Finance Controller - Manufacturing - CA

A large, well established and diversified Indian business group - Lagos, Nigeria.

- The role is that of a business partner and the mainly provide 360 degrees support to the entity MD in the overall profit and loss responsibility, cost issues etc. As a senior member of the entity management team, he is responsible for inculcating transparency, accountability and governance at the same time responsible for the overall financial prudence and control. The deliverables include ensuring effective financial management through financial planning and control, budgeting and fund management, effectively managing working capital issues, treasury and bank relation.

This position will have the overall accountability to:

- Support Entity MD to achieve the Top & Bottom line targets

- As a member of Entity Senior Mgmt team, he is accountable to ensure the business delivers the forecasted Revenue, Net sales and Net Margins as per the Annual Operating Plan.

- Ensure that the required financial procedures and practices are put at place and required SOPs / Accounting standard are developed and implemented and play a key role managing change in ERP switchover

- Ensure timely arrangement of funds for all day to day expenditures and planned projects,

- Put proper checks and systems at place to ensure timely release of payments to parties and all concerned,

- Driving regular Internal, External and statutory audit requirement,

- Preparation of Entity AoP, regular monitoring and reporting of related daily/ weekly/ monthly MIS

- To be the custodian of the Financial Health of the entity and also the Company assets,

- To work on cost control & reduction measures on continuous basis,

- To ensure compliance of statutes in his field

- To ensure adequate training is imparted to the local staff on regular basis to keep their skills updated.

MUST be a Chartered Accountant with experience in a manufacturing company.

- Should have experience in handling finance functions independently in a unit/ organization with annual turnover of about US $50M.

- Should have exposure to fund management / working capital arrangement from banks, accounting, MIS, treasury, auditing etc.

- He should have 8-12 years of experience of which, 3 years should be as Head of Finance / independent in charge of Finance function of a company.

- African experience is essential and Nigerian experience is desirable.