Job Vacancies at Adexen Recruitment Agency

Industry: Logistics & Transport
Job Seniority: Director
Job Category: Accounting and Finance

Responsibilities

• Represents the Company to banks at decision making level to position the company as a key customer.
• Drives the fulfillment of funds requirement of the company for the smooth running of operations and growth (investment) requirements.
• Ensures the cost of funds is optimized.
• Ensures right mix of local and foreign currency funds and minimize currency risks.
• Supports the GCFO in identifying, exploring, and availing alternate sources of funds like international institutions, PE, and DFIs and think & create innovative instruments for funding.
• Integral part of the Leadership team to ensure business operations are managed effectively and efficiently.
• Works with CEO and functional heads to drive waste and inefficiencies in all the functions of the organization.
• Minimizes and optimizes working capital requirements by focusing on improvement in various functions of the company.
• Identifies and focuses on process enhancement, redesign, and/ or design in line with highest operational standards.
• Supervises the finance and accounts team to build fiscal discipline, financial accounting, control, and reporting for the company.
• Responsible for creating processes and controls for reducing exposure and minimizing risks to the organization.
• Drives the AOP process.
• Manages cash flows and its effective utilization.
• Leads the company in reporting and representation to the Board and other review platforms within the group.
• Manages external and internal audits to ensure compliance to statutory and group standards and regulations.
• Drives the automation and responsible for system utilization to reduce manual work in the finance and accounts team.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accouting or Finance from a recognised University
• Master's Degree is a plus
• Minimum of 10 years experience in a similar senior role within a large company
• Experience in Banking & Treasury, Accounting & Internal Control, Taxation...
• Deep understanding of business operations, key drivers (of revenues and costs) and significant understanding of how to improve operations.
• Previous experience in Nigeria / Emerging countries is a plus
• Experience of managing B/S and P/L.
• Team management & interpersonal skills.

Skills:

• Tax
• Banking
• Process Improvement
• Internal Audit
• Accounting
• Leadership
• Finance
• Team Management.

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Industry: Industry & Manufacturing
Job Seniority: Manager
Job Category: Engineering and Production

Responsibilities

• Assisting the HO management in plant operations, Purchase process, Rate contracts and Frame agreements.
• Review of African plants local & import purchases
• Submitting the review report for the approval and release in SAP.
• Review of the POs related to the plants outside Nigeria
• Carry out the final negotiations with the suppliers for the high value import purchases to get the better price.
• Coordinating with the plants for the technical and commercial clarifications for the spare parts purchase 
• Obtaining the quality reports of the specific materials purchased with the plant technical departments.
• Coordinating with the plant technical departments and the vendors in the disputes of the materials supplies if any 
• Preparing the fuel / additives strategies for the plant operations.
• Preparing the fuel strategies with the latest different fuel prices and the quality of the fuel for plants 
• Coordinate with the SAP team.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from a recognised University
• Graduate in Business Administration (BBA).
• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA – Finance) is a plus
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in Manufacturing, Building Materials, Chemicals industry
• Extensive experience in plant maintenance & operations
• Experience in SAP implementation and support.
• Communication and presentation skills.

Skills:

• Materials
• Process Improvement
• Supply Chain
• Contract Negotiation
• SAP
• Procurement
• Leadership
• Negotiation
• Team Management
• Maintenance Management.

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Industry: Industry & Manufacturing
Job Seniority: Director
Job Category: Accounting and Finance

Responsibilities

• This role provides the leadership and expertise to the group on finance function and supports the achievement of vision for the group.
• The role is responsible for financial strategy and strengthens group companies finances to deliver their business vision.
• The role is expected to manage financial health of the companies and help them create value for the stakeholders.
• The key objective is to build net-worth and value in each group company
• Develops the financial strategy which will meet the vision and net-worth and health goals set by the board of directors.  
• Define the “extent of problem”, possible alternatives to resolve them with advantages and disadvantages of the alternatives. Drives the “buy-in” of the Board for the appropriate option.
• Draws the roadmap for execution of the selected option with key milestones and timelines.
• Creates a Dashboard to update the progress on the plan against the targets.
• Builds relationships with banks at decision making level to position the group as a key customer.
• Drives the fulfillment of funds requirement of all group companies for their operations and growth (investment) requirements.
• Ensures the cost of funds is optimized.
• Create strategy and processes to ensure right mix of local and foreign currency funds to get lower cost of finance and minimize currency risks.
• Explore funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), wherever possible. 
• Identify, explore, and avail alternate sources of funds like international institutions, PE, and DFIs and think and create innovative instruments for funding.
• Understands and develops plan to manage the applicable Taxation framework for the group, and all group companies.
• Works with Tax advisors to implement the agreed taxation compliance road map.
• Builds relationships with relevant government authorities at the decision-making levels.
• Actively works and innovates on minimizing the tax liabilities for the group companies and the group.
• Supervises the Group Financial Controller (GFC) to builds fiscal discipline, financial accounting, control, and reporting across all the group companies.
• Supervises the group budgetary process.
• Drives the team to create standardized and automated processes to efficiently report financials.
• Manages cash flows, drives operational efficiencies, and reduce working capital requirements in group companies.
• Manages external and internal audits to ensure compliance to statutory and group standards.
• Drives the automation and system utilization to reduce manual work in the finance and accounts teams across the group.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting & Finance from a recognized university
• MBA is a plus
• Minimum of 10 years experience of leading and managing the finance department of large-to-mid sized group / organization.
• Deep and wide finance function knowledge of at least 3-4 areas. (Corporate/ Investment finance, commercial, Banking & Treasury, Accounting & Internal Control, Taxation, Governance & risk)
• Experience of working in Nigeria, Network and existing relationship with Banks, and Government Authorities
• Experience of managing B/S and P/L.
• Experience of structuring B/S.
• Experience of managing stakeholders.
• Mature, high EQ, pragmatic, flexible approach, and strong commercial judgment.
• Structured approach, problem solving ability and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Team management & interpersonal skills.
• Positive, strong work ethics, and ability to prioritize.

Skills:

• Compliance
• Tax
• Auditing
• Banking
• Corporate Finance
• Forecasting
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Reporting
• Leadership, Finance
• Team Management
• Shared Services
• Governance.