Corporate Financial Director (FinTech / Unsecured Loans) – Remote at Black Pen Recruitment Remote

Black Pen Recruitment is currently looking for a corporate financial director for immediate employment. Interested persons are expected to apply. Kindly go through the full details of this position below:

Job Title: Corporate Financial Director (FinTech / Unsecured Loans)

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Remote | Full-Time
Industry: Financial Services

Job Description

• Our client is looking to hire a talented individual to join their team.
• The team consists of innovators and builders with domain expertise in the lending space.
• They share a determination to continue leveraging data driven approaches to problem solving by building products that the market needs and API integrations that drive value across the board.

Responsibilities

• Ability to manage and lead an investment team
• Lead all financial planning and analysis (FP&A), including forecasting, budgeting, and cash flow management
• Build and manages monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts and reports
• Advises on venture capital and private equity fundraising strategies
• Develops strategies to increase return on investment and profitability
• Oversees and reviews accounting tasks, including payroll, taxes, and compliance
• Presents financial reports to executives, board members, investors, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborates with the executives and directors to create budgets and track key performance indicators.
• Oversight of transaction due diligence
• Negotiation of transaction documentation including sales and purchase agreements and other legal documents
• Deal structuring and other transaction related matters
• Liaising with business stakeholders, investors across all levels to achieve transactional goals in the international market
• Managing relationships with other stakeholders on financing requirements
• Conduct profit and cost analyses
• Oversee and manage a team centered around debt funding and debt investing
• Pitch clients with investment models suited to their needs
• Co-ordinate investment models that support and assist the client’s needs effectively.
• Exceptional time management and ability to solve problems

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant field, ideally from an US or UK institution
• Certification CA/CFA/CPA
• +7 years of proven work experience as a Corporate Finance Director or similar role
• FinTech industry experience is a plus
• Proven work experience in Africa
• Experience working within the Big 4
• Strong experience in:
  • Lending capital – start-up and traditional debt funding
  • Structured finance investment
  • Transactions advisory services
  • Capital markets
  • Financial modeling
  • Securitisation deals
  • Investor relations and communication
  • Corporate funds
  • Experience within the African financial market as well as the African network
  • UK generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and Securities and/or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs)
  • In-depth understanding of capital markets, diligence processes, sales, relationship management, risk portfolio management and asset management
  • Hands-on experience in sourcing and closing deals and dealing with multiple investment deals
  • Excellent analytical, negotiation as well as a strong business skills
  • Possess good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships with different stakeholders

Remuneration
Salary + Benefits

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.