Financial Controller at Godrej Consumer Products Limited

Godrej Consumer Products is an emerging markets FMCG leader with a growing presence in Asia, Africa and Latin America. As a 120 year young group, our legacy is strongly built on values that reflect trust, integrity, and respect. Our fast rising growth is fueled by our exciting ambitious aspirations. Today, we enjoy the patronage of 1.1 billion consumers globally with three categories of hair care, personal care and home care products under our belt. In 2008, GCPL acquired the Kinky Group, as part of its foray into the hair extension business in Africa. Later, in 2015, Frika Hair (Pty) Limited, a leading premium hair extensions company in South Africa was acquired.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Financial Controller

Location: Lagos

Scope of Work

• Manage the Accounts department of Godrej Nigeria and maintain company’s overall financial reporting systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage all accounting operations including Billing, A/R, A/P, GL and Counsel, Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting and Revenue Recognition
• Ensure financial statements and books comply with Financial Reporting Standards
• Custodian of accounting policies and procedures
• Responsible for quarterly and annual statutory reporting and audit.
• Month end and year-end close activities
• Evaluating and managing risks
• Develop mechanism to ensure filing of all relevant statutory returns
• Ensure all applicable legislation are embedded in the Company’s reporting processes  
• Comfortable with budgeting and forecasting
• Peer review and bench marking analysis.
• Balance sheet and general ledger hygiene, ownership of reconciliation process and procedures
• Accounting for and preservation of assets: cash, inventory, fixed assets
• Ownership of accounting procedures and policies
• Monitoring entity controls and compliance
• Exercise oversight in management of working capitals
• Tax Management and compliance
• Insurance Management

Essential Qualifications

• B.Sc Degree
• Membership of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)/ACCA.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: linza.alex@godrejcp.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email