Group Financial Controller

Job Description

Job Title – Group Financial Controller
Location – Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Employment Type – Full-time

Job Summary
Group Financial Controller is a critical executive leadership role accountable for enterprise-wide financial assurance, capital management, and risk-based fiscal governance. The incumbent will act as a trusted advisor to the CFO and Senior Executives, fostering financial transparency, control integrity, and compliance with Nigerian and international accounting standards (IFRS). This is a transformational role aimed at driving a forward-looking, agile, and digitally enabled finance function that supports the company’s investment and growth agenda in the energy sector.

Key Responsibilities
• Serve as a key advisor to the CFO and senior leadership on financial strategy, capital allocation, and internal control frameworks.

• Monitor financial trends, emerging economic risks, and tax legislation to ensure the organization is always compliant with FIRS guidelines, oil and gas fiscal regulations, and other applicable financial laws.

• Establish and maintain a comprehensive financial framework, including budgeting policies, treasury monitoring programs, and financial reporting mechanisms.

• Lead the development and enforcement of a strong fiscal discipline and ethics culture across the enterprise to safeguard company assets.

• Collaborate with the Enterprise Risk Management team to ensure robust financial risk assessments are embedded in downstream and midstream trading activities.

• Proactively identify liquidity gaps, emerging financial threats, and areas for cost optimization and operational improvement.

• Develop effective testing, monitoring, and financial control systems to detect and prevent leakages, fraud, or reporting inefficiencies.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative field. An MBA or a relevant Master’s degree (e.g., MSc in Finance or Financial Management) is highly preferred.

• Professional certifications such as ICAN (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria) or ACCA are mandatory. Additional certifications like CFA, CITN, or CMA are strongly required.

• Minimum of 12–15 years of progressive experience in financial management, treasury, and corporate accounting, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership capacity—specifically within the oil and gas downstream or midstream sectors.

• Deep knowledge of the Nigerian financial and regulatory environment, including IFRS reporting standards, FIRS tax regulations, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) foreign exchange guidelines, and the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).

• Strong experience in capital raising, working capital management, trade finance (Letters of Credit), and managing complex financial audits within a high-volume trading environment.

Leadership Attributes

• Strategic and critical thinker with deep business insight into market volatility, margin optimization, and the financial complexities of the energy industry.

• High ethical standards and a proven track record in organizational trust-building and maintaining rigorous internal controls.

• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage relationships with banks, regulators, and the Board.

• Ability to lead change and drive enterprise-wide culture shifts toward fiscal discipline, cost reduction, and financial transparency.

• Digitally aware, with a strong understanding of systems-based controls, ERP systems (such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics), and advanced financial modeling tools.