Finance Controller – Agriculture at Michael Stevens Consulting

Michael Stevens Consulting – We are a long established and well respected multi-disciplinary Management and Financial Consulting firm with offices in several locations across Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:


Job Title: Finance Controller –  Agriculture

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Coordinating the accounting operations of a member of subsidiary companies.
• Analyzing financial results of the subsidiary companies with respect to profits, trends, costs and compliance with budgets.
• Providing strategic guidance around capital financing options to support growth needs of subsidiary companies.
• Developing and coordinating all relationships with lending/financial institutions.
• Developing and maintaining all necessary accounting policies and systems, including general ledger and financial reporting. Ensuring that records are maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Oversee contract bookkeeper.
• Financial planning and results management. Work with other team members to understand revenue and cost drivers and define appropriate reports for tracking.
• Coordinating, preparing and reviewing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports of the subsidiary companies.
• Coordinating and/or preparing tax schedules, returns and information.
• Managing all tax planning and compliance with all required federal, state, local, payroll, property and other applicable taxes.
• Managing cash flow.
• Conducting Performance Analysis of subsidiary companies.

Qualifications

• Proven working experience as a Financial controller
• A minimum of 12 years of overall combined accounting and finance experience with at least 5 years in Agribusiness Industry
• Advanced degree in Accounting
• ACA or ACCA preferred
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
• Experience with creating financial statements
• Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year end close process
• Excellent accounting software user and administration skills
• Experience working in a fast growing environment.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with fluctuating priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to work without direct supervision, and efficiently manage tasks and time.

Application Closing Date
15th January, 2018.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV’s to: [email protected]