Ongoing Recruitment at Greenlight Planet

Greenlight Planet is a multinational, for-profit business that designs, distributes, and finances solar-powered home energy products, with an underserved population in mind: the 1.3 billion global consumers for whom the old-fashioned electrical grid is either unavailable or too expensive.

Over a decade in business, the company is now a leading global brand in emerging markets across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.  Greenlight’s Sun King™ products provide modern light and energy to 26 million people in more than 40 countries and have sold over 10.5 million products worldwide.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Associate Manager, Finance - Bilingual

Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Department: Finance & Legal

About the Role

• Sun King is looking for an Associate Manager, Finance to join its Finance team in Nigeria. The Associate Manager, Finance will work closely with the Finance team in Nigeria and West Africa to ensure the organization has adequate human capacity to cater for the financial books and record (account payables and receivables) in the region.

What you would be expected to do

• Ensuring accurate month-close/quarter-close and year-close processes and manage all financial reporting duties
• Ensure closure of all statutory and tax audits, external and internal audits
• Finalization of the financial statements and perform the required review.
•  Ensure all accounting procedures are in accordance with local GAPS and IFRS.
• Discuss audit queries and close all issues raised by the auditors
• Manage tax and overall account reconciliations to ensure the balance sheet is stated accurately
• Monthly Financial reporting and planning in line with relevant accounting standards

Taxes and Local Compliance:

• Manage all direct and indirect tax filings, reporting and all its underlying processes
• Be in charge of all Transfer pricing assessments, filings, reporting and processes
• Ensure that the correct with-holding tax rate has been used for deducting the tax for all the required heads and all relevant items have been included for with-holding tax deduction
• Liaise with the Service provider for getting the Transfer pricing study completed on a yearly basis
• Prepare the necessary Tax reporting package on a quarterly basis for provision of all the status updates to Global finance team
• Liaise with the service provider for getting statutory remittances done on time for NSSF, Pension and other related items
• Maintain monthly Compliance Dashboard and to ensure that all statutory payments are made on time

Others:

• Partner with global finance team to execute finance initiatives across organization as required from time to time
• Drive visibility into variable cost accounting, variable cost productivity, project margins analysis and other key financial metrics.
• Create masters with all the relevant information of the customers and vendors and maintenance of necessary documents for them
• Ensure all local secretarial compliances are done on time

Requirements
You might be a strong candidate if you:

• HND / BSc in Accounting / Finance or related field.
• Have 4-6 years of relevant work experience as a finance or accounting person with good knowledge of finance practices.
• Are Fluent in French Speaking
• Have good grasp of IFRS standards, taxation
• Ability to prioritize & promote teamwork.
• Have excellent grasp on MS Excel and MS power point.
• Have good knowledge of Treasury and International Trade.
• Have professional certification such as ICAN and other recognized body is required.
• Have the ability to break down complex issues into simpler steps and resolve them.
• Have excellent presentation skills and strong executive presence.
• Are good with numbers, able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change.
• Have clear thinking/problem-solving ability/process improvement within operations/finance function.
• Flexibility and a willingness to stretch and achieve over and above base expectations.

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2.) Business Systems Associate - Technical

Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Department: Operations

About the Role

• The Business Systems Associate will aid in developing, testing, documenting, and troubleshooting of various business systems and tools as part of Sun King’s Programs Team.
• Other duties of the role include interacting with vendors, preparation of technical end-user documents, and creating and dissemination of training materials to internal staff for these systems, tools, and automation you’ll work on.
• There will be a heavy emphasis on working with end users from different Sun King Teams across several markets, so communication is key for this role.

Responsibilities 
What you would be expected to do:

• Provide timely technical support for users and work with them to solve existing problems.
• Work with end-users to look for solutions to issues that may arise using the various tools available.
• Day-to-day monitoring and maintenance of current systems and solutions.
• Develop and provide training and technical documentation for users from various departments.
• Work with vendors in the process of troubleshooting escalated incidents.

Requirements
You might be a strong candidate if you:

• Have Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in Computer Science or related field
• Have At least 2 year of ICT or similarly technical work experience, with a proven track record of maintaining and troubleshooting different systems and tools.
• Are fluent in both written and spoken French is an advantage (not a must).
• Have basic experience working with various business system and tools.
• Are proficient in scripting technologies to automate monitoring and streamline system operations.
• Are experienced in root-cause analysis and implementing preventive measures.
• Have good communication skills and you are able to explain complex data flows in a simple manner.
• Have proven experience working and/or administering the following types of systems: a CRM, ERP, Call Centre software, Ticketing and Automation software.
• Have knowledge or experience with SMS gateways and other operational tools including Google Sheets and Google Apps Script would be an added advantage.
• Are able to establish and maintain effective relationships with people from different departments.
• Passion for learning.

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3.) Stock Management Associate, East Central

Job Location: Benin, Edo
Job Type: Permanent - Full Time
Department: Operations

About the Role

• Sun King is looking for an Associate to join its Stock Management team in Nigeria. The Stock Management Associate will work closely with the operation team in Nigeria to ensure the organisation has adequate capacity to build new business units and expand existing operations in the region.

Responsibilities
What you would be expected to do:

• Manage inventory within the warehouse, reporting goods received and inventory levels at the zonal warehouse level
• Work with third party transporters to ship goods to Sun King stores on time and in good condition
• Ensure all deliveries to Sun King Stores are cost effective using Third party transporters working with the Company
• Scan in and out Sun King inventory on a serial basis
• Coordinate with central (HQ) warehouse to receive stock
• Communicate any inventory shortage, theft, or loss at the zonal warehouse
• Receive all faulty products received by the stores, ship back to HQ
• Perform physical inventory counts of the retail stores on a monthly/quarterly basis
• Ensure proper processes are followed by Sun King Store Executives (SSEs) in the respective regions
• Ensure the SSEs in region fully know their duties and role
• Review accuracy of weekly inventory/ marketing reports for region and aggregate the report to the HQ Ops team
• Train SSEs at their stores as needed
• Prepare weekly on hand stock report for all shops in region and make the report available for the Country Store manager
• Check on store executives in region to ensure they are maintaining stability and reputation of the store by complying with legal requirements.
• Ensure all shops in region maintain proper shop etiquette and cleanliness
• Fill in for SSEs who are on personal/ medical leave
• Follow up on any stock losses or unexplained variances at the store Ensure SSEs write police reports if necessary

Requirements
You might be a strong candidate if you:

• Have a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher Diploma in Supply Chain Management, or related discipline from a recognized institution
• Have a minimum of two (2) years of progressive work experience in procurement and supply or inventory management in a multinational organization
• Are excited about joining a fast-growing, entrepreneurial and innovative environment
• Are result oriented with the ability to multitask
• Are a team player and can demonstrate ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with various stakeholders
• Have advanced computer skills g. Microsoft excel application
• Are comfortable and experienced working in a multi-cultural and diverse environment
• Possess a high degree of personal integrity and professionalism.
• Demonstrate sound judgment, people, communication, presentation and reporting skills
• Have experience working in ERP System and other inventory management application

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