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Our client is the foremost supplier of high quality medical diagnostic products and services in West Africa.

Job Summary

Promote the company's diagnostic products by coordination of extensive product knowledge training on product features and benefits while serving as a product champion by managing partners’ relationships and providing product and market insights to support sales.

Duties and Responsibilities              

• Lead product discussions on the company's diagnostic products and keeps abreast with new product updates and partner product innovations
• Plan and facilitate workshops for existing and potential clients in order to showcase,market, and sell the products through developed learning content and resources.
• Detailing of diagnostic products, information, specifications, and functionalities and ensuring that they are accurately understood and applied.
• Provide product presentations/demonstrations at clinical meetings, tradeshows, and to customers on requests.
• Ensure all product documentation (internal and external) are updated in the event of product updates, revisions, and upgrades.
• Develop and execute business development strategies aimed at meeting assigned partners’ targets.
• Support and enhance sales processes by liaising with key customers to understand their workflow and help them with the adoption of the company laboratory solutions.
• Initiates strategies that drive sales and innovates marketing events that promote the Diagnostic brands the company represents in Nigeria.
• Analyze competitive products, marketplace, and industry trends to aid in the development of new business ventures, collaboration with new partners, product pricing, and negotiations.
• Participate and facilitates product presentations with customers
• Help customers identify gaps in their clinical diagnostic processes and procedures and use company products and services to fill such gaps.
• Support the marketing team in developing sales and marketing strategies to drive product awareness and profitability
• Collaborate with the Marketing Department to craft product information to be used in the development of promotional materials and campaigns
• Work with the Technical Services and Customer Service teams to troubleshoot and solve product issues with customers, and ensure quality after-sales.
• Collaboration with Customer Service to monitor customer feedback channels and collate information on product issues and performance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a second-class upper degree in Medical or Science related discipline
• Master’s degree in health sciences or business is an advantage
• A minimum of 5 years in product management of scientific and laboratory products;knowledge of medical laboratory products is an advantage

Competency and Skill Requirement

• Demonstrate a high level of analytical and quantitative skills
• Solid experience in team management and leadership
• Should possess the ability to use information/data and various metrics to develop an informed and factual business case.
• Strong financial analytical capabilities that are used to further develop informed product strategies, which subsequently improve product performance.
• Ability to develop product business plans and strategic roadmaps
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and comfort presenting to internal and external audiences
• Ability to work well in a cross-functional team
• Ability to multi-task, work on multiple projects, with good organizational skills

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Our client is the world’s leading source of business information and insights. They help companies improve their business performance through data and insights.

Role:  

The requirement is for Assistant Manager - Finance based in Lagos, Nigeria. This position will report to Manager – Finance and may involve travel across geographies.  

Key responsibilities

• Overall accounting, reporting and compliance for the assigned entities in Africa region.
• Manage the finance team at assigned entities in day-to-day tasks. This includes daily supervision and coordination of the finance team’s tasks and providing guidance to the team members on any issues  or concerns.  
• Ensure proper and accurate bookkeeping. All accounting entries are correctly posted in the accounting  software for assigned entities on a timely basis and closing on a monthly & annual basis with accuracy  and adherence to IFRS/local accounting standards. 
• Ensure on time monthly reporting of the assigned entities to the Head Office for Senior Management  use (i.e., Monthly Reporting of MIS, Trial Balance, all accounting schedules, statutory schedules etc).
• Ensure timely compliance/returns of VAT, WHT, Payee and NIHIL, GETFUND/ Covid levy etc. and  addressing all tax matters/notices as & when applicable for the assigned entities.
• Ensure raising of invoices, computation of revenue details and follow up with Customers for timely  collections with minimal bad debts and DSO for the assigned entities. 
• Ensure supplier payments are supported with proper documentation and utilization of credit period.
• Preparation, coordination and completion of Statutory Audit for the assigned entities on time with no  significant observations from the auditors. 
• Follow up and ensure NOTAP's registration for technology related agreements as applicable to our entity. 
• Follow up and ensure all annual returns are filed with the relevant authorities as applicable to each entity (i.e., Annual tax returns, Annual returns to the Company's Registrar, all other returns as need arise for the assigned entities). 
• Preparation of monthly payrolls for the assigned entities and share with HR for further review to seek  approval from management for salaries payment. 
• Support in providing all the details required for group consolidation of FS/reporting
• Maintaining Fixed Asset Register, depreciation, disposal proposals etc
• Dealing with banks for corporate and retail banking requirements. 
• Documentation and record-keeping; maintaining legal agreements, regulatory documents etc.
• Assist (act as co-ordinator) in other matters like HR, IT & secretarial/compliance requirements, whenever required.  

Required skills

• Good inter-personal skills and ability to communicate effectively. 
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Office and ERP Software (Navision or Oracle)
• Ability to work as a leader and independent worker. 
• Excellent analytical skills with an attention to detail.

Desired knowledge & experience

• Post-graduate with specialization in Finance or a Chartered Accountant 
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in accounting and reporting. 
• Thorough knowledge of IFRS/local accounting standards. 
• Should possess working knowledge of tax laws such as corporate tax, VAT, WHT etc. 5. Should have experience of handling a team of 2-3 members. 
• Should have handled multiple entity book keeping operating in different currencies.