PricewaterhouseCooper Recruitment for Chief Financial Officer

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) firms help organisations and individuals create the value they’re looking for. We’re a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 208,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. In Sub-Saharan Africa, we're the largest provider of professional services with offices in 34 countries and close to 9 000 people.

Applications are invited for:

Job Position: Chief Financial Officer
Reference Number: 130-PEO00848
Job Location: Lagos
Department: People & Change Nigeria
Job type: Permanent
Major Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be reporting to the CEO, Executive Director and the board; and will work closely with the CEO, E.D and COO. This individual will manage day-to-day finance operations, and will be involved in providing strategic guidance as well as ensuring the integrity of all finance, accounting and reporting activities. Other responsibilities include:

• Oversee all accounts, ledgers and reporting systems, ensuring compliance with appropriate standards and regulatory requirements.
• Employ a system of responsible accounting, and internal controls to ensure the financial integrity of the organisation
• Oversee and ensure the integrity of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, and Tax workflows and ensure a disaster recovery plan is in place.
• Manage the budget planning and budget management process and ensure that expenditures are consistently aligned with established budgets
• Oversee the management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities for the organization including: organizational revenue/expense and balance sheet reports, reports to funding agencies, development and monitoring of organizational budgets.
• Review all financial plans and compare to actual results with a view to identify, explain, and correct variances as appropriate.
• Ensure that all balance sheet accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis and a system of internal controls are in place to facilitate a clean audit opinion with no audit adjustments or internal control deficiencies noted.
• Monitor banking activities of the organization.
• Ensure adequate cash flow to meet the organization’s needs.
• Oversee the production of ad-hoc and monthly reports, as well as financial statements and cash flow projections for use by Management, Executive management, Audit/Finance Committee and Board of Directors.
• Oversee and ensure implementation of a sound collections policy while maintaining good rapport with the community
• Work with Executive leadership to ensure business success through effect cost and return on investment analysis.
• Participate in developing new business, by assisting the Executive leadership in identifying new funding opportunities, the drafting of prospective programmatic budgets, and determining cost effectiveness of prospective service delivery.
• Oversee all payroll activity for staff, and assist in the design, implementation, and timely calculations of wage incentives, commissions, and salaries for the staff.

Required Qualification & Experience
Qualification:

• An advanced degree in Finance or an MBA strongly preferred
• ACCA, ICAN or equivalent qualification
• A member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management or any equivalent e. g. CIPD, SHRM, etc.

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a senior management role

Skills & Competencies:

• Analytical, organization and problem solving skills.
• Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft office suite including Ms Excel, Ms Project, Ms Word and PowerPoint
• Advanced knowledge of accounting and reporting software (QuickBooks and Sage preferred)
• Strong Interpersonal and Relationship Management Skills.
• Communication and presentation skills
• Confident, driven and dynamic leader
• A strategic thinker and self-starter
• Excellent reputation for integrity and
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