MultiChoice Group Recruitment For Senior Finance Analyst
MultiChoice Group Recruitment For Senior Finance Analyst
MultiChoice Group is a leading entertainment company and we're home to some of the most recognized brands on the continent. Our entertainment platforms – DStv, GOtv, Showmax and DStv Now – are a hub for more than 19 million people across 50 co
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Finance Analyst – Showmax
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time · Mid-Senior level
Purpose of the Position
- Support the Finance Manager and General Manager Showmax in financial reporting and finance partnering functions
- Responsible for timely and accurate preparation of all Showmax Nigeria Financial reporting, management reporting, budgets and forecasts and procurement process (tracking spend against budgets).
Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Analysis:
- Design, maintain and improve upon robust budgeting model (record trends, understand drivers, correlation, sensitivities, dependencies)
- Facilitation of Showmax Nigeria budget and forecast planning cycles
- Perform analysis and provide commentary on month-end variances against budgets, forecasts and prior years
- Proactively partner with the Showmax business to identify and evaluate opportunities to improve bottom line business performance and ensure that change initiatives are implemented
- Tracking business financial objectives, as well as projecting and monitoring run rates to ensure that set targets are met
- Provide support for adhoc analysis and request pertaining to outlooks and projects
- Preparation and analysis of monthly rolling forecasts for Group submission
- Extract, combine and summarize data to analyse the financial impact of new initiatives and effectively communicating key findings to senior leadership to influence and support tactical and strategic business decisions
- Develop metrics and reports to provide monitoring for new initiatives
Financial Reporting and Operations:
- Prepare month end reporting packs for analysis
- Adhere to Group reporting deadlines including month end; forecasts; budgets; half-year and year-end
- Tracking and management of the procurement process and related key stats
- Perform reconciliations
- Prepare required schedules and documents for tax purposes
- Accounts receivable and accounts payable functions.
- Review/ prepare schedules and reports for statutory reporting packs for half-year and year-end reporting periods
- Consult with the Shared Services and auditors to prepare and assist with internal and statutory audits
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree
- ICAN/ACCA preferable, with database / Excel proficiency
- MBA advantageous
Experience / Skills:
- 5 – 8 years in a Financial accounting/analyst role
- Detailed commercial and financial acumen, balanced with creative flair
- Hands-on experience with financial analysis, modelling and report building
- Industry understanding and experience would be advantageous
- Strong communication and relationship building skills.
Technical Competencies:
- Advanced Excel skills (Macros, pivots and working with advanced and complex formulae)
- SAP experience
- Financial Modelling
- Excellent analytical skills
- Ability to present financial data using detailed reports and presentations
- Excellent communication, presentation skills
- Understanding the procurement process.
Behavioural Competencies:
- SAP experience
- Speed and accuracy with figures
- Effective stakeholder management
- Persuading and influence
- Ability to prioritize multiple deadlines
- Analytical thinking
- Innovative problem solver
- Holistic thinking
- Structured, agile, results oriented, customer focused
- Acts with integrity and fairness and high standards of accountability.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Proactive and ability to plan ahead
- Coaching
- Conflict resolution
- Attention to detail
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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