Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at JAM Recruitment

Salary: €70,000 - €75,000 per year
Role: Permanent

Chief Financial Officer CFO - Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Ref No: AS/74519/GM

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Onne, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Salary: €75,000.00 (net salary) + bonus + benefits + 4 months paid holiday

Language Skills : English (essential), French (essential)

Work Pattern : Back to back 2 months on (on site) 1 month off (off site)

The Background:

• The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the financial and accounting management of the company;
• Provide timely and reliable financial information and analysis that leads to effective decision making in-country;
• Keep track of and follow up all production costs and other kinds of expenses of the whole company;
• Provides financial information and analysis that supports the country to meet agreed objectives;
• Report to the General Manager, and reports functionally to the group CFO;

The Role:

• Ensures all necessary books and records are being properly maintained as required by law and closed on a timely basis.
• Maintains proper internal control over revenue and expenses of the company
• Cash management: Constant monitoring of invoicing process & cash collection; bank and FOREX daily follow-up and transactions; Weekly detailed cash reporting to GM & HQ
• Handle cost and inventory accounting function
• Provide clear and appropriate cost analysis as well as advice and measures to manage and control costs efficiently;
• Work on developing and improving the reporting system to help senior management have a quick overview and analysis of cost status;
• Coordinate with various departments' to prepare forecasts & budget;
• Periodically analyze variances actual expenses vs. budget & forecast, and report them to senior management and relevant managers;
• Evaluate the key performance indicator of production and inventory
• Risk and opportunities cost analysis
• Compare Actual to Budget, analyze deviations, suggest actions to Management
• Coordinate with Departments, calculate and report impact of changes in prices, selling prices, sales volume etc
• Monitors the financial performance of the company and advise management of any remedial actions required.
• Prepares and submits the finance report to management, besides accounts reconciliation and other regular reports
• Prepares annual budget for approval and ensure proper budgetary control.
• Provides to the Head Office in France the group reporting package
• Optimization of IT
• Risk management (insurance, contracts, commitments, litigation)
• And more generally, the coordination of resources, planning and organization of work within services.

The Person :

• Reliable, with a sense of responsibility and integrity
• Able to maintain a strong network, able to work and communicate with the operators
• Master the IT environment
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment
• Management skills, analytical skills, communication skills, negotiating, problem solving skills
• Degree holder in Finance and Accounting
• Previous management experience in a similar position, in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in an international company is a plus
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Internet, Outlook.