Chief Financial Officer at Proten International

Our client in the Agricultural Industry is currently hiring fir the role of Chief Financial Officer.

Key Responsibilities

Finance Strategy and Risk Management

• Develop and continuously iterate the organizations fund raising and financial control and risk management strategy by liaising with key operational leaders to identify gaps and propose innovative solutions.
• Examples would include leveraging a technology platform to enable potential financiers transparency on the risks they are taking with their portfolios.
• Lead risk management by analyzing BG’s liabilities and investments.
• Construct and monitor reliable control systems and ensure that record keeping meets the requirements of auditors and government authorities.
• Report risk issues to the finance & audit committee of the board of directors.

Finance Operations

• Lead all operations including but not limited to Corporate Finance, Financial Control, Audit, Treasury & Finance Operations, Tax and Financial Planning & Analysis.
• Working with our clients Labs, oversee the development and implementation of a digital transformation strategy to accelerate the scalability of our clients model, while improving our risk management and financial controls.
• Lead all relevant 3rd party relationships including investors, banking relationships, auditors etc
• Build, develop, evaluate and retain a highly-qualified team of finance professionals.
• Ensure that the organization has strong control systems with clear policy violation guidelines.

Leadership and Team Development

• Foster a culture of transparency and accountability in the Finance department.
• Develop and maintain a plan that provides for succession and continuity in the most critical Finance positions.
• Create, implement and maintain a continuous improvement and control plan for overall business operations, while supporting the finance teams to meet business needs. 
• Minimum of 10 years of experience
• Implementing and Scaling Financial Controls and Risk Management Systems in Supply Chain/Logistics
• Deep leadership experience in a supply chain and logistics intensive organization that has leveraged a digital transformation strategy to accelerate rapid scale, while maintaining strong financial controls and risk management systems.
• Built a Platform to Channel Large Amounts of Capital to SMEs
• Deep leadership experience working with third party organizations to unlock over $100 million in capital to SMEs, leveraging digital solutions.

Start Up Environment

• Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.
• Unlocking Potential of Team Members
• Extensive experience and passion for coaching mentoring a team.
• Detailed Orientation and Managing Complexity
• Extensive experience leading a complex organization and passion for getting into details to identify root cause of issues and create innovative solutions

Location and Travel

• Work Remotely form Current Base
• Our client currently operates a decentralized model with 10 offices spread across Nigeria.
• Role would be based remotely in the location within time zone GMT -1 to GMT + 5. However, despite location, candidate would be expected to be accessible by their team via video conference during normal working hours in Lagos Nigeria from 9am – 6pm GMT+1.

Travel 20% of Time to Nigeria
Role would require an estimated 2 – 3 weeks of travel per quarter to Lagos, Nigeria with limited travel to Northern Nigeria.
Role would also require additional travel to partner sites across the globe.