CA Global is recruiting on behalf of its client, to fill the position below:
Job Title: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Financial Services / Financial Reporting / Management
Location: Lagos Nigeria
Responsibilities
- Manage generation of financial statements according to local accounting standards.
- Manage timely reporting to relevant local authorities.
- Analyze financial data and develop financial analysis as a key management tool with the aim of optimizing the company activities: identify risks, inefficiencies, negative tendencies, and propose measures that reduce risks, improving efficiency, and reverse negative tendencies.
- Create/modify procedures such that they are low-risk and efficient
- Ensure compliance of the business with financial covenants in agreements with creditors and donors
- Ensure availability of sufficient resources for lending in the required currency
- Manage all financial transactions with creditors, banks, donors
- Manage the planning and budgeting process of the business
- Act as the coordinator and main contact person with external auditors
- Supervise all finance staff of the subsidiary.
- Responsible for hiring/evaluating all finance staff (professional responsibility only)
- Assess the training requirements for the Finance Department as a whole and for its individual employees, and develop a capacity building plan for the Department and its individual employees
- Preparation of staff to assume management positions
- Conduct performance evaluations of the staff reporting to him/her and verify that the supervisory personnel also perform evaluations of their staff in a timely manner according to established procedures.
Requirements: Qualifications and Skills
- Minimum of 5 years experience within a financial services institution
- Master's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Management or Marketing (or equivalent work experience) CPA, or Chartered Accountancy qualification (desirable)
- Outstanding interpersonal, communication and training skills.
- Strong business management and negotiating skills.
- Excellent technical report writing skills and computer literacy.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Good understanding of IT issues and the role and possibilities of IT in financial management.
- Fluency in regional/local language, and English.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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