.

How to Apply
Qualified and interested persons should forward their CV's to: [email protected] The subject of the email should be the job position being applied for.

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