Latest Jobs at Ascentech Services Limited

Job Title: Executive Assistant

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
For: The Director (Group of companies)

Job Description

• The Executive Assistant is required to provide support to the Executive Director in delivering overall strategic objectives with high level of integrity and professionalism

Responsibilities

• To coordinate meeting scheduling, management and commitments preparing required agenda and materials for the Executive Director
• Produce reports for the Executive Director as and when required.
• Follow up on action points from meetings on behalf of the Executive Director
• To provide administrative support in the delivery of assignments and initiatives on behalf of the Executive Director’s office as and when required
• Provides a bridge for smooth communication between the office of the Executive Director, senior management teams across businesses; demonstrating leadership to maintain credibility, trust and support with senior management staff
• Successfully complete critical aspects of deliverables with a hands-on approach, including drafting communications and responses, reviewing contracts and related business communications for the Executive Director
• Effectively prioritize conflicting needs; handles matters expeditiously, proactively, and follows-through on projects to successful completion within defined timelines

Requirements

• Degree in Law or related discipline
• Minimum of 5 -years’ experience of providing secretarial and administrative support for C-level Executives

Skill Required:

• Proven experience as an executive assistant
• In-depth understanding of entire MS Office suite.
• Ability to organize a daily workload by priorities.
• Must be able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced quickly changing environment.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving with strong decision-making skills.
• Professional level verbal and written communications skills.
• Assuring discreet handling of business and ability to handle confidential and sensitive material

Job Title: Business Performance Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Description

• The Business Performance Manager will support the activities of Strategy, Business Development & Performance Management across existing and new businesses in achieving overall predetermined business goals

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy best fit performance management systems across business entities
• Develop and deploy business performance dashboards and analysis
• Drive the coordination of strategic and operational activities across the organizations including project support, coordination, and collation of information, reporting and data analysis.
• Prepare quarterly(periodic) performance reviews for senior management teams across the various businesses
• Design / provide efficient systems, templates, dashboards structures for accurate and timely reporting to aid speedy business decisions
• Manage the Business Performance team, overseeing team objectives and the delivery of business performance solutions.
• Collaborate with Business Heads in achieving the organizational Strategic Plans including reviewing performance against the strategic objectives and tracking of the organization’s work plan across the respective businesses
• Organize and drive strategic goal planning and monitoring sessions with the Board.

Requirements

• B.Sc. Degree in Management Sciences
• MBA – An Added advantage
• Minimum of 12 years in strategic leadership position across Industries
• Membership of either of the following CIPM, SHRM, SPHRI.

Skill Required:

• Excellent communicator and collaborator at all levels
• Superior business judgment based on skills, intuition and experience
• Data savvy – Skilled in data visualization and analytics
• Excellent computer skills.

Personality Summary:

• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
• Passionate, courageous and self-driven with keen attention for details.

Job Title: Senior Finance Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Provide sound, accurate and timely financial information
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly and annual financial statements and company-wide financial performance report
• Work with the Director to prepare and finalize budgets, forecasts and other financial plans and carry out continuous follow-ups.
• Work with all heads of departments to ensure that their individual budgets, as well as the overall company budget, are monitored and managed for the most effective and efficient use of financial resources.
• Manage day to day liaison and relationship management with the banks, company’s internal auditors, statutory auditors and other legal authorities, ensuring compliance with statutory accounting requirements, regulations and fiscal obligations.
• Manage the day to day effective control and management of the company’s financial control systems,
• Ensure that statutory accounts are maintained,
• Ensure effective management of payroll and prompt payment of salaries as at when due
• Ensure prompt receipt of monies on accounts receivables and payment of account payables due
• Supervise the input and processing of financial data Financial Application ensuring data integrity
• Keep abreast of changes in financial regulations and legislation.
• Verify and approve payment transactions
• Perform month-end and year-end accounts closure process

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting or Finance
• MBA is an added advantage
• 7+ years in progressively responsible financial leadership roles preferably in a manufacturing company
• ICAN certified

Skill/Knowledge Required:

• Superior mathematical and analytical skills
• Leadership skills and experience
• Understanding of data privacy standards
• Strong oral and written communication skills,
• Understanding of business principles and practices
• Superior attention to detail
• Organizational skills; Strategic financial planning skills; multi-tasking abilities; integrity, honesty.
• Proficiency in the use of accounting software
• Proven experience in cost accounting

Personality Summary:

• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
• Passionate and self-driven, must be decisive, courageous, with good decision making skills.

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Description

• The Project Manager would coordinate and drive execution of diverse projects and teams across different business projects in alignment with business objectives and goals.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation that can concurrently run across different businesses with their respective project scope
• Converge reviews with project teams to identify and resolve issues as required
• Establish effective project communication plans and channels with respective project teams
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress along agreed timeframe escalating deviations with control measures where required
• Using appropriate tools and techniques, measure and track project performance , specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• Conduct risk assessment and ensure mitigation of risk to its minimal level
• Ensure utilization of all resources in an efficient manner in executing all project briefs
• Conducting post project evaluation and identifying successful and unsuccessful project elements with recommendations for improvement
• Prepare status reports by gathering, analyzing and summarizing relevant information for the attention of the Board

Requirements

• B.Sc. Degree with at least 5 years in leadership position MBA – An Added advantage
• Proven experience in Project Management and the ability to lead project teams of various sizes.
• A Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a MUST have.

Skill Required:

• Organizational skills
• Analytical skills
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Numeracy skills
• Commercial awareness
• Diplomacy
• Ability to motivate people
• Management and leadership skills

Personality Summary

• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
• Passionate, courageous and self-driven with keen attention for details.

Job Title: Chief Finance Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Descriptions

• The CFO (for the Group of companies) shall be accountable for the administrative, financial, and risk management operations of the companies;
• Responsible for the development of a financial and operational strategy;
• Oversee deal analysis, negotiations, manage investor relationships;
• Development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets as well as report accurate financial results.

Responsibilities

• Develop and effectively drive finance organizational strategies, assist in formulating the company’s future direction, monitor the implementation of strategic business plans by contributing financial and accounting information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction; establish functional objectives in line with overall organizational objectives
• Oversee Cash Flow positioning for the companies with clear understanding of sources and uses of funds; maintaining and upholding integrity of funds, securities and valued documents
• Effective control and management of all company liabilities, approve all agreements concerning financial obligations, such as contracts for procurements, assets, and other actions requiring a commitment of financial resources.
• Drive the attainment of overall company financial performance targets
• Budget and expense control
• Overall Risk management and mitigation
• Develop financial and tax strategies
• Oversee employee benefit plans, with particular emphasis on maximizing cost-effective benefits package
• Transact and manage all third party relationship e.g. bankers, government related regulatory bodies ensuring timely compliance with statutory obligations
• Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and processes duly complied with
• Ensure the maintenance of accurate and appropriate financial records and reporting are timely generated and communicated

Requirements

• Degree in Accounting or Finance with possible work experience in Investment Banking / Operations
• MBA is an added advantage
• 15+ years in progressively responsible financial leadership roles
• Professional certifications in related field

Skill Required:

• Strategic Financial Planning:
  • Managing Profitability
  • Promoting Process Improvement
  • Corporate Finance
  • Developing Budgets
  • Risk assessment and control
  • Proficiency in the use of diverse accounting software

Personality Summary:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
• Passionate, courageous and self-driven with keen attention for details.