Senior Commercial Manager at Siemens

Req Id: 180399
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Job Family: Finance
Organization: Gas and Power
Experience Level: Experienced Professional

Job Descriptions

• A Senior Commercial Manager who will be responsible for managing commercial operations within the project activities.
• This role will be responsible for driving performance, optimize processes and provide strong direction in execution of all commercial tasks, with a strong ability to work independently.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive performance, optimize processes
• Identify contractual risks and opportunities and recommend business oriented mitigations/ actions and/or alternative solutions in collaboration with the other members of the team.
• Ensure professional internal and external stakeholder management
• Manage customer expectations and execute projects to the satisfaction of the customer, creating additional business opportunities out of the ongoing project
• Strategic and commercial ability to play a part in the growth of the business by building a high performing finance function.
• Ensure that the company risk management methodology and agreed processes are effectively deployed and adhered to and that any significant issues within the business are brought to attention in a professional and timely manner
• Ensure compliance with IFRS reporting guidelines
• Ensure regular and accurate financial planning controlling and reporting and a concurrent costing to optimize the Business unit profit and cash flow
• Reporting to the Head of Division Commercial, and partnering with Head of Other departments to deliver the Business unit strategy.
• Pro-actively managing working capital, cash flow and funding requirements, including credit control and supplier payments

What Do I Need to Qualify?

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Good numerical skills and the ability to interpret and apply accounting and other relevant guidelines
• Result and quality orientation with an eye for detail to ensure an excellent accuracy of work
• Excellent written skills and attention to detail - ability to express complex commercial issues simply and coherently is essential
• Professional qualification with relevant accounting body (i.e. ICAN, ACCA, CIMA, etc)
• 10 years post qualification experience in similar role.