Apply as Finance Manager at Cathari Fortia Limited Full Time

Cathari Fortia is an energy and commodities company and sits at the heart of the world’s energy flows; trading over seven million barrels of crude oil and products and delivering energy products to countries worldwide.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Structure: The Finance Manager will report directly to the CEO.

Job Summary

• Cathari Fortia is seeking a Finance Manager who will be responsible for strategic financial planning & modelling, building out a strong finance and accounting organization, developing the company’s short and long-term strategy, investment capital/venture capital activities. The position is located in Lagos, Nigeria.

Job Description

• Ensure that the company’s Finance/Accounts and treasury functions are consistent with Internationally Accepted Accounting Practices and with the Group Accounting Policy
• Responsible for managing the financial operation, developing strategic and financial plans, and collaborating with top management to grow the business.
• Provide financial leadership and reporting for the company including financials, operations, and banking reports, tax returns and filings, financial statements, and forecasts.
• Develop, operate and continuously improve an internal system of strong financial management, key performance metrics, tracking, analysis, and accounting controls to ensure efficient monitoring of financial performance and safeguard of financial assets and information, suggest improvements, and provide financial insights for corporate decisions for operations, production, capital structure, growth, and investments.
• Establish control policies, cost savings, guidelines, and procedures to optimize all finance and accounting activities throughout the organization.
• Manage the financial activities and personnel to form a high performing, high morale, and results-oriented team with maximum contribution from each person and ensure succession plan.
• Collaborate to manage all employee compensation, incentives, and benefits including affordable health care, and benefits

Job Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with the leadership team to assess and model short-term and long-term growth plans, operational goals, departmental budgets, and forecasts.
• Lead the company’s financing efforts and ensure the business maintains an optimized capital structure.
• Improve internal controls, accounting standards, enhance processes and reporting capabilities, including forecasting to ensure rapid growth and expansion.
• Develop, maintain, and ensure delivery against KPIs, business plans, financial models, and budgets.
• Lead, develop, and promote a culture of high performance and continuous learning among the Finance and Accounting team members.
• Drive functional teams to achieve significant business growth while capturing cost efficiencies and implement cost management processes.
• Analyze everyday liquidity activities and subsequently provide advice and guidance to upper management on future financial plans.
• Develops/coordinates the liquidity cycle of the company.
• Coordinate the preparation of bank reconciliation statements to ensure all items are captured correctly and display an understanding of the Company’s bank reconciliation process based on the accounting package.
• Remain current regarding all accounting developments relevant to the Company’s financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business related field.
• CFA/ACCA/ICAN is a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in Finance, Accounting, and/or Business Operations, budget creation and revision, business plan creation and revision, including 3+ years in a senior leadership role preferably an Energy company.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Strong organizational skills required. Ability to organize, prioritize, and meet competing deadlines with available resources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Application Closing Date
4th December, 2020.