Finance and Admin Manager at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Job- Profile: 

• The Finance and Admin Manager (FAM) is responsible for all aspects of financial management and administration of the Supply Chain Initiative. 
• The FAM is responsible for overall financial management, including budgeting and monitoring of expenditures; financial reporting and auditing; forecasting expenditures; and maintaining and supervising accounts, banking and financial operations, and all administrative work.

Job-role: The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Oversee the financial management functions and provide strategic leadership for accounting and financial reporting functions including financial processing on the ERP, monthly bank reconciliations and reporting to leadership team.
• Business strategy development, planning and forecasting to ensure achievement of organisational targets.
• Design, develop and update financial, procurement and administrative policies to ensure the unit complies with laid down policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Establishes and implements internal controls, and administrative systems, policies, and procedures to ensure day-to-day operational activities are efficient and effective and are in-line with approved strategic initiatives and budgetary allocations.
• Ensure that all operational services are audited for their efficiency and effectiveness on a regular basis and establish suitable risk identification and mitigation management measures.
• Customer service optimisation including prompt payment for 3PLs, vendors and employees.
• Efficient Administrative services and supervision of admin officers.

Qualifications/Experience

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Finance, Business, Accounting, or another relevant field is required.
• A master’s degree or membership in a professional body such as ACCA, CPA or ICAN will be an added advantage.
• Six to ten years of relevant work experience managing, in increasing roles of responsibility broad financial and admin management roles with at least three years in the supply chain/logistics industry.
• Sound knowledge of financial management, administrative skills including procurement
• Sound knowledge of the Nigerian financial regulatory environment.

Skills and Competencies required.

• High level financial management skills including accounting, financial modelling, financial reporting, cash flow management etc.
• Highly analytical with demonstrable ability for strategic thinking, expertise in complex problem solving and critical thinking.
• Demonstrable proficiency with using ERPs, financial management systems and accounting software, excel and spreadsheets.
• Strong risk management and mitigation skills
• Excellent written and oral communication, presentation, and negotiation skills