Regional Finance Director Ref: DRM/114/RFD at Human Edge Consulting

The Role
Reporting to the CEO Nigeria/Regional Director, WECA, you will be expected to provide leadership in the formulation and implementation of financial strategy for accomplishing the agency's business mission and objectives.

Specific responsibilities shall include:

• Preparation of budgets and financial reports for the region including statements of income and financial position, tax returns and reports for government regulatory agencies
• Providing- proposals on changes to and implementation of approved accounting policies and procedures whilst overseeing adherence to same by BU Heads of Finance
• Contributing to the achievement of regional business objectives and meeting legal responsibilities across jurisdictions by providing advice and guidance on financial strategy.
• Reviewing and standardizing all major regional client contracts, triggering changes for consistency with company financial goals and minimizing business risks.
• Working in collaboration with the regional tax advisors and auditors for effective tax planning.

The Person

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, ACA, CFA) with a keen commercial sense
• Minimum of 15 years post qualification experience in both accounting and management
• Substantial working experience of management, ideally within
• FMCG organizations with a high volume/velocity of financial transactions, and/or in a leading media advertising agency in a developing country environment
• Hands-on working knowledge of how to consolidate BU monthly financial variances into uss profit leak analyses at regional level
• Whilst managing transaction and translation exposures across soft currency environments/jurisdictions.