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Title: Microsoft Nigeria Jobs - Finance Manager
Post by: Jobbers on Sep 30, 2011, 02:37 PM
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Job Title: Sr Finance Manager
Job ID: 770442
Job Category: Finance
Division: Finance
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Organisation: Microsoft

Job's Purpose:
•   This position is responsible for the Finance and Admin functions of Nigeria.
•   The position is responsible for financial integrity of the subsidiary, compliance with statutory law and regulations as well as internal policies, controls, planning, forecasting and reporting requirements.
•   Further, this position supports the management by providing value add analysis and being actively involved in decision making process around topics such as revenue, headcount, marketing and other resources deployments etc.

Core Job Responsibilities:
•   Business Partnering: Be an effective partner of the Country Manager and the subsidiary Leadership Team, providing insightful analysis and finance perspective to the decision making process in the subsidiary with focus on the long term financial objectives.
•   Planning & Operational Excellence: Deliver timely and accurate information to the CM & WCA leadership team. Provide meaningful analysis for Revenue and P&L in both forward looking as well as in actual results. Operational excellence and execution of monthly forecast, Mid Year Review and Planning, providing solid financial services (e.g. AR, AP, Tax etc).

Contacts: This position has frequent interaction with the Country Manager, Sr Controller, HR and MEA HQ.

Qualifications/ Requirements:
•   Chartered Accountant or equivalent
•   Minimum four years of demonstrated work experience in finance and business management
•   A demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively (oral and written), establish trust quickly, and create win-win situations.
•   Team player with ability to manage cross group and cross country boundaries.
•   Highly developed analytical and organizational skills
•   Strong knowledge of MS Office

For more information and online application:
   Microsoft.com - Careers
(http://careers.microsoft.com/JobDetails.aspx?ss=&pg=0&so=&rw=5&jid=64413&jlang=EN)