Chief Financial Officer at Crown Interactive – Lagos

Crown Interactive is recruiting a Chief Financial Officer in Lagos to lead group financial strategy, planning and analysis, treasury, audit readiness, commercial finance, tax and governance across its operations.

About the Role

The GCFO is the executive owner of Crown Interactive’s financial strategy, financial integrity, capital discipline and decision-quality financial insight. The role must move Finance beyond accounting into active business partnering while preserving strong control and independence.

The GCFO provides the CEO, Board, COO and Business Leaders with transparent views of revenue, margin, project economics, cash, investment performance and risk, and ensures that growth is financed and controlled responsibly.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Strategy, Planning & Analysis

• Lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and long-range financial planning.
• Build FP&A capability that explains performance drivers, not merely reports variances.
• Provide scenario analysis for investments, pricing, expansion and major contracts.

Financial Control & Reporting

• Own accounting policy, close, management accounts, statutory reporting and audit readiness.
• Maintain effective controls over revenue recognition, expenditure, assets, payroll and financial data.
• Ensure timely, accurate Board and management reporting.

Treasury, Liqudity & Capital

• Own cash forecasting, banking, liquidity, funding and treasury risk.
• Lead lender/investor financial engagement and financing execution.
• Optimise working capital while protecting strategic relationships.

Commercial Finance & Business Partnering

• Assign finance partners to 1Gov, CuBOSS, CICOD, Academy and regions as scale permits.
• Provide contract/project profitability, pricing and margin insight.
• Challenge Business Leaders on forecasts, business cases and corrective actions.

Receivables, Tax & Procurement Governance

• Own receivables accounting, ageing visibility, credit control and cash application while Business Leaders own commercial collection action.
• Lead Group tax strategy and compliance.
• Own procurement governance, sourcing controls and delegated financial authorities.

Decision Rights & Authority

• Set Group finance policies and controls within approved governance framework.
• Challenge or withhold financial approval where delegated criteria are not met.
• Approve finance/procurement actions within delegated authority.
• Recommend funding, treasury, investment and capital-structure decisions to CEO/Board.

First 12-Month Success Priorities

• Implement monthly FP&A and business-unit P&Ls.
• Strengthen cash forecasting and receivables governance.
• Review finance organisation, controls and close process.
• Establish Finance Business Partnering for priority businesses.
• Refresh delegated financial authorities and procurement governance.

What Success looks like

Finance becomes a source of control and competitive advantage: leaders trust the numbers, project economics are visible early, cash is actively managed, investment decisions are evidence-based and the Board receives reliable forward-looking insight.

Requirements

• Recognised professional finance/ accounting qualification strongly preferred (e.g., ICAN/ACCA/CIMA/CPA or equivalent).
• Relevant Degree; MBA or postgraduate finance/business education advantageous.
• Strong understanding of IFRS, project accounting, SaaS/recurring revenue and corporate finance.

Work Experience

• Senior finance leadership in a multi-business technology, infrastructure, project or recurring-revenue environment.
• Strong FP&A, treasury, financial control, tax, audit and commercial-finance experience.
• Evidence of improving cash conversion, project economics and management reporting.
• Board, lender and investor credibility.

Key Working Relationships

• Group CEO and Finance & Audit Committee.
• Group COO and Business Leaders.
• Banks, auditors, tax authorities, investors and financing partners.
• CLCO for contracts/compliance; CTIO for technology investments; CMO for marketing economics.

Leadership Competencies

• Enterprise leadership and strategic judgement: sees across functions and businesses, makes trade-offs and converts strategy into priorities.
• Execution discipline: establishes clear ownership, measurable outcomes, operating cadence and timely intervention when performance deviates.
• Commercial and customer orientation: understands how value is created, contracted, delivered, accepted, billed, collected and expanded.
• Leadership maturity: attracts strong people, delegates effectively, gives direct feedback and builds accountable high-performing teams.
• Collaboration without ambiguity: works constructively across peer functions while preserving clear decision rights and accountability.
• Governance and risk awareness: makes decisions with appropriate regard for regulation, controls, data, reputation and long-term resilience.
• Communication and influence: communicates complex issues clearly to Boards, executives, customers, government stakeholders and partners.