Experience: 12-15 years

Location: Nigeria

Stakeholders: CEO, CFO, Country Financial Controllers (FC), Statutory Auditors, Internal Audit, Consultants, Other Corporate finance team members

Job Description:

• Deep Understanding and Exposure to IFRS
• Exposure to SAP (desirable) and automated Consolidation tools. Demonstrated experience to automate consolidation and to drive efficiencies.
• Exposure to deal with Statutory auditors in multi country / multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to Anchor and close statutory audits on timely basis (with BIG 4 auditor)
• Driving Annual Report (Financial Statements)
• Ability to handle teams in India and across various geographies
• Harmonisation of Financial Reporting across geographies
• To act as Financial Controller to continuously drive improvement and oversee the preparation and management of the company's annual budgets and forecasts.
• To carry out Impairment Testing as part of year end exercise for investments done across zones
• Demonstrated Ability to strengthen Significant Accounting policies and notes thereon
• To act as internal advisor to Country FC and Finance Leadership on accounting transactions.
• To keep entire Accounting teams across geographies updated on latest IFRS / accounting developments and quickly adapt to the evolving Financial Reporting scenario.
• Demonstrated ability to simplify Inter Company Transactions and drive Related party disclosures and reporting
• Anchoring Month close reporting on time and drive Month End Close procedures with Rigour
• Exposure to Audit Committee meetings for Financial Reporting
• Provide Support for Due Diligence at the time Fund Raising / M&A transactions

Knowledge of Systems:

SAP, MS Office, Tools and workflows for enabling Consolidation, Inter Company Elimination,

Currency conversion etc