Finance Controller at Olam International

Olam International is a global food and agribusiness that supplies food, ingredients, feed, and fibre to approximately 19,800 clients. Our value chain comprises agricultural, processing, and distribution activities in over 60 countries, as well as a sourcing network of 4.8 million farmers. Olam’s objective to ‘Re-imagine Global Agriculture and Food Systems’ strives to address the various issues involved in satisfying the requirements of a rising global population, while also having a beneficial influence on farming communities, our planet, and all of our stakeholders. Olam, headquartered and listed in Singapore, is now among the top 30 largest main listed firms by market capitalisation on the SGX-ST.

Title: Finance Controller

Location: Iganmu, Lagos

Job Type: Full time

Function: Finance

Sub-Function: Finance – Common

Job Description

• Finance is a contemporary and forward-looking function that is driving value by being a world-class partner to our business.
• As a Finance Controller you will partner with the business unit in the country (Business Head, Sales & Functional leads) to ensure P&L transparency & accuracy and to drive the business towards targets & operational KPIs achievement.
• As successful candidate you will be able to demonstrate ability to link business decisions to financial impacts.

Key Deliverables

• Controllership: You are a controller that ensures accurate, efficient and timely delivery of relevant reports, while ensuring hygiene of accounting, book-keeping, various systems and processes.
• Performance Officer:  You help us to be on track with robust and timely performance tracking. You will ensure budgetary process improvements and achieve better predictability on outcomes
• Value Manager: You also ensure & support value maximization initiatives (interest, Trade Finance, currency management, etc.)
• Co-Strategist: You are our strategist, you help in value-added decision support through superior data analytics and help us drive special projects to growth. Ensure and support value maximization initiatives (Interest, Trade Finance etc.)

Strategic Effectiveness

• Business Financial Insights – Your in-depth knowledge on financial/management accounting principles will help us to accurately reflect the business performance.
  • Business/ Country Economics & Regulations
  • Financial Impact on Strategy Execution
  • Financial Planning & Analysis
  • Financial & Management Accounting
• Controls, Compliance & Assurance – Your ability to evaluate risks and determining their impact on the management audit, developing and/or modifying audit procedures as required. You ensure compliances to legal and secretarial requirements as well as functioning within the norms of statutory audit regulations respective to country/ business.
  • Internal Controls
  • Compliance Measures
  • Measure & Assurance
• Reporting & process efficiencies – The finance controller demonstrates conceptual ability to ideate and implement robust systems & processes suited to business/ country. You also display accuracy and efficiency in MIS reporting, budgeting.
• Capability Building: Build capability in finance function, growing finance leadership pipeline and ensuring effective knowledge & expertise transfer for effective execution of finance strategies
  • Personal Credibility & Thought Leadership
  • Building Functional Capability

Requirements

• A qualified chartered accountant with 10-12 years of experience in finance in Mfg setup, preferably from FMCG.
• Should have experience in Sales/Commercial Finance and FP&A role. Knowledge on OTC & RTR SAP modules are important.
• You should possess strong analytical skills, Strategic thinking & leadership abilities.
• Ready to work in dynamic profile and with enthusiasm to work in an unstructured environment will always add value.
• Knowledge about banking and Treasury function will be an added advantage.
• Your ability to communicate effectively will be an enhancer for this role especially as part of a team.
• You should be able to understand business issues outside of one’s area of expertise.

Deadline: Not Specfied.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should Click Here to apply online