Job Description
Job Summary
- Manage liquidity and cash flow ensuring business needs are met in a cost effective and prudent manner.
- Manage and oversee funds requests, transfers and payment processing and relationship management.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Establish processes and frameworks for managing liquidity and risk.
- Implement liquidity and risk management processes and frameworks as defined by Sahara Group Treasury.
- Develop and implement strategies to meet short, medium and long term financing needs ensuring alignment with the organisation’s goals and objectives.
- Recommend strategies for raising necessary funds to facilitate the realisation of operational and corporate objectives.
- Track the deviations from MYTO approved accounts position, evaluate the reasons, take corrective actions as appropriate and update the Chief Finance Officer on exceptions
- Ensure judicious management of organization’s liquidity to meet all likely contingencies within established risk limits.
- Preparation of cash forecasts and manage cash flows/cycles ensuring availability of adequate funds to meet daily operational requirements.
- Oversee the validation of all supplier and vendor payments and ensure that all requests for payment are supported with valid supporting documents in line with organization’s financial policies.
- Disbursement of cash ensuring compliance with defined policies and procedures. • Recommend strategies for raising necessary funds to facilitate the realisation of FIPL’s operational and corporate objectives.
- Coordinate all foreign exchange dealings for FIPL.
- Cultivate and manage relationships with key bankers and investors.
- Participate/ provide inputs in the review of FIPL’s bankers ensuring compliance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
- Take responsibility for general payments reconciliation and control procedures.
- Notify supplier when payment instruments are ready for collection or funds are transferred.
- Review the preparation, processing and tracking of purchase requisitions, purchase orders, receipt of goods and services, capturing of invoices, reconciliation statements for supplier accounts and payment requests
- Ensure the preparation and rendition of tax returns and retention of all relevant tax records
- Ensure accurate computation and accounting for taxes ensure prompt settlement of liabilities
- Compute accurately and file all federal, state, local, sales, and other tax returns including relevant reports to ensure compliance with all tax laws and regulations
- Oversee the tax payments at designated banks and obtain necessary receipts and other documents required for tax filing
- Extract, collate and document relevant supports and proof of remittances for tax investigation
- Seek innovative ways for the business to benefit from tax relief and other similar advantages
- Assist with all tax-related research and interpretation of tax legislations and provisions
- Keep abreast of changes and updates in macroeconomic policies and advice the Chief Finance Officer on the implications for the business.
- Approve expenditures as defined in the approved manual of authority
- Prepare the unit’s budget inputs and contribute in the preparation of the budget firm-wide.
- Design and develop a unit plan those details how the unit will deliver on organizational requirements
- Coach, mentor and conduct performance appraisal for subordinates on a timely basis
- Conduct performance review of subordinates.
- Prepare periodic report for the attention of the Chief Finance Officer.
- Approve expenditure within the limits of approval
- Perform any other duties as assigned by the Chief Finance Officer.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
- Professional accounting/ finance certification, (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, etc.)
- Minimum of (10) years relevant experience with at least three (3) in a managerial role
Your Personal Attributes:
- Intrinsically motivated
- Results - oriented and pragmatic with exceptional problem solving and decision making skills;
- Top-notch networking and negotiation skills
- Emotionally intelligent and team player with an international outlook
- Excellent and precise communication & presentation skills;
- Comfortable and effective in managing and communicating with team members and stakeholders
- Ability to deliver results with low levels of supervision;
- Strong interpersonal skills, time management and planning skills
- Conscientious in approach to work
- Customer-centric and good leadership skills
- Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the power industry.
- In-depth knowledge of trends and developments in global accounting and finance practice.
- Advanced financial and accounting knowledge, including understanding of finance best practices and IFRS/ international accounting and financial reporting standards.
- Experience in strategic financial planning and analysis.
- Working knowledge of the Multi-Year Tariff Order, cost assumptions, returns on investments etc.
- Very sound business acumen – financial and commercial knowledge.
- Good understanding of foreign exchange operations and associated regulations.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good leadership and people management skills, including the ability to manage multiple/ complex teams effectively.
- Excellent negotiation skills and influencing skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- High ethical standards and integrity.