• Application Deadline:
• Position: Financial Operations Manager


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 3 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Job Description

Transaction Processing and Recording

Processing of payments to staff and vendors on SAP in line with internal processes and contract terms. This includes:

• APTID expenses


• Office expenses


• CAPEX Payments


• Statutory payments


• Intercompany


• Posting of petty cash replenishment and disbursement vouchers


• Reconciling bank accounts to General ledger at mid-month and month end; recording


• Responsible for reconciliation of supplier/customer accounts

Controls/Legal entity

• Ownership and continuous improvement of petty cash, credit card and business advances/retirement processes


• Preparation of tax schedules and filing upon approval. Maintain accurate tracker for all statutory payments


• Day-to-day management of the general ledger and monthly balance sheet reconciliations


• Preparation of month-end journals (for approval)


• Preparation of schedules for external audit and support to auditors as required

Documentation

• Ensure that Payment vouchers and treasury documents are properly filed through frequent checks and feedback to the admin staff


• Ensure that all tax receipts are filed both in the cabinet and on SharePoint

Business Partnering

• Provide IMS analysis to marketing and commercial teams for ad-hoc projects and to support decision making


• Ownership of IMS and SM analysis, review and forecasting meeting (with FMCL). Organizing and preparing insightful analysis to drive business understanding.


• Collaborate with relevant staff within FMCL to prepare and analyze IMS and secondary sales data and performance analysis for inclusion in period report

Financial Reporting, Planning & Analysis

• Provide Trade reports for Monthly Management Reporting Pack


• Ownership of key business information database - IMS, Van sales, Secondary sales etc.

Treasury

• Maintain up-to-date FX tracker


• Maintain relationship with bankers and follow up on execution of instructions


• Ensure treasury instructions and operations are in line with FCF

Asset

• Maintain up-to-date PPE schedule with voucher numbers


• Support the verifying and tagging of assets


• Responsible for the reconciliation of asset schedule to the general ledger


• Ensure relocation of assets are approved, properly documented and reconciled with the register each quarter

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)


• BSc/B-TECH/ HND


• Master’s Degree/MBA


• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in multinational Fast Moving Consumer Goods (“FMCG”) Company or practice and minimum 3 years’ experience with one of the big 4 accounting firms.


• Ideal person must have line managerial and leadership experience and should have a track record of improving processes, systems, and ways of working.


• Must have experience of working with stakeholders with different cultural backgrounds and managing key business advisors such as bankers, tax consultants and auditors.