New Jobs in a Multi-Billion Dollar Conglomerate for Chief Financial Officers

ManpowerGroup - Our client, a multi-billion Dollar Conglomerate, is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below for their headquarters in Lagos to accomplish company goals for their FMCG business:   Job Title: Chief Financial Officer Location: Lagos Seniority Level: Executive Industry: Consumer Goods Food Production Farming Employment Type:Full-time Job Functions: Finance Accounting/Auditing Management Job Description

• The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is responsible for all financial and fiscal management aspects of the Company’s operations.
• Provide strategic financial leadership, business planning, forecasting, accounting and budgeting processes, tax and risk management and optimize returns to the Shareholders.
• Responsible for directing IT function to ensure that the Company’s systems and information technology attain the best technology standards at every level of the business with increased data security.
• The CFO reports directly to the Managing Director and assists on strategic and tactical matters as they relate to financial management and their impact to the business operations

• Collaborates with the Managing Director to define and articulate the organization’s vision and to develop strategies for achieving that vision.
• Provide strategic direction and management of the Finance & IT functions and ensures alignment to the Company’s goals leading to shareholder value creation.
• Participate in preparation of the Annual Plan and Strategic Business Plans that improve the efficiency and long term profitability of the business and ensure optimal realization of brand/market potential.
• Ensure the design of a robust business-decision-making framework, driving through process improvements and change initiatives that enable the budgeting, forecasting and reporting to be carried out in a consistent and effective manner.
• Proactively participate in bench-marking studies of FMCG peers including but not limited to pricing, COGS, overheads, manufacturing costs along with cash flows and balance sheet foot prints
• Act in a fiduciary capacity, protecting the value of the brand through safeguarding assets of the company, both tangible and intangible.
• Ensure compliance with the company's policies, procedures and local statutory regulations. Manage Statutory and Internal Auditors.
• Organizational structure and effectiveness through building capabilities both People and Technology to ensure continuous innovation and growth; also motivating and retaining high performing employees.