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.