Citibank Job Recruitment October 15 2015: experienced Chief financial officer needed (lagos)

Citibank, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

Job Title: Chief Financial Officer
Job Location: Lagos


Job Purpose:
To manage the Citi Finance function for Nigeria supporting all Citi Products. Responsibility for all financial controls and accounting activities, business analysis and strategy, compliance with Local & US Regulatory Reporting requirements,  reporting  of local and foreign taxes. Job Background/context:
The role involves being the Nigeria CFO and this role includes reporting to both the Local and US Regulators. The country has exhibited very strong growth, margin and returns while embedding a very strong and focused control culture.

Key Responsibilities:
Daily management of local regulatory reporting activities, financial control related activities:
1. Overall responsibility for all financial accounting, management information systems, analysis and review of all strategic investment options, local and foreign taxes, local and US regulatory compliance as well as liaison with internal and external auditors and bank regulators
2. Ensuring that accounting is in compliance with U.S. and IFRS principles and regulatory accounting guidelines and is reported in a timely and accurate manner;
3. Supervise the finance and controllership functions ensuring that senior management is aware of the control tone in the bank and adequate procedures are in place to manage and evaluate strategic, business, credit and operating risks in the bank. Ensure that Nigeria fully implements and complies with LRRD.

Job Qualifications
 Knowledge/Experience:
• Minimum 10 years post qualification experience in Finance & Performance Management roles within the Financial Services Industry, 5 of which must have been at Senior Management level
• Previous experience as CFO or Financial Controller in Finance Department of an internationally reputed bank
• Sound understanding of Financial Control, Internal Control, Operational Risk Mgt., Regulatory Reporting, Financial and Management Accounting and FP&A desirable
• Good knowledge of corporate and Institutional banking products

Skills:
• Financial accounting expert
• Regulatory reporting expert
• Tax reporting
• Excellent budgeting and planning skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong communication

Qualifications:
• First degree in any discipline or its equivalent
• Chartered Accountant or equivalent – ICAN, ACCA etc.

Competencies:
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills
• Very strong control skills
• Strong leadership capabilities and ability to lead the overall Finance team through significant change
• Excellent teamwork and project management skills
• Excellent planning and execution skills
• Highly motivated self-starter and energetic with hands-on approach
• Pro-active decision making with ability to champion Finance initiatives to a successful conclusion
• Accountability and ownership

Application deadline for this vacancy at Citibank
2nd of November 2015

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