Phillips Consulting Limited is a wholly owned Nigerian company with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Johannesburg. Established in 1992, the firm offers an array of business and management consulting services to government and corporate organisations, seeking superiority in all they do.
We focus on creating and managing change in organizations by helping them formulate and implement customer focused strategies, align their management systems to support service delivery, and develop the competence and capabilities of their people to deliver on their promises.
We draw our competitive strength from collaborations with global partnership firms in Europe, North America and Africa. Our delivery skills reflect our highly competitive recruitment of bright, vibrant and experienced consultants whose competence we continuously enhance through intensive training in the use of our proprietary management tools and techniques.
Clients benefit from our consultants’ varied skills through our cross-functional approach to assignment execution. We also ensure we empower clients with the knowledge and skills to continuously improve, long after we are gone.
We believe in Africa and its future and dedicate ourselves to achieving the African dream by actively seeking out alliances, partnerships and friendships throughout the continent.
We are a proud African consulting firm.
Phillips Consulting is geared to recruit talented professionals with proven track record into the re-emerging power sector generation and distribution landscape, in the following position:
Job Title: Director, Finance
Ref: PSE302
Location: Lagos
Responsibilities
- The Finance Director is responsible for the financial and fiscal management of company operations and provides leadership and coordination in the business planning, accounting and budgeting activities of the company.
- Provide leadership in the development of short and long term strategic financial objectives.
- Direct all aspects of the finance and accounting functions of the organization including the audit system
- Oversee the management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities for the organization
- Ensure credibility of the finance department by providing timely and accurate information and reports
- Work with senior executives to drive business growth through strategy formulation and planning
- Participate in developing new business including identifying new funding opportunities, drafting budgets, and determining cost effectiveness of prospective service delivery approach
- Provide executive management with advice on the financial implications of business activities, strategic plans, projects/programs etc
- Oversee the processes for financial forecasting, budgeting, reporting, cash and treasury management
- Provide recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and business opportunities.
- Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state and local regulatory laws and rules for financial and tax reporting.
- Develop and maintain systems of internal controls to safeguard assets; ensure effectiveness of controls
Requirements
- Minimum of a 1st degree in Accounting or Finance. An MBA or a relevant Masters degree is an added advantage
- Professional accounting certification
- Minimum of 12 years experience in progressively responsible financial leadership roles
- Experience in utilities management, power or energy management is preferable
- Excellent commercial and business experience
Application Closing Date
April 30, 2013
Method Of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
click here to apply