Head of Finance, MIS & Operations at People Capacity Management

People Capacity Management – Our client, a Digital Bank, is looking for qualified applicants to fill the following positions:

Title: Head of Finance, MIS & Operations

Location: Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Our client is looking to hire a Head of Finance, MIS & Operations to manage the day-to-day finance operations and provide financial strategic guidance to the business.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for financial analysis, report creation and building financial processes that deliver the company’s vision strategy.

Responsibilities
Financial Vision & Strategy:

• Gain a deep understanding of the company’s financial requirements and from that create the long- term vision and strategy for the Company’s Financial department.
• Design/build complex financial models, where required.
• Establish a test and learn philosophy and value-management capabilities to foster an environment of experimentation on new initiatives.
• Provide Management with meaningful, actionable insights, advice, and recommendations on historic and the future financial performance of the business.
• Investor relations

Reporting & Analytics:

• Oversee the management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities for the company.
• Oversee the management and coordination of financial statements and cash-flow projections for use by Management, Executive Management and Board of Directors.
• Deliver timely financial analytics, reporting, and business counsel to effectively measure business performance against strategic priorities.
• Identify appropriate KPIs/metrics and benchmarks to be monitored and analyze drivers of variances between actual financials and plan or prior year.
• Develop strong regulatory and other key stakeholder relationships to provide thought leadership in regulatory reporting.

Accounting & Payroll:

• Ensure financial transactions are accurately posted on a timely basis, and are in accordance with all regulatory accounting Policies and Procedures.
• Employ a system of responsible accounting and internal controls to ensure financial integrity of the company.
• Ensure all balance sheet accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis and a system of internal controls are in place to facilitate a clean audit.
• Ensure adequate cash flow to meet the organization’s needs.
• Oversee all payroll activity for staff in conjunction with Human Resources.

Treasury Management:

• Monitoring and managing company’s liquidity.
• Managing foreign currency exposure and foreign currency payments.
• Interest rate risk management and development of risk mitigation strategies.
• Foreign exchange risk management and development of foreign exchange risk mitigationstrategies

Qualifications

• An advanced Degree in Finance or an MBA
• Minimum of 5 years experience with a public accounting firm or corporate finance function in areputable or global organization.
• Strong understanding of accounting and reporting softwares (QuickBooks, Sage etc.)
• Advanced in Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Must Have Skills:

• Ability to work in a dynamic environment that requires critical thinking and strong analytical skills
• Strong communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, both oral and written, and ability to create as well as deliver effective presentations
• A strategic thinker and self-starter
• Manages self and others to provide exceptional client service by responding with a sense of urgency, practicality, accountability, and integrity
• Good to have skills.

Deadline: 1st December, 2023.

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