Jobs Recruitment for Head of Financial
Advisory at Michael Stevens Consulting in Lagos Today
2015
Michael Stevens Consulting – Our client, a leading consulting
company in Nigeria, has a well-deserved reputation for
consistent and reliable service delivery. To further strengthen
its operational capabilities and business practices, the
company is seeking to hire a business advisory specialist into
the role of Head of Financial Advisory
Head of Financial Advisory
Job Location: Lagos
Job Description
- Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be responsible
for leading your team to advise and assist our clients in
optimizing their finance function and its underlying processes
and systems. You will be involved in performance improvement
projects to provide tailor-made creative and pragmatic
solutions to address complex problems in areas such as:
- The strategic positioning of finance within the
organization
- Process improvement within finance
- Corporate performance management
- Cost and profitability management
- Shared services and outsourcing
- Financial systems selection and deployment
- On top of project delivery, your role will also include
delivering presentations and courses and contributing to
thought leadership and business development in your specialist
area.
Job Requirements
- You need to be a professionally qualified accountant with
at least 12 years cognate experience in any of the following
areas:
- Consulting within the finance function
- Financial or business controlling (in a manufacturing or
services environment)
- Financial Audit
- You also need to be able to demonstrate solid and relevant
project experience in at least one of the following areas:
- Finance function reorganization and process improvement
- Planning, budgeting and management reporting
- Cost management
- Financial systems selection and implementation.
- Experience with the financial modules of SAP or with CPM
applications is a plus.
- In order to be successful in this function, you require the
following additional knowledge and skills:
- Good overall understanding of the finance function roles
and activities
- Excellent project management skills
- Commercial acumen and business development skills
- Experience leading the provision of expert advisory and
consultancy services to clients on a wide range of complex
business management matters
- Ability to establish and achieve agreed revenue generation
and profit maximization targets.
- Successful track record of business development and
relationship management, including the development of enduring
institutional relationships and networks.
- Professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CFA is
required.
Method of Application
Qualified and interested persons should forward their CV’s to:
jobs@michaelstevens-consulting.com
The subject of the email should be the job position being
applied for.
Note: Late applications will not be considered
and only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
Deadline: 14th April , 2015