Posted on Mon 10th Mar, 2025 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)
21Search Limited - Our client is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Financial Controller
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
Our Client is a diversified conglomerate with a portfolio of businesses spanning across multiple sectors, including: Tax Management services, Tech services/Solutions, Logistics Services, Human resource services and Oil and Gas.
The organization's diverse range of businesses enables them to provide a comprehensive suite of services to their clients.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the group’s treasury, financial planning and reporting, Financing needs and managing the Bills, Collections and Receivables.
Reporting to the Partners within the group + the Group CEO, the Financial Controller will be responsible for providing strategic financial guidance to support the group's growth and profitability.
Responsibilities
Providing world-class financial control for the Group, its Businesses and Projects (altogether, the Group).
Expertly manage the Group’s book-keeping and financial reporting functions.
Take responsibility for the Group’s treasury functions, ensuring sufficient liquidity at all times.
Forecasting, preparing, presenting and implementing workable expenditure budgets for the Group on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual and other longer term periodic bases.
Ensuring a world-class procurement (including vendors registration and vetting) process is in place in the Group and see to the strict implementation of the process.
Facilitating timely and auditable payments in the Group, particularly using the Group’s proprietary app which all personnel and vendors must be signed on.
Overseeing a proactive financing function that ensures that the Group explores and secures all credible sources for financing its operations and Projects; such sources to include but not limited to: equity contributions, short term loans (including well-priced Loan Notes, money-market borrowings), long term loans (including at the capital markets (debt or equity), or with institutional borrowings).
Supervising the billing process of all Businesses by designing a system that ensures that all bills/fee notes go out accurately and as quickly as possible.
Knowing the finance or payment functions of all Clients in the Group and maintain all the relationships to ensure that collections come in as at when due.
Practically managing the receivables pool of the Group, by expertly ensuring that sufficient new bills are generated to enter into the pool and sufficient older bills are collected to avoid bad debts.
Managing receivables (trade credits), expectations and the cost of service delivery and in this regard, appoint and work with debt recovery agents to ultimately collect doubtful and or bad debts of the Group.
Facilitating the Group’s business and financial compliance processes, especially in relation to pensions, taxes and other relevant obligations to Government or Clients.
Job Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
8+ years of experience in Finance role, preferably senior role
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Professional certification will be an added advantage
Ability to engage and manage clients
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
Remuneration
Performance Allowances (subject to overall Company Performance).
Annual Leave Allowance; Annual End of Year Allowance; and Celebatory/Bereavement Support Allowance.
Finders Fee for New Businesses brought into the Company or the Group of Companies that our Client belongs to.
Life + Health Insurance (including during Probationary Period).
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@21search.ng using Financial Controller as the subject of the email.