Finance Manager at Jagal Group

Purpose
• To support the Financial Controller (Management Accounts) in the leadership of the Finance Department
• To lead the Payroll and Timekeeping Departments

Key Aims
• Ensure that payrolls are prepared and paid in a timely and accurate manner
• Ensure that financial reporting is provided in a timely and accurate manner
• Provide financial analysis to meet internal and external requirements
• Lead, develop and motivate a professional team in the Finance Department in order to provide high-quality service to both internal and external users
• Ensure compliance with financial regulatory requirements

Key Responsibilities
Support:
Provide support to the Financial Controller including but not limited to the following functions:
• Monthly Management Accounts:
Produce monthly management accounts within 7 working days of the month end including variance analysis, KPI analysis and recommendations to improve financial performance;
Ensure the accuracy and integrity of the monthly management accounts;
Review key assumptions for reasonableness; analyse and quantify key risks and judgements used in the financial figures reported.
• Vendors:
Oversee the management of vendor invoice processing to ensure vendor liabilities are captured in a timely and accurate manner and to enable timely payment by the Treasury Department.
• Client invoicing:
Oversee the management of client invoicing to ensure that it is carried out in a timely and accurate manner and that all amounts chargeable are fully captured;
Provide support to other departments to maximise amounts invoiced to clients and to efficiently collect payments.
• Financial Information and Support:
Provide financial information to support commercial activities within the business and other departments as required.
• Annual external accounts audit.

Payroll and Timekeeping:
• Manage the preparation of payrolls to ensure that they are prepared and paid in a timely and accurate manner;
• Manage the payment of tax, pension and other deductions and statutory payments to ensure they are paid in a timely and accurate manner within statutory deadlines;
• Manage the deduction and calculation of taxes, pension contributions and other statutory deductions and payments to ensure that they comply with contractual and statutory regulations;
• Manage the timekeeping function to ensure timely and accurate recording of labour hours worked;
• Manage the processing of payroll transactions within the ERP system including labour and man-hour allocations;
• Provide support to the HR Department for the communication of financially-related payroll issues to staff;
• Provide payroll information to other departments as required (within confidentiality limits defined by management);
• Manage payroll tax, pension and other payroll-related audits;
• Maintain the confidentiality and integrity of the payroll function.

ERP System and Financial Procedures and Controls:
• Actively participate in the development and improvement of the ERP system;
• Actively participate in the development of financial reporting in the ERP system to meet company requirements;
• Support the Financial Controller to develop financial procedures and monitor compliance;
• Support the Financial Controller to develop and monitor financial controls to prevent and detect fraud and error both within and outside of the ERP system.

Finance staff:
Work with the Financial Controller to:
• Ensure that staff are properly trained and supervised to meet the requirements of their positions;
• Assess performance on a regular basis to identify deficiencies, improve performance and develop staff;
• Lead, motivate and provide direction to staff.

HSE:
• Pro-actively support a strong safety culture within the company.

Key Interfaces
• Treasury personnel, Finance Projects and Planning personnel, Commercial personnel, Supply Chain personnel, Vendors, Statutory bodies, External auditors

Reports to:
• Financial Controller
• Qualified accountant
• Wide experience of working with ERP/Accounting software
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office applications
• Strong communication, interpersonal and leadership skills
• Experience of leading a finance team
• Ability to process complex financial data and communicate in a clear, concise manner
Lagos - Lagos, LA NG (Primary)