Financial Controller

Job Description : FC NIGERIA FOR MANUFACTURING § Minimum of 10 years of experience in commercial, finance, accounts and costing – exposure to manufacturing of especially flexible Packaging will be added advantage. § Ideally 5 years’ experience in Africa § Good experience of working with multiple business heads and managing large team multi-cultural staff. The candidate must be commercially savvy, with business understanding and should act as a strong support to the Business Heads and CFO. Key Responsibilities: § Overall revenue in line with agreed costing § Discounts given are in line with agreement with policies § Costing file are prepared in line with company policies are duly adhered to § Directionally profitability is in line with budgets and work with BH on the same § Timely and accurate reporting as agreed § Overall Internal and Management audit reports § Overall sanity in credit control and AR § Establishing a mechanism/checklist to ensure operations are under control § Overall governance in capex management § Overall statutory compliance work § Creating a productive, happy team § Developing skill sets of team members and initiating external intervention if required § Having a clear understanding of interest cost expected vis a vis budgets § Ensuring accuracy of interest cost debited § Ensuring financials reflect the correct cost debited § Developing & Implementing action plan to reduce interest cost § Having a clear understanding on other charges debited by bank § Ensuring accuracy of debits § Ensuring financials reflect the correct cost debited § Completeness and accuracy of bank reconciliations & ensuring no open items beyond 30 days § Completeness and accuracy of cash reconciliations & ensuring no open items beyond 30 days § Ensuring all channels of inflow are categorically understood and optimized § Timeliness/completeness and accuracy of inflow related areas § Timely and correct accounting of Inflow’s § Ensuring accuracy of all outflow and timely accounting of all outflows § Ensuring collection plans are driven to meet them § Ensuring completeness & accuracy § Ensuring financials reflect correct status § Ensuring there are no overdue unless agreed Key managerial competencies required for the role: § Integrity § Planning & organizing § Meeting commitments § Resource management § Result orientation § Personal motivation & initiative § Problem solving/analytical ability § Information gathering

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