EXPERIENCED HEAD OF FINANCE WANTED IMMEDIATELY AT LAGOS ISLAND

Title: Head of Finance
Reports to: Managing Director
Designation: Manager
Based at: Lagos Island
Salary: Unspecified
Company: Health Management

Experience
• A minimum of five (5) years post NYSC total work experience
• A minimum of two years experience in managerial position
• Must have managed people in the course of his/her work experience with evidence of leadership qualities

Knowledge should include
• Should have knowledge and experience of accounting as a major aspect of business and management principles in strategic planning resource allocation, leadership technique and coordination of people and resources.
• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting and financial laws and regulations as it relates to the business.

Key Responsibilities:
• Re-designing each Finance staff job description
• supervise, evaluate, monitor and manage the Finance Unit team
• Review the existing business process and make changes
• Develop and establish standards and processes to ensure all aspects of the finance function are done professionally and promptly
• Establish a system that ensures postings are done promptly with no backlogs
• Ensure timely generation of management financial reports to aid management decision
• set-up timelines for transactions processing
• work with an accounting package consultant to design/re-design reports useful for management
• anchor and manage the company's annual budget process
• Monitor income and expenditure against budgets and ensure budgets are not exceeded
• ensure monthly accounts are prepared and submitted to management on time
• Prepare reports of actual vs. budget sales, gross profit and expenses
• Represent the company in banking and tax issues
• Ensure statutory deductions like PAYE and WHT are remitted on time
• Prepare of VAT returns for submission to tax authorities
• Preparing profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash flow statement
• Review of the annual budget
• Ensure laid down financial an internal control processes are adhered to.

Qualifications
• Minimum B.Sc. Accounting
• A master will be an added advantage

Professional qualification
• Any accounting professional qualification

THE IDEAL CANDIDATES: should not be more than 37 years and he/she should be sharp, pro-active, persuasive, thorough, resilient and bold.
Should have good business acumen, be able to look at the business and project what the business would require in the short and long term in terms of financing, and make recommendation to management.
Should have the ability to coordinate and organize several things at the same time and leads his team efficiently.

PLEASE ONLY THOSE THAT MEET THE AFOREMENTIONED QUALIFICATIONS NEED APPLY. FORWARD ALL CVs to [email protected] using HA as the subject of the mail. Application closes Tuesday 15th September 2009.