Group Financial Planning and Analysis Manager at Promasidor Nigeria

Promasidor - We are an African company proud of our heritage and totally committed to the continent. We manufacture, market and sell unique brands which bring practicality and pleasure to millions of consumers across Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Group Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

Location: Lagos 
Job type: Full-time
Career level: Mid-Senior level

About the Job
The ideal candidate will engage in Management Accounting Functions which includes:

• Manage and continually improve, simplify, standardize, and further automate the group’s separate and consolidated monthly financial reports.
• Prepare concise and highly professional Board-level presentations on the group results, telling the story behind the numbers for the group’s top decision-makers.
• Prepare ‘what-if’ analysis and models by building business cases, scenarios, simulations, and sensitivity analysis for informed decision-making on the Group’s investments.
• Manage all of the Group’s planning processes from beginning to end: the annual budget, rolling forecasts and long-term plans.
• Ensure the effective implementation of budgetary controls and monitoring for all Operating companies in the group.
• Undertake detailed analysis of variances, underscore the root cause, and recommend necessary action points.
• Ensure integrity of accounting entries in the company’s records
• Preparation of periodic Group Management reports

Education

• First Degree in Accounting,
• Accounting Professional Qualification: Qualified CA(SA) or CIMA
• Advanced Excel & PowerPoint Skills

Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years of working experience in senior FP&A role/s in medium to large enterprises
• Experience in deploying Vena (an FP&A software solution) will be a distinct advantage.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Sound Knowledge of the Applicable Accounting Standards & IFRS
• Advance user of excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Advance analytical skills
• Advanced knowledge of financial modelling

Personal Attributes:

• Good Communication skills
• Interpersonal Relationship Skills
• People Management
• Attention to details

Application Closing Date
Note Specified.