Job Openings at Sahara Group

Sahara Group is a leading international energy and infrastructure conglomerate with operations in over 38 countries across Africa, Middle East, Europe and Asia. Spanning three decades, we have broken ground and challenged stereotypes across the global business landscape. The women and men who make up our organization are our strongest levers for growth.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Business Technology Analyst

Job Identification: 130
Job Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job Schedule: Full time

Accountabilities

• Help balance business requirements with technical feasibility
• Help balance business requirements with technical feasibility
• Recommends changes in business process in place of complex solutions where possible
• Evaluation of solutions presented by app developers to ensure they meet requirements
• Creation of business solutions from analysis of simple to complex datasets.
• Championing activities that can funnel innovative ideas to the department
• Communicate effectively and persuasively in a business context
• Synthesis of out-of-the-world tech ideas to solve current and future business problems.
• Documentation of business cases to evaluate new ideas and concepts i.e. “as is” processes and “to-be” process flows
• Documentation of data flow diagrams, flowcharts .i.e. communication of ideas to application developers
• Supports team goals and perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Business Innovation Manager

Minimum Qualifications

• University Degree (Preferably in Computing, Engineering or Management Sciences)
• 2 - 5 years of cognate (Post-NYSC) working experience in a similar role
• Experience soliciting, gathering and analysing user input and requirements. Experience with data querying and data mapping work
• Experience documenting user stories/requirements, and creating to-be process flow diagrams

Knowledge / Skills:

• Strong quantitative and analytic skills
• Excellent business writing and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate to advance modelling skills
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio for effective presentation of ideas.

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2.) Corporate Finance Manager

Job Identification: 126
Job Location: Ijora, Lagos
Job Schedule: Full time

Accountabilities

• Responsible to ensure that the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and fixed assets are reconciled monthly, and in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and government auditing standards.
• Oversee accounting and invoicing Counterpart’s subsidiaries and affiliates.
• Ensures monthly reconciliation of all accounting sub-systems and conducts balance sheet analyses and reconciliations.
• Oversee the monthly corporate finance reconciliation of bank statements.
• Review the monthly investment schedule reconciliations.
• Provide technical accounting guidance to the finance team;
• Oversee client invoicing and collection, and payment of vendor invoices occurs on a timely basis;
• Responsible for the monthly corporate cash flow preparation and work with Controller on cash management matters.
• Review and approve the prepayments, accruals, and other month-end transactions for the corporate finance team.
• Assist the Controller in preparation of monthly internal financial statements and draft annual financial statements.
• Assist the Controller in month and year end closing – including indirect cost allocation and revenue recognition.
• Assists the Controller in preparation of information required for year-end closing, annual audit and statutory reporting.
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting with 8- 10 years of experience
• Minimum of 4 years of supervisory experience, preferably in a similar role
• CFA ,ACCA or related certification will be required.

Knowledge / Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to simultaneously see the big picture (system level) and understand the nuances of the details to make informed recommendations.
• Meticulous attention to detail, as well as outstanding critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding attention to detail with an ability to reconcile complex accounts.
• Proven ability to prioritize and to initiate follow-through.
• Invaluable experience of private equity, asset management and corporate finance.
• Demonstrate ability to meet deadlines, determine priorities and organize work to meet objectives and identify and deal with problems.
• Ability to maintain strong relationships with external parties and internal colleagues

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