Finance Manager, Export Operations – Bi-Lingua (Cement Industry) at Dangote Group Full Time

Job Title: Finance Manager, Export Operations – Bi-Lingua (Cement Industry)

Job ID: DCPExport -24012023
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job type: Full time
Category: DCP – Export

Job Summary

• Oversee/ assume responsibility for ensuring effective implementation and compliance with DCP’s control policies and procedures in all areas (financial transactions, operational activities and IT systems).

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Preparation of management accounts for export organisation on a monthly basis to enable management take decision.
• Preparation of export’s budget in-line with corporate objectives; monthly tracking and monitoring of company’s performance against budget through variance analysis.
• Preparation of appropriate schedules to support internal and external audit and liaise with auditors on the audit process and procedures.
• Review of the different components of transit charges due to the various foreign authorities and negotiation thereof, for cost reduction in the export organisation of the company’s operations.
• Management and reconciliation of offshore bank accounts for reimbursement and funding to enable timely payments of transit and toll charges to the necessary international authorities.
• Preparation of ageing report, reconciliation of account receivables with the customer statements and sort out inter-company settlements.
• Ensures the credit limit set by Risk Management is not surpassed and all due collections are collected promptly.
• Monitors and supervises data entry team and ensuring proper record keeping of all export transactions across the countries of export.
• Comparison of actual performance with the budget to enable management take informed decisions at the right time.
• Computation of Export Expansion Grant claims from Federal Government of Nigeria based on current rating by Nigerian Export Promotion Council.
• Travelling to Francophone countries to reconcile payments and other related finance function.
• Perform such other functions as may be assigned by your supervisor from time to time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in Accounting or Finance.
• Postgraduate Degree in a related field
• Minimum of twelve (12) years related job experience, preferably in an FMCG business.
• Relevant professional qualifications such as: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and any other French financial certification.
• Proficient in Oral and writing in English and French Languages is required.

Skills and Behaviours:

• Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the cement manufacturing industry.
• Advanced accounting knowledge, including experience with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Working knowledge and demonstrated experience in the use of accounting packages and systems, including SAP.
• Ability to gather, collate and analyze information/ data effectively and efficiently.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Good interpersonal relationships and people management skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• High ethical standards and integrity.
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office toolstweleve
• Proficient in Oral and writing in English and French Languages

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Training & Development

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.