Officer, Practice Management Unit at Nextzon Business Services Limited

Nextzon is an emerging market management consulting and enterprise development firm inspired by a collective mission of building and transforming business enterprises for phenomenal success. Our vision is to be a leading venture capital firm and a well-known consulting company.

Our clients include start-ups, small and medium-sized businesses, multinational corporations, and industry leaders in critical sectors of the Nigerian and African economies. As seasoned strategy consultants, we have strong conceptual and problem-solving abilities. As a result, we see opportunities where other entrepreneurs see obstacles. This allows us to pursue start-up opportunities in our emerging venture space.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Officer, Practice Management Unit

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Description

• We are looking for ambitious and passionate personnel to manage our ICT unit in our company
• Developing your career as a Management Consultant at Nextzon is an excellent way to learn new skills.
• If you have strong adaptability, teamwork, and the right personality for the job, apply for the position above today.

Responsibilities
The responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

• Ensure implementation of general policies established by the Board of Directors and Management and directs their administration and execution
• Monitors implementation of approved Strategic business plans, goals and objectives of the organization
• Ensure that the organization is optimally staffed in line with approved annual manning plan
• Responsible for ensuring that the company has a robust onboarding process of the organization
• Responsible for monitoring that the performance management system is effective.
• Ensures effective service delivery system and customer satisfaction from project delivery
• Drives and ensures accurate and timely Management reporting on actual outcomes against budgeted plans
• Maintains membership of key professional associations, attends conferences and workshops, meetings etc., to keep abreast with current information and developments in the company’s core business areas
• Consistently assures that the company is operated in accordance with all applicable local, state and federal laws
• Assures that the company and its mission, programs, products and services are consistently presented in strong, positive image amongst relevant stakeholders both locally and globally
• Presentation of the monthly financial performance to management in conjunction with the CFO at management meetings
• Develops branding strategies/concepts for the company
• Provide administrative direction and supports daily operational activities of the IT department of Nextzon and other client organization.
• Works with SBU and other unit heads to schedule staff against projects
• Explaining the financial consequences of business decisions and applying accounting techniques to plan and budget.
• Providing support service by working with all departments and the management team to help make financial decisions.
• Ensuring spending is kept in line with the budget by participation in expense authorization
• Offering professional judgment on financial matters and advising on ways of improving business performance.
• Monitoring and evaluating financial information systems and suggesting improvements where needed.
• Responsibility for project accounting functions and in-depth project analysis to determine the profitability of projects vs. budgets.
• Analysis of staff utilization with a view to advising management on the adequacy or otherwise of staffing levels.
• Evaluation of asset and other resource utilization to support business decisions toward achieving efficiency
• Other responsibilities and roles as prescribed by the board or delegated by the CEO

Qualifications & Experience

• A University Degree in Humanities, Sciences, or the Social Sciences
• A Master's Degree in any disciple (preferably an MBA).
• Must have 2 -3 years in a supervisory position.
• Candidate having prior management consulting experience will be preferred
• Must possess supervisory experience expected of a Head of operations

General Skills / Abilities for roles:

• Overall operational efficiency of the company and general effectiveness in company administration
• Timeliness in the preparation/delivery of strategic business plans
• Timeliness in report delivery
• Accuracy in report writing
• Effectiveness in staff performance management
• Overall efficiency/effectiveness of recruitment policies and processes
• Average time to resolve inquiries from clients & partners
• Compliance of work area with the brand image of the company
• Overall operational efficiency and general effectiveness in SBU administration

Remuneration
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
31st January, 2023.