I'm a Consultant: Job Openings- CFO/ Nigeria

Position Identification:

Job Title:	Chief Financial Officer		Reports to:	Managing Director
Department:	Finance & Accounts	Section:	Management (FA)		Band:	5	Grade:	A - E

Terms of Reference:

Education& Skills

· Chartered Accountancy

· Master in Finance or MBA, a plus

· Relevant Functional Skills & Expertise.

· Computer literacy with good IT skills.

· Excellent leadership skills. Resource & People Management.

· Strategic Thinking & Decision Making.

· Strong Analytical Skills.

· Excellent Communication &Presentation Skills.

· Financial modeling (i.e. discounted cash flow).

Experience

· Minimum 15 years functional experience with minimum 5 years as CFO with a multinational company in the oil & gas industry (downstream).

· International experience and Africa a plus.

· Good experience of working in an ERP environment like SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics systems.

· Change management and transformation.

Job Specification:

Scope

· Overall accountability of Finance & Accounts function with specific focus on business strategy, investment plans, developing portfolio strategy, setting operational financial direction, reviewing and evaluating operating mechanisms, etc.

· Includes lead supervisory and managerial roles.

Job Specific Comments

· Providing leadership to Finance &Controlling and IT function.

· Providing a support service by working with all departments and the management team to help making financial decisions, as well as coordinating intercompany financial activities.

· Provide the Group with all financial requirements on a timely and accurate basis

· Responsible for making strategic decisions, investment plans, financial planning/budgeting/ reporting, developing financial aspects of 3 year Annual Operating Plan (AOP), capital expenditure plan and cost control including P & L and cost centers responsibility.

· Analyzing Balance Sheet, P & L accounts, and cost centers.

· Keeping all relevant records, archives, and legal documents in a proper manner

· Prepare timely monthly MIS reports with sound analyses and variance explanations, and send it to the Group timely.

· Prepare timely annual accounts and ensure timely finalization of audits.

· Manage the working capital with the clear mandate to improve stock management and reduce stock levels, reduce Accounts Receivables & reduce finance costs.

· Manage all company taxes and ensure compliance

· Responsible for Business Intelligence (BI) by integrating cross-functional business activities and transactions thru’ IT solutions. Designing IT strategies and infrastructure/services plan.

· Forecasting the funding requirements, assess its impact on the Balance Sheet and Cash Flow,monitoring bank overdrafts limits, and proper cash and treasury management.

· Prepare complete and meaningful presentations for various funds requirements.

· Financial planning of new projects (Capex, acquisitions, new products, expansion, etc).

· Reviewing and analyzing Internal Audit observations and deciding corrective actions on it.

· Setting and monitoring Finance &Controlling and IT functionsgoal and objectives in line with organizational objectives.

· In coordination with the Internal Audit Manager, enhancing and monitoring the Internal Audit policies and procedures.

· Coordinating internal and external audits.

· In coordination with Group Treasury, monitoring currency exposure and the currency risks.

· Monitoring financial statutory requirements and compliances, etc.

· Monitoring legal cases pertaining to Finance & Accounts function (such as doubtful debts).

· Control and ensure appropriate operational costs and overheads.

· Participating actively in management meetings and discussion on business strategy.

· Understanding Company’s new and modified business avenues, modal, strategy, etc., and aligning Finance & Controllingand IT functions with them.

· Organizational development thru’ leadership development plans, succession planning, etc for critical positions in the department.

· Developing, training Finance & Controlling staff.

· Implementation and maintenance of quality systems and continuous improvement methodologies with specific focus on growth, cost reduction and process improvements.

· Any other job which may be assigned by the management from time to time.