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Financial Controller
• CDI
• Dakar, Senegal
• Audit - Comptabilité
• Banque - Finance - Assurance
Oolu Solar hiring Financial Controller.
Oolu Solar is a growing solar energy social company in West and Central Africa with presence in Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Cameroon, and plans to expand within the region.
We are looking for a passionate, motivated and dynamic professional able to join our Finance Team as Financial Controller.
Responsibilities:
This is not your typical financial controller role:
• You will work in collaboration with the Chief Accountants of our two territories to improve reporting and automation.
• You will project manage the improvement of financial processes, tool development and a varying range of ad hoc projects as required to ensure the financial structure of the company as it grows
• You will project manage external accountants to monthly close and the consolidation of monthly management accounts
• You will project manage the consolidation and audit of group annual accounts
• You will own group short-term cash management
• You will monitor and report on financial covenants
Candidate Profile:
• Natural tendency to develop, improve and automate processes until they’re frictionless, effective, and precise
• Autonomous and self-motivated with the ability to work in a constantly changing environment.
• Extremely organised and exceptionally attentive to detail.
• Prioritise effectively, with attention to both business impact and external deadlines
• Ability to translate analytical information into actionable strategies and solve real problems
• Critical thinker with an ability to clearly communicate ideas to a cross-functional team
• Problem-solver
Skills:
• A professional accounting qualification and a solid understanding of financial reporting standards
• More than 5 years of experience in a similar role (Audit, Control, Treasury)
• Demonstrable knowledge of GAAP, IFRS and SYSCOHADA accounting standards
• Experience working with subsidiaries and international finance/accounting
• Experience in automation of financial processes
• Fluency in French and English