FINANCE MANAGER

Job Title: FINANCE MANAGER

Job Location: Lagos

JobType: Full Time

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

Managing all financial operations including strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting, and provides leadership to the finance team. This also includes Data Entry, Bank Reconciliation, maintenance of accounts, recovery of debts from clients, liaison with banks, handling statutory compliances and proper maintenance of all financial schedules for the day-to-day operations.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

? Collating recaps to reconcile with monthly global statements; Update specific receivables and identifying specific paid invoices from the monthly global statement

? Contributing to the development and maintenance of financial systems and processes

? Providing advice and information to the CFO

? Ensuring items are posted in the correct account and balances tally with the financials

? Verification of Bank Interest and Charges – Ascertaining the bank interests and charges against agreed rates in offer letters; allocating bank charges to specific jobs

? Transaction analysis – Profit analysis of individual jobs and reconciling with ERP

? Bill of exchange and other Instruments – Recording and monitoring on ERP; determining and monitoring expiry dates and pre-alerts before expiry

? Ensuring all financial regulations are adhered to

? Timely Preparation, liaising and payment of all tax payments

? Preparation and presentation of audit reports as scheduled.

? Oversee financial policies and procedures for the accurate and consistent recording and reporting of all financial matters including budgeting, internal financial reporting, project and operational performance analysis, periodic reports to the Board of Directors.

? Support project activities by establishing guidelines for capital funds utilization and solicitation plus monitoring use of fund/balances, forecasting funds availability, advising on loan usage decisions, and providing financing/advice to Board of Directors and staff.

? Initiate and maintain relationships with major lenders and other providers of capital.Co-ordinate and manage the work of the teams to ensure the efficient management of income and debt processes including debt recovery procedures and data preparation processes as required

? Direct regional and departmental periodic reporting of actual financial performance against budget and evaluation of variances.

? Ensure that accurate, complete and up to date records and information are maintained and reconciled for all customers’ accounts on the electronic invoicing system and other relevant systems

? Ensure the effective prioritizing and allocation of work, maintenance of standards, quality of work and achievement of targets and objectives including ensuring any instructions from the Chief Financial Officer are completed appropriately

? Direct and guide staff on the handling of individual cases and to resolve day to day challenges and difficulties arising on both income and debt issues.

? Preparation of financial analyses, statements and reports

? Responsible for Budget preparation, execution and supervision

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Highly organized

• Outstanding coordinating and planning skills

• Good knowledge of all branches of accounting

• Excellent grasp of tax accounting and tax management

• Sound knowledge of financial audit & report • Good knowledge of corporate finance

• An understanding and experience of a fast-moving workplace environment

KEY SKILLS

? Strong Leadership skills.

? Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

? Strong analytical and statistical skills

? Strong Auditing Skills

? Good Presentation Skills.

? Strong Negotiation Skills.

? Relationship Management.

? Strong Problem-solving skills.

? Ability to plan, schedule and coordinate effectively.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

1. BSc. in Accountancy or any other related field

2. Minimum of 10 years work experience in a similar role at senior management level in a multi-site, structured environment- preferably a Supply Chain / Logistics company.

3. Must be versatile in the use of at least one accounting package / ERP

4. Relevant professional affiliations/certifications such as ACA is a must. .

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPI)

• Error resolution time

• Accounts payable expenses as a percentage of revenue

• Accurate /timely monthly financial reports generation and presentation

• Budget preparation, supervision and evaluation timeline

• Financial data collation, utilization and documentation frequency

• Preparation, liaising and payment of all tax payments timeline.

• Timeline for audit preparation and presentation

• Effective management of Finance Liaison staff, systems and procedures employed in the collection and reconciliation of income.

• Success rate of debts recovery

• Accurate and timely delivery of profit analysis of individual jobs to management.

• Effective maintenance of manual and computerized information recording systems and procedures, maintenance of financial records and other management information

• Timeliness in work output

• Quality of work output

REMUNERATION: Attractive & Negotiable.