Chief Financial Officer

• Co-own the Group's strategic and business plans with the Group MD/CEO, ensuring financial rigour supports growth, capacity expansion, and diversification
• Lead the Group's medium- and long-term financial strategy, including capital structure, funding mix, and dividend policy
• Advise the Board and Executive Committee on capital allocation, investment appraisal, pricing strategy, and margin management
• Evaluate and lead M&A, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships, including due diligence, valuation, and post-transaction integration
• Oversee annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial planning across the Group and its subsidiaries
• Ensure timely, accurate, and IFRS-compliant consolidated financial statements and management accounts
• Drive commercial and manufacturing cost analytics to protect and improve margins
• Deliver Board-ready reporting packs, KPI dashboards, and variance analysis
• Manage liquidity, banking relationships, working capital, cash flow, and FX exposure
• Structure and negotiate debt facilities, trade finance, and supply-chain financing
• Lead engagement with banks, DFIs, rating agencies, and capital markets
• Own the Group's hedging strategy for commodity price and currency risk
• Strengthen internal controls, segregation of duties, and financial governance across Group entities
• Ensure compliance with Nigerian tax legislation, statutory filings, and relevant regulatory requirements
• Oversee enterprise risk management, insurance strategy, and business continuity planning from a financial perspective
• Manage the external audit relationship and resolve audit findings and management letter points
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing finance organization
• Champion modern ERP, financial systems, and automation
• Instill financial discipline, accountability, and commercial ownership across the business
• Represent the Group with shareholders, lenders, regulators, and other external stakeholders

• Minimum 15+ years of experience
• International experience
• Experience co-owning strategic and business plans with a Group MD/CEO
• Experience developing medium- and long-term financial strategy, capital structure, funding mix, and dividend policy
• Experience advising boards and executive committees on capital allocation, investment appraisal, pricing strategy, and margin management
• Experience leading M&A, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships, including due diligence, valuation, and post-transaction integration
• Experience overseeing annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial planning
• Knowledge of IFRS-compliant consolidated financial statements and management accounts
• Experience with commercial and manufacturing cost analytics, including cost-of-goods and input-cost sensitivity
• Experience delivering Board-ready reporting packs, KPI dashboards, and variance analysis
• Experience managing liquidity, banking relationships, working capital, cash flow, and FX exposure
• Experience structuring and negotiating debt facilities, trade finance, and supply-chain financing
• Experience engaging with banks, DFIs, rating agencies, and capital markets
• Experience with commodity price and currency risk hedging strategies
• Experience establishing internal controls, segregation of duties, and financial governance
• Knowledge of Nigerian tax legislation, including FIRS and LIRS
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements involving NAFDAC, SON, and NESREA
• Experience overseeing enterprise risk management, insurance strategy, and business continuity planning
• Experience managing external audit relationships and resolving audit findings
• Experience building, mentoring, and leading finance organizations across reporting, treasury, tax, FP&A, and internal control
• Experience adopting modern ERP, financial systems, and automation
• Experience representing a group with shareholders, lenders, regulators, and external stakeholders