Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) Vacancy: Director of Abuja Liaison (DAL)

The Institute of chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), as the foremost professional body in Nigeria, strives to promote excellence, integrity and accountability in the creation of economic value through judicious use and, management of financial resources.
Transition management imperatives and the need to be more effective in the pursuit of the Institute's mission critical objectives have combined to create exciting career opportunities at executive leadership levels.

Job Title: Director of Abuja Liaison (DAL)
Ref: IC4

The role ensures adequate presence and representation of ICAN as well as engagement of relevant stakeholders in Northern Nigeria through effective alignment of the programmes and activities of the Secretariat in Lagos with those carried for the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and other states in the North.
The position reports to the Deputy Registrar Admin Services).

Key Accountabilities

• Coordinates the execution of the Institute’s activities (for various public and private sector bodies) in the FCT and other states in the Northern part of the country in liaison with the Head Office Secretariat, Lagos
• Coordinates marketing of the Institute’s professional and ATSWA examinations in collaboration with Abuja District Society
• Provides the Institute with proper senior level representation at events/functions and on critical matters requiring the attention and presence of Institute
• Collaborates with leading organizations e.g. Fiscal Responsibility Commission, EFCC, ICPC etc to promote transparency and accountability in governance
• Provides effective administrative oversight of the operational activities of the Institute’s Secretariat in Ahuja
• Supervises other liaison offices (i.e. Kaduna and Kano) in the North
• Explores actively opportunities to obtain information of importance to the Institute at the House of Assembly and other Government establishments
• Liaises with development agencies, diplomatic corps and educational development institutions such Federal Ministry of Education, NUC, NBTE, etc

Skills and Competencies
Good networking and social skills, confidence, diplomacy, good relationship management and communication skills with strong negotiation and management capacity. The role also demands good strategic orientation, demonstrated capacity to engage stakeholders and ability to work under pressure with knowledge of activities of government establishments! other public institutions and the Institute operations.

Education and Experience

• Minimum of good first degree
• MSc, or MBA will be an advantage
• Minimum of ten (10) years relevant post professional qualification experience

Application Closing Date
2nd January, 2013

Method of Application
If you meet the requirements above, please forward your application and a copy of your resume electronically to:
client.recruitment@ng.pwc.com ; quoting the relevant reference code for the position in the subject.

Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.