Latest Recruitment at Contec Global Group, 25th April, 2019

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Contec Global Group - Established in 1984 and headquartered in London, the Contec Global Group has a worldwide presence, with operations in Asia, Africa and Europe. As a company established on the platform of e-Governance and smart technologies, Contec Global is amongst the most experienced independent technology and systems organizations operating in developing countries. Today, the Group is engaged, globally, in providing integrated, systems-based solutions in the fields of Secure Technologies, Infrastructure and Hospitality. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Agent Acquisition Head Location: Lagos Job Descriptions

• Advises customers by providing information on products.
• Sales of business solutions and services to target markets/customer base.
• Grow the Agent, merchant and customer touch point network into the largest multi-channel network.
• Actively listen to customer requirements or challenges and provide a strategic fit to any of our products or solutions
• Managing the agent acquisition process for new prospects, from initial contact through to closure.
• Contacting prospective customers and discussing their requirements.
• Achieving all revenue targets & objectives in line with the company’s Business Plan.
• Working closely with the marketing team to produce any sales collateral required for the target market.

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from any reputable University, with 3 years working experience.

Competencies Required for This Position:

• Experience Building up Agent Acquisition Network.
• Ability and desire to sell
• Excellent communication skills
• Positive, confident and determined approach
• Resilience and the ability to cope with rejection
• A high degree of self-motivation and ambition.

    Job Title: Product Expert Location: Lagos Job Description

• Engage in market research and customer service survey as required.
• Offer technical advice to the concerned team for agreed products in order to maximize sales opportunities.
• Undertake activities which will contribute to increase in product range, business development opportunities and sales for agreed products.
• Provide support for sales representatives when they are away from the office.
• Organize events, forums and marketing campaigns in conjunction with marketing unit.
• Liaise internally and externally to ensure the development of high-quality products that meet regulatory requirements and within the agreed time scale.
• Lead and manage product development team and project.
• Monitor competitor’s actions and report same to the management.
• Communicate business trends with internal partners, such as accounting, sales and marketing department.
• Communicate with people outside the company and establish relationships with business partners.
• Perform any other task(s) as assigned.

Requirements Qualification:

• Bachelor's Degree in any reputable institution

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 year.

Competencies Required:

• Proficient in MS office
• Problem solving skills
• Interpersonal Skills with team spirit
• Strong phone etiquette and pleasant phone voice with proper grammar spoken.
• Knowledge of the company brand, products and its business.
• Ability to interact with clients diplomatically and professionally to maintain customer relations.
• Positive attitude
• Attention to detail (listening skill).
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and presentation skills
• Ability to multi-tasking with time management.
• Ability to think strategically.

    Job Title: Business Analyst Location: Lagos Job Description

• Should be good in market research, capable of generating high-level reports, presentation, business proposals. He/she should be an expert in preparing high-level presentations.
• Analyse the structure of the business, how it uses technology and what its goals are.
• Oversee the implementation of new technology and systems.
• Own and develop a relationship with partners, working with them to optimize and enhance our integration.
• Report on common sources of technical issues and make recommendations to the product team.
• Communicate key insights and findings to the product team.
• Identify problems within the business, including through using data modelling techniques.
• Communicate with senior management in the organisations to find out what they hope to achieve.
• Formulate ways for businesses to improve, based on previous research.
• Persuade internal and external stakeholders of the benefits of new technology or strategies.

Requirements

• Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in any reputable institution
• Experience: Minimum 3 years of working experience in a similar role

Competencies Required:

• Communication: Our project's success may revolve around your ability to communicate things like project requirements, changes, and testing results.
• Problem-solving skill: work to build a shared understanding of problems, outline the parameters of the project, and determine potential solutions.
• Negotiating: You have to be able to achieve a profitable outcome for the company.
• Critical thinking: You must assess multiple choices before leading the team toward a solution.

    Job Title: Finance Officer Location: Lagos Job Description

• Assisting in the preparation of budgets
• Managing records and receipts
• Reconciling daily, monthly and yearly transactions
• Preparing balance sheets
• Processing invoices
• Developing an in-depth knowledge of organisational products and process
• Resolve financial disputes raised by the customer service and sales teams
• Being a key point of contact for other departments on financial and accounting matters
• Supporting the Finance Manager and executives with projects and tasks when required.

Requirements

• Chartered Accountant, experience working with an IT/Fintech company
• Solid knowledge of financial and accounting procedures.
• Experience using financial software.
• Advanced MS Excel skills.
• Knowledge of financial regulations.
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills.
• Sharp time management skills.
• Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data.
• Minimum of 3 years of working experience.

    Job Title: Receptionist/Office Administrator Location: Lagos Job Description Someone smart/ intelligent/well-spoken/written English skills.

• Manages the Calendar of the Manager and senior team
• Performs day to -day administrative functions and general office duties including but not limited to word processing, copying, filing, faxing, answering phones and data entry.
• Provide excellent customer service for clients; practices confidentiality and privacy protocols in accordance to the requirements of the organization.
• Answers basic questions regards to the business
• Handles incoming and outgoing letters
• Take and relay messages
• Maintain Basic filling system
• Maintains waiting areas, office files, and front - desk areas in a manner that is organized and neat.
• Performs other duties as may be required and responsible for all office management.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements

• At least a Diploma from a reputable institution
• 3 years working experience in a related field.

    Job Title: Pre-Sales/Business Development Officer Location: Lagos Job Description Should be good at working on large business proposals, market research, build up tunkey product proposals.

• Identifying new sales leads.
• Pitching products and/or services.
• Maintaining fruitful relationships with existing customers.
• Researching the needs of other companies and learning who makes decisions about purchasing.
• Contacting potential clients via email or phone to establish rapport and set up meetings.
• Planning and overseeing new marketing initiatives.
• Attending conferences, meetings, and industry events.
• Preparing PowerPoint presentations and sales displays, as well as Developing quotes and proposals.
• Contacting clients to inform them about new developments in the company’s products.
• Negotiating and renegotiating by phone, email, and in person
• Developing sales goals for the team and ensuring they are met

Requirements

• Degree in Business, Marketing, Communication or any other related field.
• Good interpersonal, presentation and communication skills.
• Analytical skills and the ability to recognize the demands on the side of the clients.
• Minimum 3 years of working experience in a similar role

    Job Title: Legal Officer Location: Lagos Job Description

• Experience working with IT/Technology related functions handling NDA/MOU drafting.
• Provide well researched support during contract negotiations
• Draft and review contracts and service level agreements
• Contract management including management of Service Providers and provide recourse options for non-performing contractors.
• Prepare document templates to support various business activities
• Advise Directors and Management on Corporate Governance and Compliance
• Assist in organizing Board meetings including circulation of Agenda
• Prepare resolutions of Directors and communicate to the appropriate departments for timely action.
• Conduct due diligence checks on potential investors and facilitate responses to due diligence checks including reporting on contractual transactions, litigation and corporate governance.
• Provide legal opinion on matters relating to Property
• Review charges, facility offer letters and other bank securities
• Prepare bank mandates and other bank documentation.
• Manage correspondence from external and internal users directed to the Legal Department.
• Implement legal policies, systems and procedures
• Submit reports on legal matters and a custodian of all legal instruments and documents

Education

• A Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL.B) from a recognized University.

Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience working in the same role.
• Excellent organizational, administrative and time management skills with the ability to handle a diverse range of issues within tight deadlines

    Job Title: Finance Analyst Location: Lagos Job Description

• Good at reconciliations, should be a high-level expert in excel, good with basics of accounting functions, someone with good analytics acumen.
• Work closely with the Finance Operations to review financial and accounting requirements on new business products, set up the accounting design and required reports applicable to the operating systems, as well as data feeding into corporate accounting systems.
• Work closely with Product Innovation and Quality Assurance teams in drafting business cases relating to financial systems or data; testing and post Implementation reviews.
• Liaise with Operations Support team on systems bugs or anomalies reported by the finance team
• Work within the scope of the department’s policies, processes and procedures to analyze and ensure all financial transactions are accurately captured.
• Working closely with the finance supervisor to ensure that both new and existing financial features/transactions/ reports on the system are properly utilized.
• Conduct daily reconciliations of collection or pool bank accounts to financial records and perform ad-hoc and regular accounting exercises on financials.
• Manage internal controls and processes for system financial data audits and validation enquiries.
• Continuously monitor and manage improvement of financial features and reports.

Competencies Required:

• Demonstrate good combined knowledge of accounting and finance practices, and information technology.
• Good at reconciliations.
• Should be a high-level expert in excel.
• Good with basics of accounting functions.
• Must be able to work under pressure, deliver work in accordance with agreed timelines and respond effectively to requests for financial information/reports by other stakeholders including the finance department, marketing team and the business leaders.
• Must be able to multi-task and manage competing priorities.
• Self-driven, hardworking, proactive thinker and problem solver.
• Ability to communicate complex issues logically with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess relevant qualifications
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years

    Job Title: Business Development Manager Location: Lagos Job Description

• Manage business development opportunities for telecom VAS (Value-added-service) to expand the business footprint and volume.
• Provide leadership and strategy for content development and acquisition.
• Find prospective customers and generate new leads (B2B & B2C) through the Internet or any other medias.
• Provide Liaison with Top Management of Telcos and customers in respect of SMS, Voice, IVR, Long/Short Code Based & other IT & VAS services we provide.
• Achievement of monthly, quarterly and annual sales targets by generating revenue.
• Act as a sales engagement adviser to management and develop compelling business solutions.
• Own the overall responsibility of market trends analysis to identify potential threats, areas of opportunity, competitors’ strategy to decide the next logical move(s) in business expansion.
• Communicate with service end-user, manage the interface between the service and end-user, examine necessary information coming from end-user, and provide constructive advice to management to improve the user experience.

Requirements

• Qualification: Bachelor's Degree in any reputable institution
• Experience: Minimum 3 years’ working with VAS companies.

Competencies Required:

• Experience with Corporate/Government Projects with a strong sales acumen, proposal drafting.
• Mandatory Experience working with a VAS service provider
• Good Understanding and Contacts with Telcos in Nigeria and other regions.
• Sound Knowledge in coordinating for contract signing, integration and other activities.
• Proficient in MS office
• Problem solving skills
• Interpersonal Skills with team spirit
• Knowledge of the company brand, products and its business.
• Excellent Leadership, Communication, Selling Skills, Negotiation Skills & Presentation Skills.
• Positive attitude
• Attention to detail (listening skill).
• Ability to multi-tasking with time management.
• Ability to think strategically.

    Job Title: Executive Assistant Location: Lagos Job Description

• Acting as the point of contact between the executives and internal or external colleagues
• Organizing meetings and booking meeting rooms
• Handling correspondence directed to managers
• Making travel arrangements and detailed travel itineraries
• Taking dictation and minutes and writing them up subsequently
• Producing reports and presentations
• Maintaining the current filing and database system, and looking for ways to improve current systems

Requirements

• Experienced working with CEO/COO
• Experienced working in an IT-related business.
• Should have a very good understanding of task management. follow-up mechanism.
• Good skill sets on MS office.
• He/she should be an expert in letter drafting.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a similar role.

    Job Title: Project Manager/Coordinator Location: Lagos Job Description

• Experience handling fintech/software/financial projects, good understanding of APIs and project management tools.
• Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets and expenditures.
• Organizing, attending and participating in stakeholder meetings.
• Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings.
• Preparing necessary presentation materials for meetings.
• Ensuring project deadlines are met and undertaking project tasks as required
• Determining project changes.
• Providing administrative support as needed.
• Developing project strategies.
• Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project.
• Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable.
• Ensure stakeholder views are managed towards the best solution.
• Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members.
• Create a project management calendar for fulfilling each goal and objective.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology or a related experience in payment/fintech or handling such projects.
• Sound technical acumen and/or previous experience in a techno commercial/business role.
• Should have a good understanding of NIBSS integration, NIP and other APIs.
• Project Management Institute, PMP Certification or equivalent is considered a strong asset
• 3 years of experience in a project management capacity including all aspects of project management processes, disciplines and execution essential.

Skill Required:

• Decision Making & Problem solving.
• Negotiation skills.
• Sales skills.
• Strong customer focus.
• Client Engagement & Management.

    How To Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected]   Application Deadline 26th April, 2019.

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