Chief Financial Officer

About This Role

Protecting liquidity, securing capital, and strengthening financial control are the core responsibilities of the Chief Financial Officer, who also delivers reliable financial information for executive decision-making. This position combines strategic finance, treasury, capital raising, FP&A, project/development finance, tax, governance, reporting, investment evaluation, and finance transformation.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial strategy and planning, including budgets, forecasts, capital plans, scenario modeling, and financial advice to the CEO and Board
• Lead bank debt, DFI, project/structured finance, and equity/JV funding processes, including lender and investor relationships
• Maintain daily cash visibility, a 13-week cash-flow forecast, and a rolling 12-month liquidity outlook
• Produce management accounts, forecasts, variance analysis, and finance inputs to the CEO dashboard
• Maintain project economics, cost-to-complete, funding-gap, and profitability views, and challenge deteriorating economics
• Provide financial-control and affordability review of BOQs, valuations, variations, procurement recommendations, and project payments while leaving technical project ownership with Projects/QS professionals
• Establish accounting policies, reconciliations, approval controls, audit readiness, tax compliance, and statutory financial discipline
• Build a scalable ERP/data/reporting roadmap and establish a reliable single source of financial truth
• Build and develop an accountable Finance & Reporting function with clear ownership and succession capability

Requirements

• At least 15 years' progressive finance experience, including substantial senior finance leadership
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related discipline
• Professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA/CGMA, CPA, or equivalent is strongly preferred and expected for the seniority of the role
• Deep working knowledge of IFRS, financial controls, budgeting, treasury, taxation, and statutory financial reporting applicable to a Nigerian group
• Advanced financial modeling and Excel capability
• Strong familiarity with ERP/accounting platforms and executive dashboards

Nice to have:

• Postgraduate degree, CFA, treasury, risk, project-management, or investment credentials
• Power BI or comparable analytics capability

Important Details

• Work Location: In person

About the Company

The CFO is responsible for protecting liquidity, securing capital, strengthening financial control, and delivering reliable financial information for executive decision-making. The position combines strategic finance, treasury, capital raising, FP&A, project/development finance, tax, governance, reporting, investment evaluation and finance transformation.