Job Description
Industry: Manufacturing, Automotive
Location: Ibadan, Oyo.
Responsibilities
- Supports the consolidation process of all operational, commercial and central cost centers through production of templates, timetables and a robust close cycle.
- Ensures the financial accuracy of the Group and entity balance sheet; including leading the consolidated balance sheet reconciliation review processes and challenge
- Completes detailed reviews and analysis that ensures the accuracy of our accounting and postings in line with the company’s accounting policies.
- Leads reconciliations on central accounts including suspense, balance sheet trackers, and judgement areas.
- Establishes strong collaborative relationships in order to support the Treasury teams; feed financials for accurate forecasting.
- Supports the annual audit process including close relationship with auditors and managing co-ordination of audit deliverables, quarterly external reporting process with the Financial Control team.
- Leads balance sheet and pre-close review meetings.
- Supports the Group Chief Accountant in Audit Committee judgement papers.
- Contributes to the key finance policy decisions and overall responsibility to govern polices within the accounting areas area.
- Develops a strong working relationship with both internal Audit and external audit.
- Building and maintaining a strong understanding of the accounting systems to support development
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related fields.
- 6+ years’ experience providing financial advisory support services in a multinational.
- Qualified member of professional accounting bodies such as ICAN/ACCA/CFA/CPA/CIMA.
- Strong analytical skills and commercial savviness.
- Experience of quickly grasping new situations/business/activity
- Ability to create insights from data analysis and challenge the status quo
- Strong influencing, networking and relationship building skills to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders both within Finance and across the business.
- Possess the confidence and judgement to influence, support and constructively review the submissions of colleagues at all levels
- Ability to deliver process improvement that embraces the opportunity to add new value
- A strong teammate who is also comfortable working autonomously and under the demands of a fast-paced work environment