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Job Purpose

• The Role will be responsible for managing cost controlling, evaluating and managing risk, ensuring compliance with regulations, controlling the performance, overseeing financial operations, analysing financial data, monitoring expenditure, forecasting revenue, coordinating auditing processes, and ensuring accuracy of financial information.”

Principal Accountabilities

• Monitor progress achieved and provide insight and analysis to support operational decision-making, identify issues and advises management on action plans and operational strategies to resolve. Drive appropriate cost structure, productivity optimization, and capital efficiency, manage and closely monitor the cash flow and takes action to improve Net Working Capital.
• Assess business risk exposure and define risk mitigation strategies to reduce impact on business performance. Ensure risk management processes are consistently implemented in own area of responsibility and identify and communicate commercial and financial risks and opportunities from business propositions.
• Ensure transparency in financial reporting and disclosures, define and implement internal control regarding financial and non-financial operations, compliance with corporate and country standard, regulations, and guidelines. Support internal and external audit, sign off Assurance letter for the area of responsibility.
• Monthly Consolidation of Actual Sales vs Best Estimate with PMs (Comparison with Actual vs Best Estimate ),Sales report Simulation vs BE Comparison, Project Closing support for region PC
• Full Month end closing settlement, Month end closing settlement run, Prepare for month end closing entries, Support on audit requirement related to month end entries,
• Provide monthly project and portfolio reporting and analysis, ad-hoc reports as required, including, but not limited to forecasting and variance analysis, and split at organizational unit level
• Provide region project Controller, FBP and Execution Center leader with required financial performance data.
• Have a significant level of experience in an accounting role with a Controllership focus, i.e., a Chief Accountant, preferably within the international business environment
• Experience in Business Finance partnering for Commercial Teams, strategic and financial planning, P&L management and financial analysis
• A good level of numeracy and experience performing quantitative and qualitative analysis

Qualifications
Education & Experience

• Graduate Degree with major on Finance, Accounting and Management
• Qualified Chartered / Certified Public Accountant (or local equivalent) (preferred)
• 5 - 10 years of business & relevant experience
• Operations oriented person with good communication skills.
• Organized, structured, logical, and systematic in their approach
• Confident/Self Starter with a proactive approach to meeting challenges and overcoming obstacles through assuming full ownership
• Focused on delivering to internal and external deadlines
• Flexible and adaptable to change in accordance with business needs
• Strong Microsoft office skills (Excel)
• SAP knowledge is required
• HFM knowledge is required
• Fluent in English.

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Your Mission

• An exciting opportunity has arisen within our process automation team and we are looking to recruit a Project Support Officer to be based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Essential Responsibilities
The successful candidates will be responsible for the following:

• Risk, Issue, Assumption, Dependency Tracking. - A (RAID) log for the Project will be created. The PSO will update and publish this at the required frequency as required by the Project-based on the information provided by the Risk/Issue owner.
• Action Tracking. - Each Project Progress Meeting will be minuted, with actions recorded against an owner, with a target resolution date. These actions will be tracked by the PSO and in the event of actions not being completed by the target date will be escalated to the PM.
• Document Management and Distribution - The PSO will establish a document management & control procedure to which all staff working on the Project will be required to adhere. The PSO will set up the document register and create the schedule for the release of documents based on the project plan.
• Configuration Management and Version Control – The PSO will provide a configuration management and version control facility for the key document deliverables as described in the section above.
• Change Management and Variation Orders - The PSO will manage the Change Request process, tracking the status of the Change Requests and advising the impact assessors of their deadlines.
• Maintains and Monitors Progress Against the Plan and Tracks Dependencies- The PSO will create the initial project plan with the assistance of the PM and key engineering staff.
• Prepares the Materials for Reporting. -The PSO will produce the Internal Progress Meeting minutes and prepare any reports/information that requires submitting to the Client requires travel and being away from home overnight on occasions.
• Tracks Project Finances - The PSO will track the actual project costs (including materials, expenses, SCL staff costs, contractor costs etc) against those budgeted monthly through the use of the PF16 and the predicted costs to complete.
• The PSO will be responsible for the raising of Invoices/Payment Requests etc when applicable and submission of these to the Accounts department.
• Team Administration – Expenses, Timesheets, Travel Bookings. - The PSO will record actual expenses incurred for each team member
• SCL Quality Procedures. - The PSO will work alongside the Project Manager to ensure that all aspects of the Quality Procedures for the Projects Department are followed on each Project and that any supporting paperwork and reports are available for scrutiny
• Client Liaison. - The PSO may be required to attend meetings, take minutes and report to meetings at Client premises.

About You

• A four-year Engineering Degree -or- equivalent experience within the industry.
• At least 4 years of relevant experience.
• Strong communication (written and spoken) and interpersonal skills
• Time management skills: multi-tasking, planning, prioritizing, and organizing projects
• Familiarity using standard business application software such as Microsoft Office.
• Ability to efficiently manage Standard Project types.
• Technical aptitude for managing Standard Projects.