Finance Manager

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the monthly finance close and ensure the RPM sub-ledger and management report are submitted to Group Finance by the agreed working-day deadline.
• Prepare monthly management accounts, performance reviews, variance analysis and decision-support reports for RPM leadership.
• Maintain strong balance-sheet discipline, including asset mix, receivables, payables, cash and borrowings.
• Drive liquidity management and maintain a rolling 13-week cash-flow forecast, updated and shared weekly.
• Lead accounts receivable monitoring and cash recovery, including ageing, customer follow-up, escalation and DSO improvement.
• Ensure customer POs, billing milestones, project completion documentation and invoices are tracked from engagement through collection.
• Ensure invoices are raised promptly once contractual/project billing conditions are satisfied and investigate billing delays.
• Monitor customer GRNs and approvals and coordinate timely escalation of payment blockers with Commercial and Projects.
• Manage payables discipline, supplier reconciliations and supplier credit-limit negotiations while protecting business continuity.
• Monitor bank facilities, borrowing costs, liquidity requirements and funding requests; recommend cost-effective financing options.
• Support disciplined capital allocation, project funding decisions, investment appraisal and commercial pricing/margin analysis.
• Provide monthly cost-of-sales and quotation-cost variance analysis, including FX, freight and clearing-cost drivers, and identify savings opportunities.
• Ensure statutory obligations are accurately calculated, filed and remitted within statutory deadlines.
• Maintain robust reconciliations and internal controls and ensure discrepancies are investigated and resolved promptly.
• Support ERP/CRM, dashboard and finance-process improvements that improve transparency, accuracy, completeness and turnaround time.
• Coordinate external and internal audits and ensure agreed audit findings are closed within approved timelines.
• Act as finance business partner to business-unit heads, providing commercially relevant analysis and practical recommendations.
• Coach and develop finance team members and build a strong succession pipeline.

CORE DELIVERABLES

•  Monthly management accounts and RPM performance review.
• Weekly cash-flow forecast and liquidity position.
• Weekly receivables/collections and overdue-action report.
• Payables and supplier exposure report.
• Monthly cost-of-sales / quotation-cost variance analysis.
• Banking, borrowing and funding position report.
• Balance-sheet reconciliation and close checklist.
• Budget versus actual and forecast analysis.
• Audit, tax and statutory compliance tracker.
• Finance process, controls and transformation tracker.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
• ICAN, ACCA or equivalent professional accounting qualification.

Professional Certifications

Candidates must hold at least one of the followingactive professional certifications:

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria(ICAN)
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

Experience

• Typically 7–10+ years of progressive finance/accounting experience, with relevant supervisory or management exposure.
• Strong experience in management reporting, working capital, cash-flow management, financial controls and business partnering.
• Experience in project-based, engineering, technical services, trading, manufacturing or similarly operational environments is preferred.
• Strong Excel/financial modelling and ERP/accounting-system capability.Minimum of 7–10 years’ progressive experience in financeand accounting, with demonstrable career growth.
• Hands-on experience in financial operations, treasury management, taxation,consolidation, and business partnering.
• Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP, Zoho, Sage, or equivalent) and financial modellingtools.

COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK

• Core Competencies
• Commercial acumen
• Analytical and problem-solving ability
• Ownership and accountability
• Financial control mindset
• Stakeholder management
• Execution discipline
• Communication and influencing
• Team leadership and coaching