Employment Opportunities at Cardinal Stone, June 2015
Cardinal Stone - We are a non-bank financial institution, providing
services in Financial Advisory, Capital Raising, Investment Management
and Share Registration to a diverse base of investors and business
owners with strong interest in Nigeria and the broader West African
economic region.
We are registered by the Nigerian Securities &
Exchange Commission to operate as an Issuing House, Fund Manager,
Broker/Dealer and Registrar.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Chief Operating Officer
Location: Nigeria
Overview of Role
- The core responsibility of the COO will be to ensure superior
operational performance across all business support functions, in line
with the broader goals of the CardinalStone Partners Group, while
anticipating, identifying and planning for changing organizational needs
Areas of Oversight and Role
- Human Resources Management: Oversee and guide the Human
Resources Manager to drive recruiting, performance evaluation, salary
administration, employee relations, benefits administration, and other
human resource management functions
- Legal: Work closely with the Head of Legal and Company Secretary
to ensure that all regulatory requirements and company secretarial
functions are carried out appropriately, and handle additional legal
issues as they arise
- Information Technology: Works closely with the Head of IT to
oversee technology systems design and development, other systems
management functions, as well as the overall IT infrastructure
- Administration: Oversee the Administrative team, with
responsibility for facilities management, front desk operations, the
Company's fleet, and other office administration functions
- Branding: Oversee the brand manager, and be the ultimate
custodian of the Company' marketing, communications, branding, and
client and community outreach activities
- Special Projects: Direct responsibility for one-off special or cross functional projects that may arise
Person Specifications/ Qualifications
- Minimum of a Bachelors degree from a top tier university.
- Degrees with an analytical/numerical leaning preferred.
- Post-graduate degree such as MBA is an added advantage
- 7+ years of work experience, with at least 3 years of experience managing teams.
- Experience in operational management roles preferred, with
cross-functional experience and responsibility developing and
implementing organizational processes
- Financial services industry experience preferred
- Experience in a middle-office role in a financial services,
management consulting or other client-service firm will be a strong
advantage.
General Competence:
- Strategic thinking and strong execution skills
- Strong analytical and critical reasoning skills
- Exceptional Project Management skills
- Project Planning, Reporting & Control
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, maturity and ability to build and lead effective teams
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
Job Title: Enterprise Support/ Application Developer (Contract)
Ref No: 38371166
Department: Information Technology
Location: Nigeria
Job Specification
- Installing and configuring computer hardware, operating systems and applications
- Talking to users to find out present system requirements and making modifications
- Responsible for designing, creating, implementing and maintaining the source code for In-house applications
- Updates, maintains and improves the web portal
- Ensures testing of applications updates/patches from vendors before deployment
- Ensures uninterrupted running of applications
- Ensures up-to-date backup of all in-house application source codes
- Serves as backup for DB admin and Infrastructure Admin
Qualifications
- B.Sc/HND/OND degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 2+ years of experience with VB.Net, C#, Silverlight and HTML, PHP
- Must be Object Oriented Programmer
- Good understanding of MS SQL and MySQL DB
- Working knowledge of Linus OS is preferred
General Competencies:
- Ability to plan, organize and work to meet deadlines with little or no supervision
- Strong communication skills
- Documentation skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
Job Title: Database Admin/Application Support
Ref No: 2088959
Department: Information Technology
Location: Nigeria
Job Specification
- Responsible for all functions associated with the design,
implementation and maintenance of SQL, MySQL Server databases including
security, back-up, logging, reporting, performance and recovery
procedures
- Transforms data standardization, cleaning, data repair, matching, tuning, and de-duping
- Manages data from multiple sources including internal and 3rd party application data
- Perform daily, weekly, and monthly data maintenance tasks
- Ensures data can be provided to support SQL reports, Crystal Reports and various reporting requirements
- Assists in client support, setup configurations and give consultation to development team
- Performs Up-to-date Backup of all Databases in the organisation
- Solid acquaintance with windows server 2012, security delegation, SPNs, storage components.
- Supports the core application (Ixtrac) and all other complementary Apps
- Interfaces with Nitech for technical support.
- Serves as Backup for Infrastructure Admin and DB Admin
- All other job assigned by supervisor
Qualifications
- B.Sc/HND degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Has 2+ years of experience with MS SQL Server 2005, 2013
including use of Query Analyzer, stored procedures, DTS, Jobs and
Profiler
General Competencies:
- Team Player
- Ability to plan, organize and work on multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong communication skills is required
- Database Tuning and Database Management skills.
- Database Security.
- Ability to extract data from a data warehouse and package according to user needs.
- Familiarity with managing data in Microsoft Access and Excel.
- Understanding of HTML, IIS, MS Visual Studio will be an added advantage.
- Working Knowledge of MS Exchange and Active Directory is an added advantage.
Job Title: Company Secretary/Legal Adviser
Location: Nigeria
Job Specifications
- Organise, prepare agendas for, and take minutes of board meetings and annual general meetings (AGMs)
- Maintain statutory books, including registers of members, directors and secretaries
- Monitor changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment, and advise management on appropriate action
- Develop and oversee the systems that ensure the company complies
with all applicable codes, as well as its legal and statutory
requirements
- Ensure that legal documents and other contractual documents
relating to the Company’s affairs are effectively drafted, reviewed,
interpreted, and vetted. Manage records of contracts & other legal
documents deposited with the Legal department for safekeeping
- Advise in-house business divisions on a broad range of legal or regulatory issues on specific projects
- Liaise with external counsel, when necessary
Qualifications
- LLB Degree in Law from a recognised university
- Must be a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and other relevant professional bodies
- 4 - 6 years working experience post call to bar
- Must have a good knowledge of the workings of the Corporate
Affairs Commission, the Nigeria Stock Exchange, the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and other regulatory bodies.
- Capital market experience is an advantage
General Competencies
The candidate must demonstrate the following skills:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills - candidates must be approachable and constructive
- An ability to balance priorities and coordinate work effectively
in order to meet deadlines and deal with high workload, together with a
willingness to be flexible
- Strong analytical skills, with an ability to grasp new and complex concepts and areas of law quickly and accurately
- Attentive to detail and highly organized
Job Title: Retail Sales Analyst
Ref No: 03842119
Location: Abuja
Department: Asset Management
Job Specification
- Sell the firm's products
- Generate trade orders for equities and fixed income from retail clients.
- Managing relationship for these clients in a manner that maximizes revenues.
- Synthesize equity research and develop transaction-oriented ideas
- Set up and host client meetings as may be agreed with clients
- Sell of IPO/secondary offerings to clients.
- Follow market trends and stock movements and suggest alternative business strategies to address changing market opportunities.
- Entertain and build personal client relationships.
- Develop strategies to increase profitability.
- Keep abreast of market conditions.
- Support management in identifying and securing new growth opportunities.
Qualifications
- Relevant Bachelor's degree
- Professional certification is an added advantage
- 1-2 years experience in a similar role
- Passion for stocks and the broader markets
- Effective and articulate communicator
- Relationship building skills and confidence
- Ability to take initiative and ownership
- Ability to multitask and attack a problem from multiple angles
- Strong organizational and social skills
- High energy level
- Use of Bloomberg terminal and other analytical tools
General Competencies:
- Excellent command of the English language.
- Effective and efficient at problem solving.
- Attentive to detail and highly organized.
- Great communication skills (oral and listening).
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Application Deadline 15th June, 2015.