Finance manager

Job Description
Position Finance manager Dept. Finance Dept. Quantity 1
Superior GM ( Business Head ) Number of subordinates Organogram driven
Duty
· Assist in establishing standardized financial operation systems for newly launched business centers. Take charge of
daily financial management, cost control, budget execution, full-set accounting, business transaction booking and
inventory control, and conduct basic financial supervision to ensure smooth financial processes for new market
operations.
· Support the headquarters in preparing annual budgets and quarterly budget revisions for the region. Collect and
conduct preliminary review of monthly departmental budgets, and perform basic investment estimation for upfront new
market expenses. No requirement to organize budget review & reconciliation meetings.
· Coordinate with Group Internal Audit for regional audits. Conduct self-checks on documents and accounts for high-
risk areas including infrastructure construction, equipment procurement, product distribution and marketing expenses.
· Standardize full-cycle booking for all business activities, and fully record supporting documents covering distribution,
channel, production and administrative operations. Track cash flow, revenue and cost data, perform basic business
analysis, sort out cash flow status and input-output results, and submit financial data with concise analysis reports to the
GM regularly.
· Implement regional financial processes covering accounting, capital management, inventory and expense
reimbursement in compliance with Group policies and local Nigerian regulations. Unify booking standards for all types of
transactions, complete basic local tax filing and ensure accounting compliance.
· Strictly abide by Nigerian financial & tax laws and corporate financial policies. Standardize daily transaction booking,
invoice processing and tax accounting to mitigate basic fiscal and tax risks.
· Review and submit applications for bank cash withdrawals, imprest funds and routine fund transfers per regulations.
Maintain capital transaction ledgers and conduct simple analysis on fund utilization.
· Prepare and reconcile regional budgets, revenue & expenditure plans, cost schedules and monthly financial
statements. Review financial documents attached to various business contracts and distribution agreements, retain
complete accounting vouchers, and carry out basic profit & loss analysis on income and expenditure.
· Participate in investment estimation for new market development, product distribution and channel expansion
projects. Record full-cycle project accounting entries and provide basic operational analysis based on bookkeeping data
for management’s reference in decision-making.
· Administer daily regional finance affairs, unify standards for transaction booking and data statistics, optimize
accounting and data sorting workflows, and allocate work within the finance team.
· Standardize storage of financial documents including business contracts, accounting vouchers, source documents
and financial statements, and organize regular filing to meet inspection and document retrieval requirements from tax
authorities and the Group.
· Strictly keep confidential core financial and operational data such as costs, gross margins and project investment in
accordance with data confidentiality rules.
· Liaise with local external parties including tax authorities and banks to handle routine tax declaration, bank
reconciliation and document formalities, and complete accounting entries for cross-border transactions.
· Coordinate with banks for foreign currency receipt, payment and exchange settlement, maintain foreign exchange
ledgers, and conduct simple calculation of exchange gains and losses.
· Complete other finance-related tasks assigned by the GM, including bookkeeping, data compilation and operational
analysis.
Job Requirements
· Hold a Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification.
· No less than 7 years of working experience in large FMCG industries (food & beverage manufacturing preferred),
with a minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience as a lead accountant or finance manager with full accounting
responsibilities. Experience in financial handling for new market launches is preferred.

· Proficient in end-to-end transaction booking, cost accounting, month-end closing and basic business analysis; skilled
in SAP and Excel for data compilation and simple analysis; capable of setting up basic regional accounting ledgers
independently.
· Familiar with implementing basic financial systems, expense reimbursement, booking and tax procedures; possess
basic knowledge of local Nigerian tax and foreign exchange policies and corresponding accounting treatments.
· Able to independently prepare regional new market budgets, upfront investment estimates and basic profitability
forecasts for superior review.
· Possess basic coordination capabilities and good communication skills, and able to provide simple operational
optimization suggestions based on accounting data.
· Able to work under pressure, cope with heavy volumes of source documents, simultaneous business booking and
data compilation during new market launch.
· Hands-on experience liaising with external institutions such as banks and tax authorities, familiar with basic fiscal and
tax procedures in Nigeria.
· Experience leading a small finance team of 2–5 staff, capable of unifying standards for booking and data statistics.
· Prior working experience with enterprises in Nigeria is preferred.