Financial Controller

Job Description : Finance Controller REPORTS TO: Finance Head LOCATION: Nigeria 1. Primary Purpose : Responsible for performing all the operational activities related to the financial management function of the group and its entities, including processing payments, posting of transactions and statutory remittances, providing timely and accurate financial information, preparing management accounts and management related reports. 2. Major Activities: a. Working Capital Management Debtors/Vendors, Inventory, Payables etc. b. Annual accounts finalization. c. Daily postings of transactions to appropriate books and softwares and update of repayment tracker. d. Arrange for stock verifications & physical inventory of assets. e. Handling of statutory audit, internal audit & internal control and implementation. f. Effective filing of transaction documents and maintenance of records for effective audit trails. g. Ensure reconciliation of Cash / bank / customer / vendor balances of all transactions daily / weekly / monthly basis h. Overall responsibility of supplier payments and payment related systems. i. Collate relevant information for the generation of periodic statutory returns, e.g. VAT, WHT for regulatory authorities on monthly basis. j. Cheque payments/online payments, Local purchase order approvals, trade division sales order approval etc. k. Implementation of Navision ERP system: l. Creation of customer & vendor Accounts, items (local purchase items) & fixed assets in Navision. m. Approval of bank receipts, JV, cash receipts in Navision. n. Approval of Trade division sales in Navision. o. Preparation of Debit & credit notes in Navision. Miscellaneous: p. Approval for transfer of RM from one department to another. q. Preparing debtor outstanding report on weekly basis. r. Signing of manual invoices (Lafarge, P & G, Airtel etc). s. Signing of sales delivery notes & invoices after verification. t. Responsible of inter-company transactions. u. Monthly LA for expat staff. v. Checking Local staff salary, leave allowance, final settlement etc. w. Checking and passing week end allowance & Sunday overtime payments for local staff. x. Any other job which may be assigned by the management from time to time. y. Educational Qualifications and Other Skills Required: • Cost Accountant (ICWA) or a Chartered Accountant (CA). • Strong technical understanding of Microsoft Office (Excel and PowerPoint). • Organizational skills to manage numerous tasks and meet deadlines. • Interpersonal skills to help manage project meetings and communicate with a wide range of individuals from different functions. • Detailed analytical abilities. • Strong communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with different levels and via different mediums. z. Experience Required : Must have a minimum of 8 to 10 years experience in a large organization Must be well versed with the accounting and costing laws. Must have good working knowledge of MS Office and other accounting packages i.e. sound practical operating knowledge of ERP. aa. Language Requirements: Must have command over written and spoken English. 6. Contacts: a) Internal: Management members, General Managers, Branch Managers, Sales Team. b) External: Vendors, External Auditors etc 7. Decision Making Authority: • Authorized to sign payment voucher within the approved limits if any. • Analysis and presentation on Budget / monthly MIS. • Appointing of Accounts team members. 8. Applicable guidelines (Policy, Procedures etc.): • Company’s Account & Finance Manual / Guidelines. • Costing & Accounting procedures. Scope: - Modify Costing & Accounting Procedures, to be in line with a) Changes in Organizational structure and internal/external environment and b) Annual Budget. - Assist other Accounts Staff in completing the routine duties.

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