Chief Finance Officer in an Educational Organization

A company in the Educational sector, located in Ogun state, is currently recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Finance Officer

Location: Ogun
Job Type: Full Time

Main Task

• Lead the preparation and reporting of annual budget and periodic forecast. Provide the Board of Governors, sub-committees, and all budget holders with periodic updates of their accounts. Review outcomes and provide guidance on matters relating to budgets, forecasts and other financial plans
• Lead all aspects of income generation and cash management
• Maintain and oversee all bank accounts, completing monthly bank reconciliations and cash flow outcome and presenting treasury report to the leadership team and Board of Governors
• Advise Leadership Team on investment and financial policy, preparing appraisals for future projects and for the development of a long-term financial strategy for the future development of the college
• Deploy the appropriate systems (ERP, BI, NT etc.) to support the school’s operations
• Evaluate information and consult with the Senior Leadership Team and Governors to prepare a realistic and balanced annual budget
• Maintain a strategic financial plan that will indicate the trends and requirements of the school development plan and will forecast future year budgets
• Accurate and timely completion of tax Returns for ALL taxes
• Full cooperation with the internal and external audit processes
• Prepare and present all balance sheet reconciliations monthly
• Submission of accurate records and returns for staff Payroll and Pensions
• Management of the recruitment, induction, training, and performance of the Finance team
• Proactively provide advise / support to the SLT / BoG on revenue generation and capacity utilization initiatives

Reporting and Relationships:

• The Chief Finance Officer will report to the Principal.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related fields with ACA or ACCA or equivalent, MBA is desirable
• Minimum of ten years financial and accounting experience,
• A very high level of proficiency with ERP and financial software programmes
• Cost management
• Business Process ReEngineering
• Evidence of creation of accessible financial management reports
• People leadership and management
• Minimum of five years Supervisory and leadership experience
• Prior Experience in a similar role within a school or service industry
• Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection
• Implementation involvement with ERP business systems
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Budget variance analysis
• Risk management.

Deadline: 18th September, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: joy.ngene@aldelia.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only qualified candidates would be contacted. Please do not apply if you do not match the above requirements. Thank you.