Ongoing recruitment at Owens and Xley Consults

Job Title: Head of Operations / Accountant

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description
Accounts:

• Manage all accounting transactions
• Ensure the accuracy of financial documents as well as their compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Preparing and maintaining important financial reports
• Preparing tax returns and ensuring that taxes are paid properly and on time
• Evaluating financial operations to recommend best practices, identify issues and strategize solutions
• Offering guidance on cost reduction, revenue enhancement and profit maximization
• Execution and management of company’s initiatives and daily operations
• Management of company policies and procedures
• Handle monthly, quarterly and annual closings
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements
• Audit financial transactions and documents

Operations:

• Ensure operations are carried on in an appropriate, cost-effective way
• Improve operational management systems, processes and best practices
• Monitor overall efficiency
• Help the organization’s processes remain legally compliant
• Formulate strategic and operational objectives
• Perform quality controls and monitor production KPIs
• Supervise staff and processes
• Maximizing operating potential to exceed customer’s expectations and company goals.
• Effecting better business practices

Requirements

• 3 – 5 years experience as an Accountant/ experience in a managerial role
• Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures
• Hands-on experience with accounting software
• Proficiency in MS Excel
• Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills
• B.Sc in Accounting, Finance or relevant degree
• Additional certification is a plus.

Salary
N120,000 – N150,000 monthly.

Job Title: Head of Operations / Accountant

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description
Accounts:

• Manage all accounting transactions
• Ensure the accuracy of financial documents as well as their compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Preparing and maintaining important financial reports
• Preparing tax returns and ensuring that taxes are paid properly and on time
• Evaluating financial operations to recommend best practices, identify issues and strategize solutions
• Offering guidance on cost reduction, revenue enhancement and profit maximization
• Execution and management of company’s initiatives and daily operations
• Management of company policies and procedures
• Handle monthly, quarterly and annual closings
• Reconcile accounts payable and receivable
• Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements
• Audit financial transactions and documents

Operations:

• Ensure operations are carried on in an appropriate, cost-effective way
• Improve operational management systems, processes and best practices
• Monitor overall efficiency
• Help the organization’s processes remain legally compliant
• Formulate strategic and operational objectives
• Perform quality controls and monitor production KPIs
• Supervise staff and processes
• Maximizing operating potential to exceed customer’s expectations and company goals.
• Effecting better business practices

Requirements

• 3 – 5 years experience as an Accountant/ experience in a managerial role
• Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures
• Hands-on experience with accounting software
• Proficiency in MS Excel
• Strong attention to detail and good analytical skills
• B.Sc in Accounting, Finance or relevant degree
• Additional certification is a plus.

Salary
N120,000 – N150,000 monthly.

Job Title: Production Supervisor

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Production Supervisor will be responsible for ensuring that the outfits are produced efficiently according to customers’ expectations and that the right amount of materials are used.
• He / She may also be involved in product design and purchasing and would supervise the internal and external production process.

Key Responsibilities

• Scrutinize the sketch/designs
• Liaise with customer service to go through customers who have paid 80% deposit
• Create production time table for design that has been paid for
• Create market lists for designs that have been paid for
• Approve procurement/market shopping list for funding and procurement
• Assign designs to tailors in a task sheet with the prices of each outfit placed on each design
• Supervise each task sheet daily and ensure all process for production are agreed based on tailors’ price list
• Document all challenges and comments for each outfit produced by each tailor in the task sheet
• Supervise the sample making
• Send in sample for fitting, approval, correction, reproduction and alterations
• Supervise the alterations
• Re-fit where necessary
• Supervise the line production
• Liaise with the quality control officer and ensure quality control is carried out on each piece and the overall production batch
• Oversee finishing
• Recommend tailor time table
• Manage tailors task sheet, provide feedback and calculate tailors’ tasks daily

Qualifications

• HND or B.Sc in any related discipline
• 3-5 years experience in a managerial position
• Experience in the fashion industry is a plus.

Person Specification

• High level of professionalism
• Research skills
• Organizational and coordination skills
• Result-oriented team player with exceptional motivation and interpersonal skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• High proficiency in MS Office Suite
• Must be able to prepare management reports and correspondence
• Good initiative, time and stress management skills
• Highly creative
• High level of attention to detail
• Excellent artistic ability
• Strong visualization skills
• Leadership and supervision skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong adherence to principles and values
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Keen eye for detail
• Sociable and friendly
• Confident and pleasant
• Knowledgeable of current trends as it relates to the industry.

Salary
N60,000 –  N100,000 monthly.

Job Title: Production Manager

Location: (Ikoyi and Lekki) Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Production Manager will be responsible for ensuring that the outfits are produced efficiently according to customers’ expectations and that the right amount of materials are used
• He/She may also be involved in product design and purchasing and would supervise the internal and external production process.

Key Responsibilities

• Scrutinize the sketch/designs
• Liaise with customer service to go through customers who have paid 80% deposit
• Create production time table for design that has been paid for
• Create market lists for designs that have been paid for
• Approve procurement/market shopping list for funding and procurement
• Assign designs to tailors in a task sheet with the prices of each outfit placed on each design
• Supervise each task sheet daily and ensure all process for production are agreed based on tailors’ price list
• Document all challenges and comments for each outfit produced by each tailor in the task sheet
• Supervise the sample making
• Send in sample for fitting, approval, correction, reproduction and alterations
• Supervise the alterations
• Re-fit where necessary
• Supervise the line production
• Liaise with the quality control officer and ensure quality control is carried out on each piece and the overall production batch
• Oversee finishing
• Recommend tailor time table
• Manage tailors task sheet, provide feedback and calculate tailors’ tasks daily.

Qualifications

• HND or B.Sc in any related discipline
• 3-5 years experience in a managerial position
• Experience in the fashion industry is a plus.

Person Speciification:

• High level of professionalism
• Research skills
• Organizational and coordination skills
• Result-oriented team player with exceptional motivation and interpersonal skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• High proficiency in MS Office Suite
• Must be able to prepare management reports and correspondence
• Good initiative, time and stress management skills
• Highly creative
• High level of attention to detail
• Excellent artistic ability
• Strong visualization skills
• Leadership and supervision skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong adherence to principles and values
• Able to work in a fast paced environment
• Keen eye for detail
• Sociable and friendly
• Confident and pleasant
• Knowledgeable of current trends as it relates to the industry.

Salary
N60,000 – N100,000 / month.

Job Title: Design Assistant (Fashion)

Location: Lekki, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Details

• The Design Assistant will support the fashion designer. The Design Assistant will help in creation of new styles and patrons for the brand, along with performing research activities to ensure the brand works competitively.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide both creative and practical support to the fashion designer by pooling ideas.
• Confer with clients to understand their design needs and provide feedback on presented ideas.
• Discuss clients’ needs with the fashion designer to obtain input.
• Ensure that the designs are in line with the brand’s aesthetics.
• Create sketches
• Ensure quality control
• Select fabric and trims
• Work with the fashion designer when necessary for the production.
• Write out all necessary materials required for the production of each outfit for easy procurement
• Perform extensive market trend research to understand competitive opportunities.
• Handle draping and pattern making activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• HND / BSc
• 1-2 years in a creative position
• Certification in Design is a plus
• Experience in the fashion industry is a plus
• High level of professionalism.
• Research skills
• Must be able to prepare management reports and correspondence.
• Good initiative, time and stress management skills.
• Highly creative.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent artistic ability.
• Strong visualization skills
• Ability to work in a fast pace environment.
• Sociable and friendly.
• Out of the box thinker
• Knowledge of current trends as it relates to the industry.
• High proficiency in MS Office Suite.
• Excellent verbal and writing skills
• Certification in Design is a plus.
• Experience in the fashion industry is a plus

Salary
N75, 000 / Month