Maersk Nigeria Limited is one of the leading shipping industries in the Maritime World. It accounts for majority of the imports in and out of Nigeria.
An opportunity exists for a Corporate Finance Services Manager to differentiate them and to accelerate their Group career aspirations in Nigeria.
You will be fully accountable for the Group Financial reporting of the Maersk activities in Nigeria along with managing the Group Shared Finance Functions. This position will report directly to the Cluster CFO with a close working relationship to the Cluster TOP and include daily interaction with the Regional Office in Cape Town, APMM Head Office in Copenhagen and the Cluster Countries.
Functions would include:
- Cluster Financial reporting, monthly HFM, book close and budgeting including responsibility for the external audit relationship
- Internal weekly reporting which would initially include the development of meaningful financial and non-financial reporting to the operational heads and country management
- Board Pack preparation of a minimum of 3 entities twice annually including Maersk Nigeria Limited
- Corporate accounting functions and allocation of shared costs across all the business units and activities
- Internal control function across the cluster
- Development and management of a team of 4 people
- Manage shared service functions such as procurement
Experience and skills:
- Tertiary accounting degree with minimum 5 years experience
- Strong technical accounting skills
- Good knowledge HFM and APM GAP
- Exposure to Group accounting environment and accounting packages
- Good grasp of business drivers
- Understanding of Corporate shared services
- Experience of or exposure to internal control processes and procedures
- Accurate and detailed
- Deadline driven and self starter
- Positive and service minded
- Able to communicate at a high level
- Good analytical skills
