Job details
Location: CBD, Abuja (FCT)
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: ₦1,500,000 – ₦2,500,000 Gross Monthly (90 Days Probationary Period)
Job Summary
Santus Consulting, an indigenous Human Resources Consulting firm, is recruiting a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for a group of companies operating across agriculture, energy, technology, mining, real estate, finance, and other sectors.
The successful candidate will provide strategic financial leadership, establish financial governance across multiple entities, strengthen internal controls, oversee financial reporting and treasury operations, and facilitate access to external capital.
Job Description
Ensure accurate, complete, and reliable financial records across the Group.
Oversee financial statements, IFRS consolidation, taxation, audits, valuations, provisions, impairments, and financial disclosures.
Establish financial reporting standards, controls, and accountability frameworks.
Oversee accounting and audit systems, ensuring proper monitoring and independent verification.
Develop and maintain finance policies, procedures, manuals, and internal control frameworks.
Ensure effective payment controls, dual authorisation, cash visibility, and liquidity management.
Maintain weekly cash position reports and rolling 13-week cash forecasts.
Develop and implement the Group's capital and financing strategies.
Lead engagements with banks, development finance institutions, and other financing partners.
Structure external financing and manage lender requirements, covenants, and relationships.
Participate in investment committee decisions and review investment proposals, financial models, valuations, and expected returns.
Establish financial appraisal standards and investment hurdle rates.
Monitor portfolio performance, liquidity, capital allocation, and capital efficiency.
Maintain relationships with auditors, banks, regulators, revenue authorities, and financing institutions.
Represent the Group in financial, regulatory, tax, and financing engagements.
Lead the Finance Department and oversee financial reporting across subsidiaries.
Partner with investment directors on financial modelling, valuations, financing, and capital planning.
Provide independent financial advice and ensure financial integrity across the Group.
Requirements
Membership in good standing of ICAN or ANAN.
Current registration with the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN).
Experience managing multi-entity IFRS consolidation, including complex group accounting, deferred tax, financial instruments, and leases.
Proven experience establishing a finance function to audit readiness or resolving qualified audit opinions.
Demonstrable experience raising external capital, from initial engagement through to drawdown, and managing financing covenants.
Experience representing organisations before revenue authorities during audits or disputes.
Knowledge of Nigerian taxation, including transfer pricing and electronic invoicing.
Experience participating in investment committees or board-level capital allocation decisions.
Treasury management experience, including handling foreign currency-related financial risks.
Strong financial leadership, strategic planning, and decision-making skills.