Jobs at Alan & Grant

Job Description

• Our Client is seeking a Corporate Finance Manager to provide financial leadership in strategic planning.
• This role entails owning the long-term financial plan, serving as a finance partner for strategic departments, and ensuring strategic plans translate into operational outcomes.
• The ideal candidate must possess extensive expertise in corporate financial accounting, adaptability to a dynamic startup environment, and a proactive, hands-on approach when necessary.
• Responsibilities encompass overseeing budgeting, accounting, fiscal management, and financial reporting while ensuring compliance with organizational and governmental regulations.
• Moreover, the candidate will mentor direct reports, guide management in financial decision-making, utilize relevant financial tools, demonstrate effective communication and leadership skills, and maintain current knowledge of industry standards.
• Reporting directly to the CEO, this role is pivotal in ensuring the organization's financial health and ROI generation.

Key Responsibilities

• ​Develop and implement financial strategies to support the company's growth and profitability goals
• Lead the treasury function, managing cash flow and liquidity across multiple jurisdictions, and developing and implementing risk management strategies
• Develop and maintain relationships with investors and other external stakeholders, including banks and financial institutions across multiple jurisdictions
• Manage corporate financing, refinancing, and manage the relations with banks and other lending institutions
• Oversee the audit preparation
• Design and implement risk management policies, including financial, credit, and exchange risks
• Ensure compliance with tax laws and regulations across multiple jurisdictions, and manage the tax function
• Develop and implement internal controls and processes to ensure the integrity of financial information across multiple locations and entities
• Manage the financial due diligence process for potential acquisitions and other strategic initiatives across multiple jurisdictions
• Lead the finance team, providing guidance and support to ensure accurate financial reporting and analysis for multiple locations and entities
• Overseeing the reconciliation of income and expense reports
• Preparing and analyzing financial statements and profit and loss reports
• Designing financial models that will benefit different operating initiatives
• Manage and oversee operations of the finance department to meet set goals and objectives.
• Preparation of various accounting reports, financial statements, budgets, cost analyses, rate studies projections and interpreting financial information to managerial staff while recommending further courses of action.
• Prepare and review detailed financial analysis to illustrate key business drivers, and performance indicators, identify engagement risk and determine the appropriate financial strategies to get desired results.
• Analyse data and advise senior managers on profit-maximising strategies; help optimise company profits over time by making intelligent decisions for investments or spending funds to have the greatest return on investment.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with other departmental Heads/Leads, other departments, outside agencies, vendors and state and federal auditors.
• Manage and oversee operations of the finance department to meet set goals and objectives.
• Developing and effectively implementing internal systems, business processes, SOPs, and organisational policies and procedures that ensure efficient and effective operations in finance.
• Conduct reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities
• Develop trends and projections for the company’s finances
• Advise on investment activities and provide strategies that the company should take
• Manage and coach an accounting team that can exhibit a great depth of the organisation’s values, and culture and show continuous growth in personal, departmental and organisational development.
• Up-to-date knowledge of industry standards for corporate finance administration, budget preparation and management, financial reporting, forecasting and financial analysis.
• Display in-depth understanding and application of leading practices in governance concerning finance in the workplace.

Requirements

• At least 2 years senior management level experience in a reputable organization with 6+ years experience as a Financial Manager
• Must have ACCA/ACA/CFA
• MBA/MSc in Finance
• Deep knowledge and use of relevant finance and data reporting tools/software
• A solid understanding of financial statistics and accounting principles
• Working knowledge of all statutory legislation and regulations
• Advanced proficiency in the use of MS Excel and other MS-word and G-suite tools

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Job Summary

As the Technology and Product Lead, you will work closely with the Partnership Lead to establish and manage the company's technology and product functions.

 

Your role involves leading technology and product development initiatives, designing and implementing new technology systems and infrastructure, and monitoring and optimizing their performance. Additionally, you will analyze business requirements, assess vendor solutions, and ensure data and cybersecurity compliance.

 

Your responsibilities also encompass overseeing equipment installation, troubleshooting, and repair. You will manage purchasing activities, maintain positive supplier relations, and supervise staff while ensuring accurate records are kept.

 

Responsibilities

 

Business Support Responsibilities

• Market and industry research and analysis to formulate ideas on how the business can improve - present monthly, quarterly and annual perspective to following
• Conduct information-gathering interviews and obtain feedback from clients and customers - present monthly feedback to management and other relevant departments
• Writing reports and developing presentations to communicate ideas, present proposals and findings - including annual report (released Q1 the following year), quarterly investor updates
• Writing concept notes and proposals
• Documenting, updating and implementing business processes and procedures
• Performing analyses on Excel - using data modelling techniques to identify ways in which the organization can operate more effectively.
• Preparing business dashboard to track KPIs and performance metrics.
• Conducting and coordinating meetings, conference calls and visits - gathering critical information to produce useful reports that contribute to strategic decisions
• Managing projects, developing project plans, and monitoring performance to ensure timely completion of deliverables
• Serving as a liaison between stakeholders (internal and external)
• Supporting other team members and departments based on the needs of the organisation

Technology Support Responsibilities

• Provide support across all channels, including chat, email, phone, video, in-person, etc. (the amount of time dedicated to each will vary based on operational needs).
• Troubleshooting across Company's corporate IT resources, applications, and various operating systems, including Linux, Mac OS, Windows, Chrome OS and mobile platforms.
• Assist staff members with resolving software, hardware, and networking issues.
• Support various services such as video conferencing, remote access, new internal products, and mobile technology.
• Collaborate and share knowledge across the team and other staff members.
• Contribute to various initiatives, including process improvement and documentation efforts to enhance the user experience.

Product Management Responsibilities

Define the vision

• Communicate with stakeholders to understand business objectives
• Create a road map
• Keep product in line with business goals

Prioritize needs

• Consider needs and objectives of stakeholders
• Juggle scope and time to prioritize projects

Manage the product backlog

• Create a list of backlog items
• Prioritize items based on overall strategy
• Map out dependencies

Oversee development stages

• Contribute to the planning, execution and review of each sprint
• Work with team to refine and improve the development process
• Monitor and report on users’ reactions after launching
• Create support and training documents for internal and external users

Anticipate business needs

• Understand and anticipate business needs to manage the development process
• Have deep knowledge of the market
• Create customer journey maps
• Suggest product enhancements to improve user experience

Act as primary liaison

• Gain buy-in from stakeholders
• Deliver clear instructions to the developers

Evaluate product progress

• Is accountable for each stage of the development process and final process
• Inspect and evaluate product process through each iteration
• ​Determine whether the final project is acceptable

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree from a tertiary institution - BA or BSC
• Professional Certificate relevant to role
• Certificate in a productivity tool (Microsoft/Google)
• Excel Intermediate Level Certification
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a supervisory capacity
• Experience managing at least one person for at least 6 months.
• Experience training a new employee on the job at the same level or below."
• Experience troubleshooting in a Linux, Mac OS, or Windows networked environment - supporting desktops/laptops, phone systems, video conference, and/or various wireless devices.
• Customer service, client facing, and/or help desk experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant STEM field (e.g. Information Systems, Information Technology, Applied Networking, System Administration).
• Completion of a relevant technical certification (e.g., Grow with Google, IT Support Certificate or other comparable certifications).
• Work experience, including deploying and supporting desktops/laptops, phone systems, video conferencing and various wireless devices.
• Ability to adjust quickly to changing priorities and make quick decisions with limited information.
• Effective organizational, communication, leadership, and teamwork/collaboration skills, and passion for new technology and commitment to learning new skills.
• Proficient in coding with Kotlin or Java
• Good SQL skills
• Good understanding of database schema design.
• Understanding of how to interface with API.
• Good understanding of managing security using JWT within apps
• Fair understanding of firebase for notifications

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Job Summary

• The custodian of Quality, Food Safety and Compliance and the challenger of all functions to drive the quest for zero defects as the essential base for maintaining consumer trust, confidence and preference.
• Provides Quality & Food Safety leadership to the business through strategy setting, development, and deployment of business plans to ensure that all products adhere to the company's specifications, aligned with statutory and regulatory requirements as well as customer expectations.
• Inspires and empowers excellence in health and safety across the factory, providing leadership to enable staff realize their health and safety goals. Key contact on Health, Safety and Environment related matters for the company.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, implement and improve the site’s Quality and Food Safety Management Systems,  maintaining the Operating Quality and Food Safety Manuals,  relevant procedures and work instructions.
• Develop and maintain competences to ensure quality awareness and food safety culture in the organization.
• Manage and oversee the running of the Quality Assurance department, preparing and implementing the budget,  ensuring correct functioning of the factory laboratory and facilities, and safety and training of staff.
• Work collaboratively with various stakeholders to ensure factory facilities and resources are adequate and in good conditions to ensure product quality and safety through strict adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Hygienic Practices (GHP).
• Lead and manage the Food Safety team, ensuring establishment, update, and adequate implementation of HACCP / TACCP / VACCP for the site.
• Manage and report Quality KPIs and internal audit program, assessing the performance of the Quality System, reporting its effectiveness to the Management, and promoting corrective and preventative measures towards continuous improvement.
• Lead the sites to maintain readiness status for Quality and Food Safety certification and surveillance audits, e.g. ISO 9001, FSSC 22000.
• Responsible for product release through effective implementation of the Quality Monitoring Scheme, ensuring product proper sampling, accurate and timely feedback on internal and third-party tests for positive release of products and for analytical parameters for monitoring.
• Ensure the site’s Integrated Pest Management program is effectively implemented.
• Coordinate and lead related audits and inspections by customers, and certification and regulatory bodies.
• Support upstream quality assurance initiatives, training, and development of competences to ensure that all suppliers (of milk and packaging materials) meet Company specifications consistently.
• Support downstream activities to maintain product quality through the company’s distribution channels to ensure the wholesomeness of finished products delivered to customers and consumers.
• Lead consumer and customer complaints investigations ensuring root cause analysis and effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Gatekeeper for change management processes, including product innovation and renovation.
• Lead Management reviews of Quality and Food Safety for the site.
• Identify priorities, challenges, and opportunities for improvement in health, safety and environment management systems.
• Develop implementation plan to ensure compliance with statutory health, safety and environment requirements.
• Perform other duties as may be deemed necessary by the Head of Operations.

Requirements

• Minimum of HND, Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Food Science / Technology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Chemistry or related discipline.
• 4+ years of experience in the food manufacturing within a Quality Assurance role.
• Experience in Dairy is an advantage.

Skills & Competencies:

• Exceptional attention to details
• Ability to lead, develop and motivate a team.
• Pragmatic, self-starting, and team player.
• Strong organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to deliver results in a fast-paced environment, under pressure with little or no supervision.
• Good knowledge of Quality Management Systems, food safety /HACCP, food microbiology, foreign body prevention, etc.
• Proficiency in Non-Conformity Management. Able to analyse problems, detect root causes and proffer corrective and preventive actions to resolve issues.
• Generally tech-savvy with competency in Excel, Word, Power Point as a minimum

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Role Summary

• We are looking for a mission-driven and impact obsessed self-starter who has intellectual curiosity and the ability to learn about a range of issues quickly, with a passion to improve the well-being of women in Nigeria.
• The Partnership Lead is responsible for all partnership and development activities.
• You will develop and manage Câm’s institutional relationships, develop tools and systems to support partnership development and management activities, and help lead specific projects that are uniquely dependent on partnerships.

Responsibilities 

Scoping and cultivating new partnerships:

• Develop an overarching partnerships strategy, framework and implementation plan for sourcing, engaging and managing strategic relationships across the globe.
• Create a systematic, process-driven approach to partner engagement, relationship management and continuously capture knowledge and understanding about our strategic partners.
• Work with the CEO and senior leadership team to identify current high-priority partners for individual initiatives and programmes, their current approaches to partnership development and management, and their near- and long-term goals for current and desired partnerships.
• Identify partnership engagement opportunities and build on partnership engagement work plan in conjunction with the CEO
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure partner implementations are delivered as agreed.
• Identify partners to support the scale and adoption of Câm’s initiatives– with a specific focus on identifying further joint fundraising opportunities.
• Research partners, identify key players and generate interest.
• Forecast, measure, and report the results of various programmes with partners, including co-created and/or co-sponsored initiatives, and/or event partnerships.
• Deliver a great experience to our partners when working with our organization - you will represent our brand and be our partners’ liaison internally.
• Liaise with agencies where necessary to reach maximum engagement and impact.

Donor relations, prospect and proposal development:

• Support continued donor mapping to identify and quantify the most significant high-return funding prospects for company in line with Câm’s funding strategy.
• Develop relevant funder communications aligning company's impact to funders’ focus.
• Working with the Marketing and Communications Lead to develop and update external-facing communication content.
• Match potential funders with programs and devise short, medium and long-term funder engagement plans for key funders and/or income streams, in consultation with the CEO.
• Coordinate and lead on proposal delivery as assigned, including joint development of budgets.
• Coordinate and lead on funder report delivery as assigned, including the programme financial reports.
• Acts as a focal point for company fundraising and partnership teams, Public Sector Partnerships and a focal point on global as well as regional funding opportunities.
• Work closely with the finance department to ensure alignment with the company's finance strategies and policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor (Master’s a plus) degree in relevant field
• 5+ years of experience in institutional fundraising and corporate partnerships, ideally within any sector.
• Strong understanding of funders including USAID, FCDO, Mastercard Foundation, and funder requirements and procedures
• Knowledge and experience of responding to funding calls from funders and developing funding relationships with private and corporate foundations
• Experience in developing and maintaining partnerships with organizations to collaborate on programme ideas
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with proven ability to write persuasively and with a high degree of professionalism
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work with diverse individuals and organisations, including multinational corporates
• Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (especially Power point) and Google tools and a willingness to learn new software eg. Airtable, Salesforce