Chief Financial Officer – Jumia Vacancy at Jumia Nigeria

About the role

Chief Financial Officer - Jumia job opportunity is available at Jumia Nigeria for individuals who possess a bachelor’s degree in Accounting related course.

• To provide leadership support to the Finance and Accounting team whilst providing strategic financial recommendations to the executive team.

Responsibilities

• Defining and implementing the financial strategy in collaboration with the Group CFO and the local CEO.
• Manage the capital request and budgeting processes with executive team
• Providing strategic financial input and leadership on issues affecting the business
• Overseeing and ensuring the accurate/timely reporting of the business financial results, the preparation of budgets, financial reports and analyses, evaluate cash flow projections
• Leading the accounting function, maintaining the financial accounting systems and best practices of accounting processes.
• Ensuring compliance with all country legal, regulatory and tax reporting requirements
• Designing policies and processes for internal control to minimize business risk and comply with local and international accounting standards
• Maintain relations with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations
• Oversee cash balances and cash forecasts.  

Experience and qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Accounting related course.
• At least 10 years of experience in Audit or Operational Finance
• Working experience in any of the big 4s’ audit firms preferred
• Qualified accountant with knowledge of IFRS accounting standards
• Excellent leadership skills and exceptional analytical skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external affiliates including clients
• Successfully managed financial organization with comparative scale and complexity.
• Experience of working in a matrix organization.

REMUNERATION/benefit :-

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African ecommerce sector
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders

Application deadline

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