• Application Deadline: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Finance Business Partner Lead


• Job Type Full Time


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


• Experience 17 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• To facilitate periodic performance review sessions (Monthly/Quarterly Performance Reviews)


• To analyse, report and generate business insights on products, channels, customers, branches and Customer Profitability Reports) in the business areas of oversight.


• To conduct competitive benchmarking, environmental scanning and analysis to generate business insight and actionable recommendations for performance improvement.


• To identify and assess MIS issues affecting the business and ensure their timely resolution.


• To facilitate the implementation and maintenance of an effective MIS (Management Information System) reporting application that is accurate and fair in presenting business performance.


• To ensure the integrity and completeness of accounts segmentation and ownership.


• Review, analyze and privide insight on all performance reports/analytics and business insight required to monitor the BU performance, across channels, products, customers, locations etc.


• Maintain an accurate, creditable and reliable MIS (Management Information System) system for the SBU performance reporting and ensure the integrity of account segmentation & ownership 


• Monitor and review the SBUs performance against budget, historical trend, and competition, provide appropriate insight to support required action and make recommendations for business improvement 


• Deliver all performance reports and analytics required to monitor the BU performance, across channels, products, customers, locations etc.


• Facilitate periodic performance review sessions in the SBU overseen.


• Drive and implement perfromance improvement and cost optimization initiatives.


• Support the SBUs in crafting, defending and cascading their budgets and forecasts.


• Participate in budgeting exercise to ensure adequate inputs and sensible assumptions by the budgeting team.


• Support the establishment of clear, fair and measurable performance metrics, targets and accountabilities for all functions in the area of oversight.


• Facilitate engagements on scorecards and other performance initiatives.


• Facilitate performance clinic sessions with under-performing Group Heads, Business Development Managers and Business Managers and offer advise and guidance to improve business performance


• Deliver periodic individual performance reports using Balanced Scorecard framework and resolve all issues arising from Scorecards, MIS and Budget within the BUs


• Identify and drive processes for efficiency improvement and provide decision support to the Group Executives in the SBUs as may be required from time to time


• Drive resolution of conflicts arising from scorecards, MIS, expense control, budget of SRF/SBUs 


• Engage Executives, Heads of Departments, Group Heads, Business Development Managers on their scorecard and performance issues and supervise all other individual scorecard engagements and resolutions.


• Facilitate enlightenment/training sessions on scorecards and other performance initiatives.


• Facilitate inter-departmental engagements between SBUs and SRFs as may be required to drive business process efficiency or performance improvement


• Identify and implement process effectiveness and efficiency improvement initiatives


• Act as Head of Department in the absence of Head, Business Performance Monitoring


• Maintain the Security of all Information entrusted to the staff.


• Any other responsibilities as may be assigned by Head, BPM

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education 

Minimum Education: 

• First Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Science or Engineering.


• Master’s Degree/Professional certification in Accounting or Finance (FCA, CFA or similar professional qualifications).

Minimum Experience:

• Experience in MIS (Management Information System).


• Proficiency in Microsoft office suite and leading analytics tools, SQL, etc.


• Experience in Finance or Accounting.


• Minimum of 17 years’ relevant experience, in MIS, Finance or accounting role, including at least 7 years in a similar managerial role.