Emerson Automation Solutions, a Technology and Engineering company is recruiting to fill the position below:
POSITION : Country Controller
Description​
Responsible for managing and controlling the Financial reporting for Emerson Automation Solutions in Nigeria (both Statutory and Management accounts); overseeing the production of monthly and annual accounts; managing payroll and creating & supporting journal entries where required.
Provide financial planning and analysis support to the Country Management Team and Middle East & Africa leadership team.
Responsibilities
- Analysis of the Nigeria business by division, with greater emphasis on detailing underlying trends and drivers of the divisions and providing support and information with these in mind
- Providing support and information during budgeting, forecasting, mid year reviews and the year end accounting processes as required
- Building good relationships with all key business managers and ensuring where possible to make a financial presence available, thus ensuring support in key decisions
- To develop financial reporting tools that will support and work alongside the current tools, whilst adding value and professional presence
- Ensure completion of Annual KPMG audit with nil non compliance comments – by corporate due date
- Recognize and accept HSE Roles & Responsibilities as defined in Emerson's Company Policy and Procedures
- Managing the financial statements and ensure compliance with Company and Country process’s, rules and regulations
- Ensuring the Corporations Ethics policy is followed for all financial transactions in Nigeria
- Reporting financial statements to all statutory bodies, accurately complete and in a timely manner
- Managing complete and timely daily inputs to the transactional processing group, via the dataserve system
- File Witholding tax returns monthly and Income tax returns annually, accurately and in a timely manner
- Reporting financial statements using Emerson reporting tools, accurately, completely and in a timely manner
- Providing detailed financial analysis, comparing actuals to business expectations by division and for Nigeria, and reporting any material variances
- Preparation of month end accounts pack and sales reporting models and reporting to HQ in a timely and accurate manner, with emphasis on ensuring that all reported information is supported by strong analysis
Requirements
- A qualified Chartered Accountant (CA/CPA or similar) and have at least 8-10 years experience in the Accounting profession.
- Strong knowledge of Nigerian tax requirements, have worked with a large ERP (such as Oracle) and be an advanced user of MS Excel.
- Preferably your experience will be within an International Oil & Gas business.
- Able to build relationships at a Senior Leadership level, and be able to present and communicate to a wide range of audiences.
- Your ethics will be of the highest standard and you will ensure full compliance with accurate statutory reporting.
- Our office is on Victoria Island in Lagos and you must live within a manageable commuting distance.
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