Box and Cedar is recruiting on behalf of its client, a Cosmetics Industry to employ suitably qualified candidate to fill the position below:
Job Title: Head, Finance & Accounts
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
Job Description
Financial Accounting & Treasury Management and Reporting:
- Ensure Proper record keeping of all financial records for adequate reporting
- Ensure all ledgers are reconciled and updated monthly (i.e. Creditors Ledger, Debtors Ledger, Prepayment Accounts, etc)
- Ensure Monthly preparation of Bank Reconciliation Report
- Develop and maintain credit control Policies and Processes
- Manage cashflow and collections within the outlets
- Design and maintain effective internal control systems
- Ensure Monthly reconciliation of all outlets
- Ensure Monthly business performance reporting (Profit & Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Cashflow Analysis, Sales Analysis, etc)
- Manage Organization's Tax matters
- Ensure Monthly provision of Business
- Safeguard all company’s assets
- Monitor payment processes (Suppliers, Salaries, etc)
Planning & Control:
- Prepare corporate Annual Budget and variance report
- Ensure budgetary Analysis and control
External Relationship Management:
- Manage relationship with banks
- Maintain cordial relationship with Suppliers and Debtors
Inventory Control & Store Management:
- Ensure products received and issued are properly documented and are in good condition with secured packaging not tampered.
- Ensure accuracy and efficiency in bar-coding and tagging of all received goods.
- Ensure reconciliation of waybill of actual goods received against shippers packing list and contact the supplier through the Merchandise Buyer to resolve discrepancies.
- Issue dispatch instructions to dispatch riders and drivers and provide routing information toensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated.
- Schedule and monitor surface pickup, delivery or distribution of merchandise or materials.
- Ensure the processing and reconciliation of outlets orders and their delivery.
- Monitor demand and supply of goods from outlets.
- Review invoices, work orders, reports, and demand forecasts to estimate peak delivery periods and to issue work assignments.
- Ensure proper arrangement of goods for easy identification and retrieval.
- Supervise and maintain good relationship with transporters, clearing Agents to ensure quality and timely service delivery.
- Plan, develop, and implement warehouse safety and security programs and activities.
- Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.
- Determine and ensure proper storage methods, labelling, identification, and location of merchandise based on quantities, fabric types, environmental factors and physical capabilities of facilities.
- Prevent inventory shrinkage.
- Train and evaluate performance of store personnel.
Key Performance Indicators
- Revenue Growth.
- Operational Efficiency/Cost Management.
- Net Margin.
- Return on investment.
- Budget Variance.
- Timeliness of completed quarterly financial reports.
- Performance of external audit.
- Quality and ease of retrieval of financial information.
Minimum Qualification
- B.Sc. or HND in Accounting or related discipline.
- Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA) would be an added advantage.
Experience
- Minimum of 10 years cognate experience.
Knowledge & Skills
Knowledge:
- Accounting and Finance
- Cost management
- Taxation
- Budgeting/Forecasting
- Company operations
Skills:
- IT skills
- Execution
- Relationship management
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Proficient knowledge of SAGE
- Management Accounting
Application Closing Date
31st July, 2015.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online