Job Title: Financial Analyst 5
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Employer: Oracle Corporation
Job: IRC2307661
Discretionary job title: Global Business Finance Director – Nigeria & West Africa
Short description:
• In the role of a Global Finance Business Partner you will be part of the Nigerian Management Team and will ensure finance support to Sales Leaders across all Lines of Business.
• You will provide financial analysis during budgeting, planning & forecasting to facilitate decision making and future business strategies and will take co-responsibility for business decisions.
• Your focus will remain on Finance activities in Nigeria and other Oracle offices in West Africa.
Tasks as a Finance Business partner:
• Business finance support to local and cluster Business Leaders in all financial aspects
• Ongoing Business Planning & Execution
• Market expansion & ROI analysis
• Coordinate and consolidate preparation of annual budgets for your countries
• Tracking and review of investment implementations
• Analyzing and evaluating business performance
• Identification of cost drivers and implementation of efficient structures
• Provide Ad-hoc analysis for Business decisions
• Tracking of deals and projects to ensure sustainable revenue generation
• Coordination with Shared Service Centers for sufficient Credit Lines
• Ongoing contacts with customers and business partners to ensure in-time payments
• Interface to other functions and Shared Service Centers to mitigate risk and ensure compliance
• Coordinate with other GBF partners in other LOBs.
• High focus on external and internal customers
• Representation of Oracle and Finance in C-Level discussions
• Presentation of Oracle's world class finance processes and finance tools to customers
Skills required: You have gained experiences as a Finance Director or Senior Finance Controller in an International company and you have a high reputation within the Nigerian Finance community.
In addition you require:
• Fluent English needed
• Excellent analytical and financial skills
• MBA or equivalent University degree
• Qualified Accountant
• 10+ years experience in Controlling/Finance function
• Vast computer knowledge
• High level skills with Excel & PowerPoint required
• High communication skills
• Be a good and innovative Team-player
Brief Description:
• Serves as a financial advisor and business partner in managing the activities of the financial analyst staff.
• Ensures that global business processes and practices are followed in providing accurate financial analysis in support of Oracle*s business to facilitate decision making and future business strategies.
• Manages a professional staff.
Detailed Description:
• As a member of Oracle*s finance organization, you will manage the finance team and drive key cross functional business practices such as management of the budget and forecasting processes.
• Your will prepare, administer, and direct the control of the budget.
• Review and approve recommendations for financial planning and control.
• Monitor divisions and subsidiaries adherence to budgets. Develop, implement, and integrate financial practices across multiple organizations and locations.
• Develop, recommend, and implement financial policies, practices, and process changes.
Job Requirements:
• Manages and controls activities in multi-functional areas of sections.
• Ensures appropriate operational planning is effectively executed to meet Corporate specifications.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, ability to manage processes, and identify cross-functional issues.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• 8 years relevant experience and BA/BS degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.
• CPA/MBA desired.
Additional Details:
• As part of the Oracle employment process, candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process, prior to an offer being made.
• This will involve identity and employment verification, salary verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable)
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