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We’re in search of a skilled Finance Specialist with a commercial background to help us forecast revenues and expenditures while providing valuable insights for our future budgeting needs. The perfect candidate will have a solid understanding of forecasting models and cost accounting processes, as well as the ability to explore investment opportunities and establish financial policies across the company.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create and run reporting and analysis around key metrics and present to key business partners to facilitate decision-making.
• Lead & manage the sales reporting process.
• Conduct periodic analysis on customer profitability and ensure improvement initiative on customer and channel profitability & contribution to the business.
• Provide business partnering to the commercial teams in all its initiatives and activities.
• Manage, plan & control A&P spending.
• Own & manage all plans, control & track promotion discounts to customers.
• Support the team on all S&OP and sales forecast processes.
• Manage business cases for all commercial projects, Innovations, and promotions initiatives/activities.
• Drive & support the commercial team to ensure their strategy & plans are aligned with Finance plans and track delivery to ensure are in line with the set plan.
• Drive & track commercial performance to ensure that it is in line with plans and commitment/forecast/outlook.
• Provide support to the commercial teams in negotiations for their initiatives/activities.
• Support and manage the business trade term with its partners.
• Monitor and track trade value chain to guide internal pricing and promo decisions/initiatives.

Requirements

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Accounting or related discipline.
• Relevant professional accounting qualifications such i.e. ACA, ACCA etc.
• Minimum of Six (6) years of relevant work experience.
• Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the cement manufacturing industry.
• Working knowledge of accounting packages and systems, including SAP.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Ability to pay attention to details.
• Good interpersonal and people management skills.
• Good communication skills.
• High ethical standards and integrity.
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office tools

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We're looking for a talented Accounts Payable Officer to ensure that supplier invoices are processed quickly and accurately along with their payments. It's really important to verify the legitimacy of all supplier invoices before giving the green light for payment and to carry out thorough reconciliations of supplier accounts.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the Accounts Payable function in Dangote Cement Plc’s (DCP) corporate Head Office.
• Analyze and maintain Accounts Payable performance metrics, service relationships and communications across departments in DCP.
• Provide appropriate responses to suppliers’ queries/ issues and escalate unresolved issues to the Head, Head Office Accounting, as required.
• Perform reconciliation of suppliers’ sub-ledger accounts to the general ledger on a monthly basis.
• Recommend updates to existing invoice processing policies and procedures.
• Maintain an accurate and up-to-date record of all invoices received from suppliers/ vendors.
• Review staff advance requests and ensure requisitions are duly authorized by relevant department/ unit heads.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of invoices and staff advance/ retirement documentation.
• Prepare periodic activity reports for the attention of the Head, Head Office Accounting including information on outstanding payments to suppliers, approved invoices, etc.
• Review supplier invoices and supporting documents against the invoice processing checklist in order to establish completeness and validity of details.
• Match supplier invoices to purchase orders prior to processing to ensure consistency and identify errors/discrepancies/irregularities for prompt resolution.
• Maintain ageing report of debt and outstanding payments to suppliers.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Head, Head Office Accounting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Accounting or a related discipline.
• Professional certification from a recognized body (e.g. ICAN, ACCA) will be an added advantage.
• 5 to 9 years related job experience.
• Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the cement manufacturing industry.
• Good knowledge and understanding of IFRS, finance best practices and other applicable accounting standards.
• Working knowledge of accounting packages and systems, including SAP.
• Sound business acumen.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• High ethical standards and integrity.
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office tools.

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Reports To - Manager, Financial Control & Reporting

Direct Reports: Senior Account Officers , Account Officers

Job Summary

• Assist in the preparation of corporate financial reports for DCP Nigeria to aid management decision making and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Spools Trial Balance from SAP on a periodic basis for preparation of financial statement and preparation of other management reports
• Performs month end closing activities before period close
• Prepares monthly and quarterly financial statement reports under IFRS for four Nigeria subsidiaries using information generated from SAP
• Support during quarterly preparation of Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.
• Ensure transactions are promptly and accurately booked in the transactional systems through communication with different process owners.
• Engage with external auditor during statutory and group audit, preparing audit file and providing relevant schedules that ties with the trial balance and other supporting documents.
• Review of Management letter points from the external auditors and liaising with management for actions needed to address issues raised
• Prepares monthly trend analysis of trial balance line items and explanation of the variances using financial information generated from SAP
• Review of trial balance for reasonableness, investigation of unusual entries and correction of wrong entries and omission for reliability and accuracy of financial data
• Prepares monthly forex exposure reports and month end closing activities.
• Provides support during the Tax filing and submission of NEITI Audit
• Collaborates with different internal stakeholders in migrating new subsidiaries to SAP.

Requirements

Key Requirements

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Accounting or related discipline.
• Relevant professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA etc.
• 6 to 10 years related work experience.