THE JOURNEY

• Be the General Manager’s right-hand in any strategic and finance decision
• Define jointly with the General Manager the long term goals of the country
• Set and review quarterly country and department targets based on long term goals
• Implement current corporate strategy throughout the annual planning cycle both at country and city level
• Work with cross-functional teams (operations, marketing, finance, procurement and commercial) to ensure a profitable and flawless execution, and to develop profitability analysis for new ideas/businesses
• Study the viability – reports of investments/projects, strategic reorientation, etc
• Lead cross functional projects to improve profitability
• Analyze business performance and measure KPIs, identifying issues and potential improvement opportunities
• Prepare and present monthly, quarterly and annual finance and accounting reports and analysis (P&L and BS).
• Work closely with Global Finance Teams (Billing, Treasury, Accounting etc) to solve any day-to-day issues and ensure a 100% satisfaction of Nigeria’s customers, partners and couriers in any topic related to finance
• Manage treasury function and ensure optimal cash flow
• Coordinate the preparation of Financial Statements
• Lead the relationship with third parties: external auditors, administrations, external consultants,
• Analyze of procedures and external audit – Contributing to the continuous improvement of the processes promoting solutions to possible problems detected and reduce manual tasks
• Optimize the fiscal policy of the company: VAT tax knowledge, IIBB Multilateral Agreement
• Report into the General Manager with a dotted line to the Africa Head of Finance & Strategy

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE RIDE

• 6-10+ years of work experience in consulting, investment banking, audit or corporate finance within a leading company providing teams with the necessary data to make the right decisions & leading major projects
• Strong working knowledge in manipulating and presenting quantitative data (Excel, Google Spreadsheets etc.), ability to build flexible and comprehensive reporting templates
• Advanced English
• Strong analytical skills, goal-oriented, and teamwork
• Hands-on and autonomous
• Advanced accounting and finance knowledge
• Ability to influence stakeholders in order to help achieve your goals