Senior Manager, Finance and Personnel at Fosad Consulting

The Senior Manager Finance & Personnel is in charge for all tasks in Finance, Personnel Matters, Administration and Corporate Functions and will be directly reporting to the Regional Director Sub-Sahara based in Lagos and will provide accurate financial information, mitigating financial and legal risks, to support the expansion of the business and to optimise processes and economic performance as well as furtherance of positive relations within the HR.

The regional responsibility comprises the countries Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea.

• Responsibility for the controlling processes in the region, incl. preparation and monitoring of forecasts and budgets for expenses, inventory. Participation in preparation of revenue budget and cost analyses
• Responsibility for financial administration, incl. all bank procedures/cash transactions/invoice control/voucher preparation and recording/current account controlling
• Responsibility for local taxation matters
• Facility management, owned and/or leased property
• Local procurement
• General administration including implementing functional system of internal control (ICS), execution of respective controls, contract administration, settlement of local liability and insurance claims
• Legal tasks including contract / staff and general business matters.
• To deal with internal and external auditors in facilitating audits and to ensure that all audit requirements are met
• To be responsible for adherence to all reporting and filing duties and compliance with internal and external rules and regulations
• Responsibility for local IT, power and telecommunication infrastructure

• Responsibility for personnel administration, incl. payroll administration, preparation and renewal of rules of employment / preparation and participation in collective salary negotiation / providing local assistance in all HR-matters / coordination with the Regional Director Sub-Sahara

Qualification:

• Educated to Degree-level in Business Management or Accounting
• 7-10years of relevant work experience, preferable with international companies
• Excellent knowledge of SAP and MS-Office products
• Familiarity with local financial regulations / generally accepted accounting principles
• German, Spanish or French language skills are of advantage but not mandatory

Other Requirements:

• High degree of problem solving skills
• High degree of numeracy and ability to analyse financial data
• Good negotiation and presentation skills
• Intercultural competence and ability to deal with difficult personalities 
• Ability to understand a complex global organisation and its hierarchy
• Ready to frequent travel both domestically (ABV, PHC) as well as internationally
• Ready to have irregular hours of work