Manager, Finance & Strategy Analysis at Credit Direct Limited

Location: Ikeja, Lagos

Key Responsibilities
Strategic and Executive Leadership:

• Manages the development of corporate plans and budgets by playing a lead role in all the planning and budgeting activities performed by the business.
• Direct and monitor all financial activity of the organisation.
• Management company cash flow.
• Outline and implement company-wide budget plans.
• Work with and advise the investment team on solid financial decision making to increase profits and minimize losses.
• Provide strategic financial planning advice to upper management for long-term growth.
• Establish internal work processes for financial division (including accounting and billing) and monitor their progress.
• Maintain and manage investor client relationships.
• Analyse and interpret financial data and present the information with reports and presentations to the board of directors and executive director.
• Manage cash from any outside grants or funding.
• Stay abreast of current market trends and patterns and act accordingly.
• Assess company spending and work to reduce costs.
• Have a clear understanding of and adhere to current laws and regulations.
• Oversee all accounting work and set up internal and external audits to ensure the accuracy of information.
• Monitor and ensure timely identification and compliance with evolving accounting guidance, provide regulatory interpretations, and prepare technical memorandums that document issues in a clear, logical, and comprehensive manner.
• Communicate and explain accounting issues and evolving accounting guidance to the management team.
• Perform continuous assessment of the close process and process re-engineering to reduce the timing to close the financial period.

Financial Reporting & Analytics:

• Prepare quarterly and annual reports and manage the internal and external review.
• Use data analysis to strategically forecast financial trends.
• Supervise company financial statements monthly and annually, as needed.
• Manage communications with external auditors on external financial statements and accounting issues to ensure auditor agreement with company decisions on accounting disclosures, and issues.
• Assist in the coordination of annual audit and quarterly review activities of external auditors.
• Create, implement, and maintain comprehensive accounting policy documents to improve clarity and consistency.
• Implement and maintain reporting procedures to comply with internal control requirements.
• Support month-end and year-end closing.

Business Operations:

• Manage all analyses that will provide valuable benchmarking for management as well as timely insights to various divisions.
• Analyse long-term market trends for the purpose of providing recommendations to leadership and management across the business regarding business development opportunities, inclusive of acquisition and disposal strategies.
• Establish and review key strategic priorities and translates them into actionable and quantitative plans.
• Oversee audit and tax functions.

Requirements

• A First Degree.
• Master's in Finance or MBA is an added advantage.
• ICAN, ACCA, CFA or other relevant certifications.
• At least 15 years experience in financial reporting, analytics, management accounting and strategy development & execution with at least 8 years of progressive experience in a senior leadership and management role.
• Knowledge of financial management principles and practices, regulatory environment, and policies.
• Knowledge of wide array of Fintech applications, processes, and systems.
• Prior work experience in a Financial Service or a Fintech organisation