Commercial Finance Manager at Hello Products Limited

Hello Products is an African healthcare company based in Lagos, Nigeria and a member of Jagal investments. We develop, manufacture and distribute a range of high quality personal and home care brands that support healthier life and safer homes throughout Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Commercial Finance Manager

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Category: Finance

Role and Responsibilities

• Analytical review of draft & final board papers for completeness, accuracy, and generation of business insights for decision making.
• Support adequate control environment to manage existing / potential business & financial risks to the business
• Preparation and analysis of investments appraisal for current & new businesses, advising the business on investments returns target ROIC to the shareholders.
• Support the development of company strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions, and decision-making as appropriate and providing financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets, and business drivers for Hello Product Limited.
• Supervise the preparation of Annual budget, & quarterly business reviews (R1 - R3) & monitor actual performance against plans.
• Drive the preparation of business cases to evaluate the economic viability & financial implications of strategic business decisions.
• Support the analysis of the financial climate and market trends to assist senior executives in creating strategic plans
• Full responsibility for all management reports e.g., Management Business Review (MBR), HPL periodic Management report for all functions, Business Review Meeting (BRM), Sales and Operations Planning Financials (S&OP) etc.
• Full responsibility for Brand performance & profitability management with Sales and Marketing.
• Full responsibility for Marketing and Sales Team financial and non-financial decision support, strategic planning, and alignment between customer & category.
• Full responsibility for all activities relating to account receivables, credit control/terms/limits, monitoring of credit customers, key accounts, refunds, discounts/rebates, Dr/Cr journal accuracy, customers and staff debtors accounts reconciliation, customer cheques, outstanding debts.
• HPL Leadership Team.
• Support External & Internal Audit.
• Banks & Regulators.
• Commercial & Supply Chain teams.
• Nurturing Finance talent for future roles.
• Any other duty assigned by Line Manager.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• First Degree in Economics / Accounting.
• 10+ years with at least 5 years in a management role.
• ACA/ACCA/CPA Proficient in Microsoft Excel and MS Word
• People & Stakeholder management compulsory
• Commercial experience & acumen
• Strategic Finance Management
• Accounting & Audit Skills.

Preferred Skills:

• First class Financial Modeler with unparalleled analytical skills.
• Exceptional business partnering skills with business knowledge.
• Leadership and Organizational skills.
• Commercial and business awareness.
• People management skills.
• Stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong Software experience - SAP, Business Object (BO/BW), Oracle, Sage, Peachtree, QuickBooks, Veeva.
• Business development acumen.
• Decision support expertise.
• In-depth knowledge of current regulatory laws and IFRS accounting policies

Application Closing Date
22nd December, 2022.