Chief Financial Officer at the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI)

African Trade Insurance (ATI) is a pan - African institution that provides political risk insurance to companies, investors, and lenders interested in doing business in Africa. With deep roots in Africa, we are best positioned to understand and assess the risks here –  and to help mitigate them. As a result, we offer robust risk solutions to our clients. Our financial partners have come to rely on our assessments because of our credibility, financial strength, and underwriting capacity.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Financial Officer

Location: Nigeria

Job Description
For the Chief Financial OfficerReporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer will perform amongst others the following functions:

 Financial Management:

• Direct and lead the preparation of financial reports including weekly, monthly and quarterly financial reports to the Board of Directors.
• Oversee the implementation of effective financial management systems and controls to ensure that the Agency’s assets are adequately safeguarded and accurate and reliable financial reporting is produced.
• Ensure accurate and up to date books of accounts are maintained in accordance with relevant international standards and requirements. •Coordinate the preparation and consolidation of the Agency’s budget and 5-year business plan including monitoring and reporting of the same.
• Planning, coordinating and managing implementation of resources to ensure allocations support the achievement of the Agency’s strategic direction, operating plans and overall objectives.
• Coordinate the preparation and, consolidation of budgets, and financial reports for donors when operationalizing and staffing new offices.
• Manage and oversee the preparation, finalization and publication of annual accounts in the Agency’s annual report.
• Facilitate the work of internal and external auditors and provide assistance as required.
• Ensure timely administration and processing of payroll and submission of statutory deductions.
• Authorizeall necessary payments within the business.
• Oversee the digital transformation of the finance department

 Investments:

• Monitor capital invested to ensure maximized returns, adherence to investment guidelines and risk mitigation.
• Ensure the investment programme isinline with investment guidelines approved by the Board and timely reporting of the same.
• Maximizing return on invested funds while preserving capital by identifying investment opportunities, expanding relationships with the investment community, and proposing revisions of ATI’s investment policy and asset allocation when necessary.
• Propose investmentoptionsto the Management Investment Committee (MIC) for approvaltaking into consideration risks and liquidity.
• Developand maintain excellent relationships with Banks, Fundmanagers, Lenders, Donorsand other stakeholders.

Other Duties:

• Regularly participate in management meetings, and carry out any other duties as may be required by the agency.
• Provide leadership,coaching and mentoring of the finance and accounting staff,ensuring the right balance of technical, analytical and leadership skills within the team.

Key Relationships:

• The  role  reports  to  the  CEO  and  interacts  with  all  staff;  members  of  Board  (when  presenting  quarterly financial reports, and on issues of corporate governance at the Board level); shareholders (facilitating their joining the Agency) and will occasionally interact with donors (e.g. for grant’s agreements, procurement of the  contracts  and  during  contract  negotiations);  service  providers  (e.g. when  managing  contracts)  and occasionally with the media (interviews).

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Qualifications: An honors first degree or its equivalent plus professional accounting qualifications such as CPA,CAor ACCA and a Master’s degree in Business Administration or an Advanced degree in finance/ accounting. Knowledge and experience with IFRS 9, 13 and 17 is highly desirable.
• Languages: High level competencies in English and knowledge in French is an added advantage
• Membership of Professional Body: CFO should be member of a professional body such as CA, ICPAK, CIMA, ACCA or such other bodies.
• Skills and Experience: At least 20years in financial management, of which 10 years should have been in a senior managerial role.
• Adequate experience handlingInvestmentManagementis also highly desirable.
• Experience working in multilateral and multi-cultural organization is required and a background in banking or insurance or Trade finance, or Trade insurance is essential.
• Experience with Political risk insurance and Exposure to development issues are desirable experiences.
• Key Competencies: Planning and organization skills, Strategic thinking, Customer and Service focus, Leading and managing people, Analytical and problem solving skills, Good communication and interpersonal skills and Negotiating skills

Salary
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
15th May, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit an electronic copy of their Application Letter, Curriculum Vitae, plus details of their current remuneration package along with Personal History Form to: [email protected] with a copy to: [email protected] , [email protected]

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