Head of Finance Job opening at The British Council

 

 

The British Council is the UK’s international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities. They create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. They do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries they work with - changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.
 
They work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Each year they reach over 20 million people face-to-face and more than 500 million people online, via broadcasts and publications. Founded in 1934, they are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body.

They are actively recruiting for the position below.

Role Title: Head of Finance

Location: Lagos

Role Responsibilities:

• The Head of Finance will have responsibility for all aspects of strategic and operational Finance in Nigeria, acting as the finance partner to the Country Director and Nigeria Executive Team.
• If successful in securing this opportunity, preferred candidate be responsible for ensuring the finance strategy delivers growth through new business operating models which conform to the British Council’s financial control standards and the broader corporate and regional objectives, whilst ensuring compliance with local tax and regulatory requirements.
• Preferred candidate will be a key member of the Nigeria Executive Team, working collaboratively with the Regional Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) Finance Team, and will actively contribute to the design and implementation of regional financial strategy in the country.
• Preferred candidate will play a critical role in bringing about change and transformation in the areas of tax compliance and reporting, external International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and introducing a commercial orientation in the way finance is handled going forward. 
• The Head of Finance’s leadership, experience in managing change, ability to coach, mentor and transform the team will be essential criteria for success in the role.

 

Required Qualifications:

• Qualified accountant or equivalent with proven experience of successfully managing and delivering in similar senior management roles
• Five years of relevant experience in commercial and/or ‘not-for-profit’ organization
• Commercial experience, including analysis of business operations, financial modelling, investment appraisal feasibility analysis
• Demonstrable experience of leading a high-performing team of professionals and working across functions/locations
• Experience of leading on change/ transformation projects
• Strong knowledge of Nigerian Tax and reporting regulatory requirements
• Qualified accountant or equivalent with audit experience at Audit Senior or Audit Manager level in reputable audit firm (experience auditing commercial organizations will be considered)

Application Deadline: 

September 7^th 2020

Application Guideline:

To apply, click on the link below.

https://bit.ly/3aRasEa