CFO WEST AFRICA

TALENT BUREAU
Adding Value. Offering Service

POSITION LABEL: CFO WEST AFRICA

POSITION PURPOSE (why the position exists, within what limits and with what objectives)

 Directs financial strategy, planning and forecasts; conferring with General Manager and department heads.
 Leads FP&A, Accounting, PPO and IT department.
 Oversees all company finance and accounting practices, including accounting departments, preparing budgets, financial reports, tax and audit functions.
 Supervises investment and raising of funds for business.
 Studies, analyzes and reports on trends, opportunities and projection of future company development.
 As a member of senior management team, the incumbent actively participates in business planning, evaluating performance and defining corrective actions to optimize achievement of goals.
 Plays a leading role in ensuring corporate governance and internal controls effectiveness and compliance.
 Ensure local entities and operations are fully compliant from a tax and statutory perspective.

POSITION DIMENSIONS

Number of subordinates: 11
Number of direct reports: 5

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education
University level education (Finance / Business Administration); Professional Qualification (ACCA, ACA or equivalent).

Work Experience:
7-10 years experience in multinational company with ideally 4 years in a leading Finance role. Preferable exposure to both to market and manufacturing
Adding environment of an organization of at least > 40 employees.

Languages & Computer Skills and other skills:
Fluent English. Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office and SAP

COMPETENCIES
WORK GROUP; DIRECTOR 

• Think the Business:

Strive for Quality
Gives guidance and provides feedback to ensure quality standards (ensures understanding through questioning, is constructive and objective, coaches, monitors progress)

• Maximize Your Contribution

Winning Attitude
Challenges status quo, looking for better ways to improve the business (understands the issues, assesses, presents facts and views, innovative, speaks up

• Energize People:

Develop People
Drives development based on honest
feedback on performance and potential
(confronts and appraises honestly,
coaches, identifies development
opportunities, manages expectations,
does this on an ongoing basis)

• Drive Results:

Execute with Excellence
Takes action to improve business units performance (perseveres to find solutions and achieve results, aims to exceed work unit targets, sets stretch KPI's, seeks continuous improvement, uses best practice to improve team performance, seeks to influence decisions and outcomes)

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
 Strategic Insight - Strategic thinking and ability to see the big picture at market,
regional or corporate level.
 Application of knowledge of specific strategies.
 Knowledge Business Performance - Identifying and understanding the right
drivers of performance according to company's short and mid-term planning
cycle (AP/SP).
 Knowdledge Performance Appraisal - Use of performance appraisal methods
and aspects (objective setting, objective review, rating scales and impartiality
Adding issues, etc.).
 Awareness Planning and Organizing - Establishes SMART objectives, identifies
priorities, identifies and allocates resources efficiently, develops
comprehensive and realistic plans, makes use of planning and organizing
instruments, ensures the dead-lines are being met, is effective in meeting
goals, develops contingency plans when necessary.
 Proficiency Analysis & Problem solving - Develops a systematic approach in
solving problems, identifies problems in a correct manner, gather relevant
information, makes the distinction between relevant and irrelevant
data/information, sees the connection between different information,
identifies cause-effect relations; includes others in problem solving when
appropriate.
 Proficiency Develop, Implement and Maintain Control Environment - Ensure an
appropriate control environment within overall policies and procedures.
Mastery Strategic Planning 2 - Support management to set mission/vision and
KPIs to deliver business plans. Mastery Management Reporting - Periodic
internal reporting and control of actual results and variance analysis of
business performance and KPIs. Proficiency Financial Reporting - Adherence
with financial accounting rules (US GAAP, IFRS, local and statutory reporting
etc.)
 Knowledge Financial Analysis and Support - Providing comprehensive financial
analysis, advise and support to facilitate business decision making.
 Mastery Indirect Tax Planning & Advice - Interpreting of the tax laws, business
processes and related systems.
 Understand the business needs and translate those into tax technical and
indirect tax systems requirements applicable to the entities.
 Knowledge Safeguarding Assets - Ensure appropriate control over company
assets. Knowledge Leadership - Managing/Influencing People, Self-
Management, Project management, Strategic Outlook

POSITION DESCRIPTION
MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
 Provides leadership in the development for the continuous evaluation of short
and long-term strategic financial objectives (BS, P&L, CF, WC,FCF).
 Ensure adequate facilities/cash flow to meet the organization's needs.
 Ensure credibility of Finance group by providing timely and reliable/accurate
analysis of budgets, financial trends and forecasts.
 Ensures effective WC management, analyse and challenge drivers of WC.
 Direct and oversee all aspects of the Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury and IT
functions of the organization.
 Manages team of direct reports.
 Initiates and leads efficiency measurement projects.
 Management & Leadership: This position leads the FP&A, Accounting and IT
function and sets up an environment for the whole team with targets and
values which follow the company values.
 He/she performs performance appraisals and feedback sessions in order to
improve the quality of the team.
Adding  Staffing: Ensure good educated & trained staff within the tea Vma,l umea. Onaffegreinsg Service
knowledge transfer in order to guarantee a high standard finance processes
and reporting to the company
 Manages and leads the financial planning (OL/LE/TDT/ASP), internal and
external reporting and the monthly Actuals closing activities for West Africa
and shared services within the guidelines and timings as set by Regional
Finance, Corporate FP&A & Controllers Group.
 Directs and oversees process improvement for market planning, analysis and
reporting (internal & external).
 Manages internal and external audit, including planning of audit assignments,
audit testing, and reporting in accordance with Audit methodology to ensure
a clean audit.
 Provide management team with advice on the financial implications of
business activities.
 Establish and maintain strong relationships with management team so as to
identify their needs and seek full range of business solutions.
 Provides management team with advice on the financial implications of
business activities.
 Initiates and leads efficiency measurement projects.
 Ensure that effective internal controls and processes are in place to ensure
compliance with IFRS and local statutory/regulatory laws and rules for financial
and tax reporting.
 Develop and maintain systems of internal controls to safeguard financial assets
of the organization.
 Ensures full compliance to Group/Local Policies & Procedures.
 Act as contact person with local Banks (maintain a good relationship) and
Corporate Treasury to monitor cash/financing requirements and ensure
optimized cash allocation.
 Supervise payable and receivable flows and manage treasury account and
Bank Investments in order to optimize cash flow of the local entities, also
sourcing for foreign exchange.
 Keep abreast of the volatile and fast changing Nigerian direct (VAT,
Withholding, Corporate) or indirect (import duty, excise) Tax environment.
 Inform local and SSA Management accordingly and maintain good
relationship with all related Government departments.

Qualified candidates should please send their CVs to felicia@talentbureauonline.com