Business Performance Manager at a Leading Asset Management Firm - Deloitte Human Capital Consulting

Deloitte Human Capital Consulting - Our client is a leading asset management firm, recognized for delivering innovative investment solutions across equities, fixed income, real estate, and alternative assets. With a strong reputation for excellence and a client-focused approach, they are seeking talented professionals to join their team and help drive long-term value and superior outcomes in asset management.

They are recruiting candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Performance Manager

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Job holder will be responsible for managing the financial performance management/monitoring process in ARM and providing ARM leadership management requisite information to support decision making and improved performance.
• The position will also work to facilitate strategic planning through preparation of financial forecasts based on ARM’s business strategy, over-all management, co-ordination and preparation of the annual budget and periodic revised forecasts through analysis, review and preparation of periodic financial reports

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in setting ARM finance group strategy and objectives
• Preparation of forecasts and translating them into meaningful financial information such as profitability, balance sheet growth, growth impacts, capital and funding requirements
• Preparation of key macro and micro assumptions for input into the planning and budgeting process
• Overall management, co-ordination and preparation of the annual business plan, capital expenditure, operating budget and periodic revised forecasts
• Develop and implement reporting of key management information (MI) ensuring data integrity and timely communication to relevant stakeholders
• Develop performance benchmarks for business units and monitor performance against these
• Drive the required business analysis and related process for making recommendations for new or improving performance opportunities
• Manage performance against the budget for each business unit and ARM as a whole
• Provide detailed monthly performance statements and analysis for business units
• Investigation of variances and recommending remedial measures where necessary
• Identify areas of performance shortfall and propose corrective interventions to management team
• Develop demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams at all levels of the organization.

Qualifications
Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• Advanced degree in Finance or Business Management (e.g. MBA, M.Sc Finance etc).

Professional Requirements:

• Professional certification in finance and/or accounting from a recognized professional body (e.g. CFA, CGMA, ACCA, ICAN etc).

Experience Requirements:

• Minimum of 8 years of work experience in a similar role.

Competencies, Skills & Abilities:
Knowledge Requirement:

• Professional Accounting Standards 
• Transactional Accounting and Closing Processes 
• Financial Reporting and Compliance 
• Cost Management 
• Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting 
• Financial Analysis 
• Management Reporting 
• Treasury Policies and Risk Management 
• Tax Planning 
• Strategy
• Coaching and Mentoring 
• Driving Performance 
• Market and Regulatory Environment 
• Negotiation and Decision-making.

Skill Requirements:

• Time Management
• Interpersonal Skills
• Analytical Ability
• Meeting Management
• Report Writing
• Emotional Intelligence
• Strong Communication Skills
• Strong Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Strategy.

Personal Abilities:

• Confidentiality
• Objectivity
• Attention to Detail
• Integrity
• Emphatic.

Performance Expectations:

• Effective monitoring of company financial performance targets, as approved by the Board of Directors
• Efficiency in all matters of financial management and reporting
• Achievement of all quality assurance and standards targets adopted as monitoring and improvement benchmark.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.