The Place - We are a fast growing, world class, and dynamic, multi-billion Nigerian conglomerates, established and managed by a team of professionals with decades of management consulting and accounting experience/ training from Arthur Andersen (now KPMG in Nigeria). We are presently into restaurants, hotel, and nightclubbing. We are opening new outlets in Lagos and looking for high-flying individual who shares the values of hard work, commitment and integrity and places high premium on personal development and career growth.

A very smart accountant is needed to assist in reviewing and constantly improving our overall operations, from a financial perspective.

The preferred candidate should have at least 10 years of external and internal audit experience preferably  in one of the top accounting firms. He/she must be comfortable with accounting and internal controls.  He/she should have specialized in related industries i.e. restaurant, manufacturing, trading and/ or retailing industries.  He/she needs to be computer literate and be comfortable with computerized accounting software.

The candidate will be responsible for developing and supervising implementation of audit strategies/ programmes for preventing and detecting fraud/ wastages. This will include but not limited to: pre- and post- payment audit in all areas: material procurement, facilities management expenditures, project/ construction expenditures, etc; and revenue assurance. He/she will also be responsible for constantly improving our internal controls in all areas of the business.

He/she must have unwavering integrity, strong sense/ skepticism for identifying control weaknesses and fraud, and firmness to always deal with fraud/ sharp practices in the company.

The candidate will assist in championing the company’s aggressive cost reduction drive, which will entail:
•    looking for ways of sourcing key materials cheaper
•    reducing/ eliminating wastage/ thefts in all areas of the business: bar/club, storage, food processing etc
The candidate will also lead all efforts on safeguarding the company’s revenue: i.e. preventing/ avoiding revenue thefts and inadvertent revenue losses. He will conduct thorough review of financial data, compare finances across similar locations/ businesses and identify anomalies, wastage, cost reduction opportunities and overall business improvement opportunities.

Candidates who do not meet the above criteria need not apply.