Job Openings at Stern & Kay Consulting Limited

Location: Lagos Mainland, Lagos

Job Summary

• The Treasury function is required to assess, monitor, plan and manage the efficient utilization of cash and financial services in a manner consistent with the objectives of the Company thereby ensuring that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational requirements

Key Responsibility Areas

• Responsible for the timely reconciliation of the company's cash and cash equivalents accounts, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data and submit for timely review.
• Ensure the maintenance of corporate liquidity.
• Develop and manage strategies, operations, and policies around treasury activities.
• Handle all incoming and outgoing banking transactions on behalf of the company
• Seek to maintain a positive professional relationship with partner financial intuitions
• Prepares Daily and Weekly Treasury Statement (DTS)
• Do daily call over exercise for all banks
• Maintains database of global bank account details and facilitate documentation requirements
• Analyzes bank fees as related to loans and charges
• Ensures treasury management reports, agreements and all other required documentations are reviewed and stored for record keeping
• Carry out bank reconciliation of all banks and submit it for timely review
• Prepares treasury and liquidity reports for management
• Assist with month-end closing
• Collect data and prepare monthly metrics

Requirements and Qualifications

• HND / Degree in Finance, Accounting or any relevant field
• Minimum of 3 years experience in Treasury or in a relevant financial management position.
• Detailed knowledge of financial legislation and practices
• Knowledge of monetary markets, business investment management and financing strategies
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, include presentation skills
• Good leadership and decision-making abilities in a business setting
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and V-lookups
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interact and work cross-functionally with various levels of the organization.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to independently research and resolve tasks with minimal supervision with awareness and motivation to collaborate when necessary.
• Perform highly detailed work with accuracy and precision.
• Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced highly collaborative environment.

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Location: Lagos Mainland, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• We are currently seeking an experienced, and thorough Management Accountant to join our organization.
• In this role, you will demonstrate your management skills and accounting expertise in a variety of personal and corporate accounting practices, including overseeing payables, receivables, inventory, payroll and taxes.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Perform financial analysis and report to the Finance Controller as needed.
• Perform month-end accounting activities such as reconciliations and journal entries.
• Coordinate with the finance team to complete assigned accounting tasks within deadlines.
• Generate financial reports and statements to the Finance Controller for review.
• Analyze financial discrepancies and recommend effective resolutions.
• Monitor expenditures, analyze revenues and determine budget variances and report the same to management.
• Ensure compliance with key Accounts and Financial functions in line with internal Period End Closure checklists.
• Respond to accounting inquiries from management in a timely fashion.
• Provide guidance to other Accountants when needed.
• Assist in budget preparation and expense management activities for assigned accounts.
• Assist in auditing activities by providing necessary information and preparing requested documentation.
• Preparation of periodic accounting reports as well as end-of-year management accounts.
• Input and posting into the computerized accounting systems
• Preparation of Management Accounts schedules.
• Supervision of the bank reconciliation process
• Communicate with all departments in ensuring invoices are approved and signed off.
• Monitor and record financial transactions according to company policies and regulations.
• Review and recommend changes to existing accounting procedures.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Minimum of a HND / University Degree and relevant certification(s).
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA is a must. A Master’s degree is an advantage.
• Six or more years related experience and a minimum of 3 years’ experience in management
• In-depth understanding of regulatory policies
• Exceptional computer skills, including Microsoft Office and databases
• Expertise working with ERP and financial statements
• Consistent, accurate, and thorough with an eye for details
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and V-lookups
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently research and resolve tasks with minimal supervision with awareness and motivation to collaborate when necessary.
• Perform highly detailed work with accuracy and precision.
• Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced highly collaborative environment.

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Location: Lagos Mainland, Lagos

Job Summary

• As the Accounts Payables Specialist, you are an enthusiastic, personable, vendor-focused team player. You thrive in a high-paced, ever-changing environment and are well-organized. You can quickly assess a situation, initiate, and lead others in the steps to resolve the issue and see it through to completion. You take ownership and responsibility for all tasks you’re assigned and see teamwork as a vital component of team success.
• You will maintain strong, collaborative relationships with Procurement, Projects, Sales and Admin Departments as well as all the external suppliers.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Manages full-cycle accounts payable function including vendor management and other cash disbursements, ensuring accurate and timely workflow of Accounts Payable processes.
• Receives, verifies, and processes invoices, purchase orders, and other bills to be paid by researching discrepancies and duplicates with vendor(s), balancing ledger accounts and recommending for payments as needed.
• Preparing analyses of accounts and producing monthly reports relevant to the Payables function.
• Ensure compliance with key Accounts Payable controls in line with internal Period End Closure checklists, Quarterly Financial Control and Compliance Framework (FCCF) report.
• Paying vendors by scheduling pay cheques and ensuring payment is received for outstanding credit; generally responding to all vendor enquiries regarding finance
• Develop and analyze routine metrics for the Accounts Payables and utilize them to drive process improvements.
• Assists in setting up new vendors, contractors, and other service providers for payment. Also maintains strong relationships with vendors and others as needed to research and resolve variances, account discrepancies and statement reconciliation issues.
• Complete ad-hoc projects for management. Actively participate in weekly status meetings.
• Ensure accurate and timely financial postings to the general ledger system.
• Execute other tasks as assigned from time to time by the Finance Controller

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or other relevant field.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience.
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and V-lookups
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interact and work cross-functionally with various levels of the organization.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to independently research and resolve tasks with minimal supervision with awareness and motivation to collaborate when necessary.
• Perform highly detailed work with accuracy and precision.
• Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced highly collaborative environment.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects and manage against deadlines.
• High level of energy and enthusiasm.

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Job Purpose

• Produce items of the right quality, right quantity, at the right time and at minimum cost.

Key Roles & Responsibilities
Staff Management & Operational Duties:

• Planning, organizing and meeting up with production schedules
• Determine and align quality control and production processes with Company’s objectives.
• Maintain optimum operation by creating a detailed production plan schedule.
• Keep up with the effective running of the factory by forecasting and preventing down-times
• Supervise factory workers
• Schedule periodic maintenance of equipment within the factory
• Introduce new product designs and maintain timeline for product development and launching
• Monitor and ensure health and safety regulations are met
• Liaise with procurement in selecting, ordering and purchasing production materials
• Identifying, recommending and sup training needs of production Staff
• Estimating, negotiating and drafting budget and timescales with clients and managers
• Coordinate work sharing and schedule for production staff
• Recommend efficient methods and machines for production to Management
• Oversee factory workers, production and efficiency of the machines to make sure the factory is running smoothly, quickly, efficiently, effectively and safely
• Liaise with HR to optimize human capital
• Liaise with the Human Resources Manager on company’s policies and procedures and communicate same to the factory workers.
• Produce timely periodic report to Management

Strategic Production Planning Duties:

• Create a system and plan a strategy for the factory to be more systematic and organized
• Oversee factory workers, production, and efficiency of the machines to make sure the factory is running smoothly, quickly, efficiently, effectively and safely
• Create a system and plan a strategy for the factory to be more systematic and organized
• Ensure safety regulations and policies are implemented among the factory workers in accordance to Standards Organization of Nigeria
• Assist in costing of finished products and determining labour rate on item produce
• Responsible for contributing to and carrying out production strategy decisions.

Regulatory and Quality Control Duties:

• Ensure safety regulations and policies are implemented among the factory workers
• Ensure appropriate health and safety procedures are in place and applied rigorously.
• Collect and look through data to find places of waste or places for improvement
• Ensure compliance of worker’s safety as well as monitor the production equipment to make sure that they stay in good working order, and repair or replace the equipment when needed.
• Maintain close relationship with every department of the factory to make sure everything runs smoothly.
• Plan production activities, production meetings, machine maintaining schedules, worker schedules and budget maintenance schedules and quality of products.

Key Performance Indicators (KPI):

• Meet production targets
• New product design lines
• Production cost saving
• Production downtime
• Production quality output

Academic Qualifications (Minimum)

• B.Eng / B.Tech in Woodwork Processing, Engineering or Production Field

Relevant Work Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in furniture Manufacturing
• Track record achievement as a production/Factory Supervisor

Knowledge:

• Excellent Knowledge of production, maintenance, trouble shooting, business acumen

Other Qualifications:

• Project Management Certification, COREN or its equivalent

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Proven experience in Furniture Manufacturing and designs
• Demonstrable competency in strategic planning and Operational Management
• Working knowledge of data analysis and performance/operation metrics
• Working knowledge of IT/Business infrastructure and MS Office Suites
• Good knowledge of market and sales lead.