Saturday, October 10, 2009

TOTAL NIGERIA

OPPORTUNITY FOR EUROPEAN GRADUATES: ASSISTANT TO THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR (M/F) – NIGERIA

Job Type :


Company : Total Nigeria Plc
Contract : VIE : 16 Month
Branch : Refining Marketing
Location : Nigeria - Lagos, Nigeria
Interviews will
take place in : Paris
Starting date : September 2008
Salary : UBIFrance rates + Accommodation



Job description :


As the successful Assistant to the Financial and Development Director at our Refining & Marketing subsidiary in Nigeria, your duties will involve the following.

- Preparing the long-term plan and budget.

- Assisting subsidiary departments by analysing, codifying and correcting their fixed costs.

- Supporting local control-management teams.

- Preparing monthly reports to revalue foreign-currency exchange rates.

- Administrating SAP clearances, applying the responsibility-segregation principle, under Paris HQ guidance.

- Liaising with Paris HQ on a variety of issues.

VIE positions are available to citizens of the European Economic Area (EU + Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) aged between 18 and 28. More information regarding the VIE program can be found on www.civiweb.com.


Required skills :

Education :


A 5-year Business or Economics degree (from a business school or university) majoring in Finance.
Fluent English (+ French).
Solid Office literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access).
SAP conversancy would be an advantage.
B driver’s licence.


Experience :


Relevant internships.


Skills :


Organisation.
The ability to adjust to very different environments.
An open mind.
Team spirit.

http://www.ng.total.com OR http://careers.total.com/careersFO/careers/home

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

GE Oil & Gas

GE Nigeria: Management Reporting Leader

GE Oil & Gas is looking to recruit a Management Reporting Leader.

Role Summary/Purpose
The Role is required to support and assist the GBS Country Controller.
To provide support for all accounting activities of the shared service center in Nigeria.
This will include working with the teams to enhance operational excellence and drive compliance and controllership in the processes in the Center.

Essential Responsibilities
Achieve operational excellence in the Finance and Administration operations
Drive Controllership and Compliance for the GBS Center
Provide Financial and Administrative leadership to the GBS Center
Implement & maintain the financial rules, procedures & records to meet the GAAP, legal and tax requirements.
Ensuring proper compliance Local tax filing and reporting, corporate reporting, and Company polices
Preparation of budgets, periodical variance analysis and periodical reporting
Ensure the smooth operations of the accounting processes AP, Payroll, T&L, closing and reporting etc.
Support and participate in all accounting activities during the monthly/quarterly close, including the preparation of account reconciliations.
Participate in the monthly/quarterly reporting process to HQ and the business units.
Manage the query resolutions from all key stake holders
Organizes and plans auditing schedules.
Drive continuous process improvement in the accounting processes in the Center, including key controllership projects.
Identify key compliance & controllership metrics and drive improvement these metrics
Implementation of Six Sigma initiatives and provide similar quality services to internal/external customers

Qualifications/Requirements
Minimum of 7 years experience in a similar position and in managing people.
Professional Qualification CA, CPA, CIMA/CWA, MBA, ICAN, ACCA
Demonstrated ability to lead & motivate teams to achieve business goals.
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously & prioritize workload
Project management & coaching experience will be an asset.
Ability to influence without authority and work collaboratively in a team.
Relationship Building & Networking Skills with internal organization and customers
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Selfmotivated, high energy with strong ability to deliver results.
Excellent computer skills
Capable of working independently.
Work effectively in a crossfunctional and culturally diverse work group
MUST be fluent in written and spoken English.
Prior experience in running a shared service center will be an asset.

Desired Characteristics
Strong inclination towards quality process improvement
GE experience will be a strong advantage
Prior experience in running a shared service center will be an advantage

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