Job Title Specialist.Finance Support (Central Reporting)
Location Lagos,NG
Function
Job Summary
Specialist, Finance Support (Central Reporting)
Support the Manager, Finance Support in working with the relevant business teams to deliver agreed targets and ensure benefits are optimised; costs are managed within agreed envelopes and provide guidance to relevant business teams on finance issues.
Principal Functions
Assist in developing user defined reports and providing analytical data from financial and other IT applications
Support the formulation and implementation of the overall company’s strategies through high level financial analysis and business support.
Work with assigned business teams on a daily basis to understand how the business works and its requirements.
Liaise with the IT team to develop solutions that will assist the finance support team in extracting financial data and reports for monthly reporting purpose
Prepare the consolidated monthly and quarterly Financial and Management Information Reports, Business forecast and Variance Analysis commentaries.
Analyse information and reporting needs of Financial Budgets and Planning unit; review existing systems and interact with IT to design automated solutions to meet those needs
Coordinate the month end close and reporting process within the Finance Support Unit working with and supporting other members of the Finance Support Team.
Prepare, consolidate, analyse and explain monthly and quarterly Financial Information with commentaries on key events and drivers of these results viz-a-viz Budget and Forecast.
Build strong and influential relationships with the business area to promote seamless working relationships with the rest of the Finance community.
Attend operational meetings to represent Finance within assigned business teams.
Evaluate existing Finance support reporting processes and propose ways to enhance them in order to achieve operational efficiency.
Work effectively with Financial Planning & Budget in providing team support for various projects as assigned by the Director, Financial Planning & Budget.
Educational Requirements
First Degree in a relevant discipline from a recognised university.
Experience,Skills & Competencies
Student Membership of professional association (CIMA, CFA, ACCA, ICAN, etc)
Three (3) to Five (5) years relevant work experience.
Budgeting & Forecasting
Financial Systems Knowledge
Basic Understanding of ETL (Extraction, Transformation and Loading) processes
Business and/or Financial Acumen
Advanced spreadsheet techniques
Ability to automate basic office activities using Microsoft Access, VBA etc
Ability to extract data from relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server using T/SQL, PLSQL etc
Hands-on experience on any Enterprise Applications such as ERP, Banking Application, Data warehouse etc
Passion for Excellence
Integrity
Empowering people
Growing people
Team work
Customer Focus
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