Corporate Financial Analyst (Dangote Cement Plc) at Dangote

JOB SUMMARY

An experienced financial analyst is required to monitor the business performance and compliance across Pan-African Region.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

• Weekly review of Performance improvement plan execution with the Pan-African countries with clear corrective actions tracking.
• Provides assistance on implementation of group or region wide specific initiatives, policies and procedures ensuring that local perspective and specificities are always catered for.
• Focus on working capital management plan to optimize cash generation within the region and secure execution of repatriation plans- Focus on spares.
• Benchmark of material supply costing, working with the subsidiaries, to secure best applicable rates.
• Benchmark and standardization of approaches wherever this is applicable, creating a bridge between Group and countries.
• Reinforce and standardize variance analysis approach to better understand monthly performance and improve decision making process.
• Introduction of comparative analysis within region to identify best practices and ensure they are replicated, where relevant
• Support the digitalization of key financial processes to boost efficiency, standardization and security across the Region and within the Group
• Coordination of reviews of yearly budgets and quarterly forecast working in collaboration with Country controllers.
• Increase productivity by developing automated reporting, forecasting, reconciliation and performance tracking tools.
• Develop standard financial models for decision support.
• Support the Regional CFO with reviews of Monthly, Quarterly and yearly financial reports.
• Provide support on compliance improvement with the Tracking of Regional Audit reports and review of compliance dashboards.
• Support Finance department with approvals process at Group level.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Monthly on-time and first-time right financial reporting for all countries in scope.
• 100% Financial controls implementation across the Pan-Africa Region.
• Monthly performance Pan-Africa Dashboard submission.
• Weekly and monthly performance dashboards on-time submission (Build Momentum Tracker).
• On-time and quality Business Case reviews and submissions- Standard agreed format.
• Forecasting and Planning on-time internal reviews and submission to Group.
• On-time and quality execution of automation and digitalization processes working in collaboration with Group IT and local Finance Teams.
• Pan-Africa meetings coordination, reports submission and action plan follow-up on-time.
• Monthly analysis of Balance sheet accounts, P&L variances and cash flow positions.
• Financial KPIs benchmarking across Pan-Africa (Profitability, Liquidity, Efficiency, Valuation and Leverage).

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS & WORK EXPERIENCE

• First Degree in Business, Finance, Economics or related discipline.
• MBA an added advantage. Major in Business, Finance, Economics or Statistics –
• Relevant Professional Certification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Minimum of 10 years relevant work experience.
• Proven works in quantitatively heavy role
• Strong quantitative and analytical competency

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Good knowledge, exposure and understanding of the IFRS and SYSCOHADA standards.
• Good interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English with good notions of French.
• Strong business acumen.
• High numeracy and sound technical skills.
• Good time management skills and the ability to prioritize.
• Attention to details.
• High ethics and integrity.
• Flexible and able to work under pressure.
• Working knowledge of SAP would be an added advantage.