Head of Finance at a Main Hedge Financial Services Company - The People Practice

The People Practice - Our client, a main hedge financial services aimed at facilitating global money transfers and digital transactions, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Finance

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Description 

• Our client is looking to hire a Head of Finance who will be the architect of the organization's financial strategy and structure. This role will be responsible for building the financial foundation that enables the organization ambitious growth while ensuring the company scale sustainably and efficiently.
• The ideal candidate will work closely with leadership to translate the organization vision into actionable financial plans and metrics, ensuring the company makes strategic decisions based on solid financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Financial Planning - You'll own the company financial strategy development and execution. This means creating comprehensive financial models that support the company's growth, analyzing new opportunities, and ensuring the company's resource allocation aligns with the company's strategic priorities. You'll build frameworks for evaluating initiatives across different markets and help leadership make data-driven decisions about where and how the company grows.
• Financial Management and Control - You'll establish the processes and controls that keep the company business financially healthy. This includes developing budgeting systems, implementing financial policies, and ensuring the company maintain strong financial discipline as the company scales. You'll create frameworks for managing departmental budgets and tracking performance against financial targets.
• Business Performance and Analytics - You'll develop the metrics and analysis frameworks that help us understand the company's business performance deeply. This includes creating comprehensive KPIs, analyzing unit economics across different services, and providing insights that drive business optimization. You'll build the systems that help us measure and improve the company's financial efficiency across all operations.
• Team Leadership - You'll build and lead the company's finance function, including managing the company's Financial Controller and developing the company's finance team. This means creating clear career paths, developing team capabilities, and fostering a culture of excellence in financial management. You'll ensure the company has the right people and skills to support the company's growth.
• Treasury Management – You'll optimize returns on cash holdings while maintaining operational liquidity, develop secure strategies for managing crypto holdings, and mitigate currency exposure through hedging solutions. You'll stay ahead of financial regulations to ensure compliance across markets and identify opportunities for risk-adjusted returns through FX trading and digital asset investments, safeguarding the financial stability of the company's cross-border payments business.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Minimum of 8+ years in strategic finance roles, ideally in high-growth technology companies.
• Experience likely includes strategic financial planning and analysis, building and leading finance teams and managing rapid growth and scale.
• Experience with modern financial infrastructure that combines traditional payment rails with cryptocurrency networks.
• Business performance analysis and optimization and creating financial models and frameworks experiences is a plus.
• Experience in founding or being part of an early-stage startup team is a strong advantage.
• Intellectual curiosity about financial technology.

Must Have Skills:

• Commitment to craft and quality
• Strong empathy and knowledge-sharing mindset
• Grit, resilience and willingness to think differently
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Application Closing Date
30th April, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online