Senior Manager, Finance & Personnel

The Senior Manager Finance & Personnel is in charge for all tasks in Finance, Personnel Matters, Administration and Corporate Functions and will be directly reporting to the Regional Director Sub-Sahara based in Lagos.

The regional responsibility comprises the countries Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea.

• Responsibility for the controlling processes in the region, including preparation and monitoring of forecasts and budgets for expenses, inventory. Participation in preparation of revenue budget and cost analyses
• Responsibility for financial administration, including all bank procedures/cash transactions/invoice control/voucher preparation and recording/current account controlling
• Coordination of year end closure activities
• Responsible for personnel administration, including payroll administration, preparation and renewal of rules of employment / preparation and participation in collective salary negotiation / providing local assistance in all HR-matters / coordination with the Regional Director Sub-Sahara
• Supporting the organisation Group companies in establishing and running local business units
• Responsible for local taxation matters
• Facility management, owned and/or leased property
• Local procurement
• Passenger and Freight document administration, including the requisition/distribution and administration of transportation documents/stock control of documents
• General administration including implementing functional system of internal control (ICS), execution of respective controls, contract administration, settlement of local liability and insurance claims
• Legal tasks including contract / staff and general business matters.
• To deal with internal and external auditors in facilitating audits and to ensure that all audit requirements are met
• To be responsible for adherence to all reporting and filing duties and compliance with internal and external rules and regulations
• Responsibility for local IT, power and telecommunication infrastructure
• To manage, guide and motivate his/her team
• Planning and coordination of relevant training sessions for his/her team
• Personnel planning in line with target- and budget requirements

Technical Competences

• Educated to Degree-level in Business Management or Accounting
• 7-8years of relevant work experience, preferable with international companies
• Excellent knowledge of SAP and MS-Office products
• Familiarity with local financial regulations / generally accepted accounting principles
• Excellent knowledge of English both written and spoken
• German, Spanish or French language skills are of advantage but not mandatory

Personal Competences

• Independent, analytical and structured approach to work
• Discretion
• Absolute clean record of conduct
• High degree of problem solving skills
• High degree of numeracy and ability to analyse financial data
• Good negotiation and presentation skills
• Intercultural competence and ability to deal with difficult personalities
• Ability to delegate and prioritise work flows
• Ability to work under pressure and keeping to deadlines at short notice
• Ability to understand a complex global organisation and its hierarchy
• Ability to deal with complex issues
• Courteous manner and team player/ social skills
• Ready to frequent travel both domestically (ABV, PHC) as well as internationally
• Ready to have irregular hours of work
• Psychological aptitude test is required

Candidate must provide additional personal references for proofing of degrees, work history and skills.