KPMG - Our client is the market leader within the Nigerian manufacturing industry. The Company is expanding operations across Africa and has embarked on several transformation initiatives aimed at building world-class processes, systems and infrastructure, to enable it to consolidate on its market leadership position.
The Company has identified the need to recruit dynamic, competent and suitably qualified professionals to fill the vacant positions within its Finance Function:
Job Title: Regional Controllers, Nigeria
Ref No: RC - C004
Reporting to the Regional CFOs, the successful candidates will have overall responsibility for coordinating accounting procedures including procedures and timetables for the month-end and year-end closing for assigned regions in line with statutory guidelines and Group finance policies. He/she will have overall accountability for maintaining financial controls with respect to assigned region.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the implementation of common reporting structures and guidelines across assigned region.
- Provide support in building local Finance teams in each subsidiary.
- Provide Regional CFOs with consolidated project accounts on a periodic basis, in line with agreed report format.
- Undertake periodic international travel to oversee regional finance operations in countries/ operations within assigned region.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Accounting, Economics, Finance or other related discipline.
- Relevant professional accounting/ finance certification (e.g. ACA).
- Minimum of ten (10) years relevant experience with at least three (3) in a supervisory position.
- Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the manufacturing industry.
- Strong financial and accounting knowledge, including understanding of finance best practices and IFRS/ international accounting and financial reporting standards
- Sound business acumen - financial and commercial knowledge.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Working knowledge of accounting systems, including SAP
- Knowledge of French will be an added advantage.
- Knowledge of OHADA and SYSCOA.
Application Closing Date
7th May, 2013
Method of Application
Interested candidates should send their CV’s to:
[email protected] with the relevant job title and code stated in the subject line of the email.
Each application must include:
- A cover letter indicating the applicant’s position of interest and detailed contact information.
- Applicant’s curriculum vitae.
All applications will be treated in confidence. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted