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Chief Financial Officer
MOJEC/CLOU Meters Company • Lagos
Posted: 19 October 2026Deadline: 2 November 2026
📋 Requirements
- •Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- •Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent.
- •15+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant experience at Group CFO, Deputy CFO, Finance Director, or equivalent senior level.
- •Proven experience managing complex, diversified, multi-subsidiary organisations.
- •Strong experience in corporate finance, treasury, financial modelling, investment appraisal, financial reporting, and strategic planning.
- •Demonstrable experience in sectors such as energy/renewables, infrastructure/metering, real estate, agriculture, or other capital-intensive businesses.
- •Experience with debt financing, project finance, capital raising, M&A, joint ventures, or institutional/development finance is highly desirable.
- •MBA or relevant Master's degree will be an advantage.
📝 Description
- •KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- •Group Financial Strategy & Leadership
- •Develop and execute the Group's financial strategy in alignment with corporate objectives.
- •Translate business strategy into financial plans, budgets, forecasts, KPIs, and capital requirements.
- •Provide the CEO and Board with forward-looking analysis on profitability, liquidity, investment returns, funding requirements, and shareholder value.
- •Establish Group-wide financial policies, controls, reporting standards, and performance management frameworks.
- •Act as a strong commercial and financial partner to business-unit CEOs and management.
- •Financial Planning, Reporting & Performance
- •Lead Group budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling, and long-term planning.
- •Ensure accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial reporting.
- •Monitor business-unit performance against budgets, forecasts, strategic objectives, and agreed KPIs.
- •Develop management dashboards providing clear visibility of revenue, EBITDA, cash flow, working capital, CAPEX, debt, and returns.
- •Drive accountability for financial performance across all subsidiaries.
- •Treasury, Liquidity & Capital Structure
- •Develop and implement the Group's treasury and liquidity strategy.
- •Optimize cash management and working capital across businesses.
- •Manage relationships with commercial banks, development finance institutions, investors, and other funding partners.
- •Lead debt financing, refinancing, working-capital facilities, guarantees, and other funding arrangements.
- •Optimise the Group's capital structure and cost of capital.
- •Monitor debt maturity, covenants, interest-rate exposure, foreign-exchange exposure, and liquidity risks.
- •4.
- •Capital Allocation & Investment
- •Establish a disciplined Group-wide capital-allocation and investment-appraisal framework.
- •Evaluate major CAPEX, acquisitions, developments, projects, partnerships, and strategic investments.
- •Review financial models, assumptions, IRR, NPV, payback, cash flows, risk, and sensitivity scenarios.
- •Ensure investments meet appropriate risk-adjusted return expectations.
- •Monitor post-investment performance against approved business cases.
- •Corporate Finance & Strategic Transactions
- •Conduct financial and commercial due diligence.
- •Lead valuation, transaction modelling, deal structuring, financing, and negotiation support.
- •Develop investment papers and recommendations for Board approval.
- •Support equity raises, strategic partnerships, and investor engagements.
- •Risk Management, Controls & Governance
- •Establish a robust Group-wide financial risk and internal-control framework.
- •Ensure appropriate controls over revenue, procurement, payments, inventory, assets, contracts, CAPEX, and cash.
- •Identify and mitigate financial, commercial, liquidity, project, tax, and investment risks.
- •Oversee external audit, internal audit, tax compliance, and resolution of control deficiencies.
- •Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, tax requirements, regulatory obligations, and corporate-governance standards.
- •Provide independent financial challenge to major management decisions where appropriate.
- •Tax & Financial Compliance
- •Provide strategic oversight of Group tax planning and compliance.
- •Ensure appropriate management of corporate taxes, VAT, withholding taxes, transfer pricing, property-related taxes, and other applicable obligations.
- •Assess tax implications of investments, financing, acquisitions, disposals, and restructuring.
- •Manage relationships with tax authorities and external advisers.
- •Finance Transformation & Team Leadership
- •Build and lead a high-performing Group finance organization.
- •Develop finance talent, succession plans, and appropriate structures across subsidiaries.
- •Drive standardisation, automation, and digitalisation of finance processes.
- •Strengthen ERP, consolidation, reporting, budgeting, treasury, and business-intelligence capabilities.
- •Promote a culture of accountability, integrity, commercial thinking, and continuous improvement.
- •QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- •Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- •Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or equivalent.
- •15+ years of progressive finance experience, including significant experience at Group CFO, Deputy CFO, Finance Director, or equivalent senior level.
- •Proven experience managing complex, diversified, multi-subsidiary organisations.
- •Strong experience in corporate finance, treasury, financial modelling, investment appraisal, financial reporting, and strategic planning.
- •Demonstrable experience in sectors such as energy/renewables, infrastructure/metering, real estate, agriculture, or other capital-intensive businesses.
- •Experience with debt financing, project finance, capital raising, M&A, joint ventures, or institutional/development finance is highly desirable.
- •MBA or relevant Master's degree will be an advantage.