Chief Financial Officer (Anambra)

  • Full-time

Company Description

Our client is an integrated poultry agribusiness.

Job Description

  • Develop and implement financial strategies to support the company's growth and profitability goals
  • Lead the finance team, providing guidance and support to ensure accurate financial reporting and analysis for multiple entities
  • Manage the financial planning and analysis function, including forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis for multiple entities
  • Oversee the accounting function, ensuring compliance with local and international accounting standards and regulations
  • Develop and maintain relationships with investors and other external stakeholders, including banks and financial institutions
  • Lead the treasury function, managing cash flow and liquidity
  • Oversee the audit preparation in a timely fashion
  • Develop and implement internal controls and processes to ensure the integrity of financial information across multiple entities
  • Participate in strategic planning and decision making as a member of the executive leadership team
  • Monitor and analyse industry trends, and provide insights and recommendations to senior leadership
  • Ensure financial systems are up to date and properly used
  • Manage corporate financing, refinancing, and manage the relations with banks and other lending institutions
  • Design and implement risk management policies, including financial, credit, and exchange risks

Qualifications

  • Proven experience as CFO, financial controller or senior member of the finance team. (Minimum of 5 years working in a senior finance role)
  • Experience with fund raising, investor management and corporate finance activities
  • Experience with setting up/ utilizing a leading financial management software
  • Relevant undergraduate degree and professional certification; Master’s degree in a relevant field is desirable
  • Strong leadership and organizational skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset, comfortable with numbers
  • Ability to strategize and solve problems
  • Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills
  • Strong leadership and organizational skills