Finance Controller-West Africa

Pivotage Consulting – Our client, a multi-national company, specializing in alternative energy, particularly the design, financing, and distribution of solar-powered home energy products with a presence in Africa and Asia, and products that serve an estimated 53 million people across 35 countries; is looking to hire a Finance, Controller-West Africa. 

Summary/Objective

The Finance Controller West Africa will work closely with the Global Controllership Team (located in Mumbai, India), to provide financial expertise with regards to the accounting and tax compliance in Nigeria and other countries in West Africa where the firm may expand in the future.

Key Accountabilities of the role will be as follows:

• Ensuring accurate month-close/quarter-close and year-close processes and manage all financial reporting responsibilities
• Lead closure of all statutory and tax audits, external and internal audits
• Finalization of the financial statements and perform the required analytical review of the financial statements
• Discuss auditor queries and close all issues raised by the auditors
• Manage tax and overall account reconciliations to ensure the balance sheet is stated accurately
• Responsible for ensuring accounting in accordance with Local GAAP and US GAAP
• Manage all direct and indirect tax filings, reporting, analysis, and all of its underlying processes
• Assist in all Transfer pricing assessments, filings, reporting, and processes
• Assist in liaising with the Service provider for getting the Transfer pricing study completed on a yearly basis
• Responsible for preparing the necessary Tax reporting package on a quarterly basis for the provision of all the status updates to the Global finance team
• Responsible for ensuring that the correct withholding tax rate has been used for deducting the tax for all the required heads and all relevant items have been included for a with-holding tax deduction
• Responsible for getting the remittance done on time for all statutory payments on monthly, quarterly, or annually.
• Responsible for maintenance of the monthly Compliance Dashboard and to ensure that all statutory payments are made on time
• Partner with the global finance team to execute finance initiatives across the organization as required from time to time
• Drive visibility into variable cost accounting, variable cost productivity, project margins analysis, and other key financial metrics.
• Responsible for the creation of masters with all the relevant information of the customers and vendors and maintenance of necessary documents for them.
• Lead the process of employee reimbursements. 

Job Requirements

• Chartered Accountant/ CPA or Equivalent
• 4-5 years relevant hands-on work experience in Controllership, accounting, or taxation practices 
• Relevant work experience with Big 4 audit firms or MNCs
• Excellent analytical skills, able to clearly link financial results to operational performance drivers, generate alternatives and drive positive change
• Clear thinking/problem solving, able to lead projects/process improvement within operations/finance function
• Able to break down complex issues into simpler steps and resolve them
• Fluent in written and verbal English communication
• Excellent presentation skills and strong executive presence
• Ability to prioritize & promote teamwork.

Method of Application

Interested candidates should send their CVs to recruitment@pivotageconsulting.com  using the Job Title (Finance Controller- West Africa) as the subject of your application.

Application Deadline

26th March 2021.