Chief Financial Officer

• Minimum Qualification :

Company Description GVE Projects Limited is a leading renewable energy solutions provision company on a mission to end energy dearth in Africa through a business footprint that covers the design, sales, installation, and maintenance of solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, industrial, and rural offgrid or under-served communities across Nigeria. Our solutions are tailored to meet the reliable electricity needs of our clients, resulting in related cost reduction, improved efficiency, and environmental sustainability for which we have been recognized by the London Stock Exchange Group as one of the fastest growing private companies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Role Description: This is a full-time on-site role for a Chief Financial Officer located in Abuja, Nigeria. The Chief Financial Officer will be responsible for financial planning, preparing financial statements, overseeing finance operations, utilizing analytical skills, and managing financial reporting on a day-to-day basis. In summary, the following points represent the key expectations from a successful candidate:

• Providing strong leadership as a member of the executive team including strategic vision and tactical execution to drive revenue growth, profitability and capital base.
• Building and managing a world-class finance and accounting team.
• Ensuring a governance structure is in place to achieve a sustainable and an efficient operational execution that increases shareholder value and facilitates employee and organizational well-being.
• Accountable for all finance and accounting activities in the organization including management reporting.
• Leads and ensures all financial processes required to support the management and effective execution of the companys corporate strategies are in place.
• Ensuring proper financial reporting.
• Determine financing needs and responsible for successful completion of financing deals, including equipment / asset financing and lease arrangements.
• Assists in the implementation and/or maintenance of management control systems for other departments e.g. actual expenditure vs budget, product costing system, sales reporting and variance systems, and sales cost reporting. These reports will also be used by the Finance department to be informed of day to day trends and to suggest potential improvements when appropriate.
• Consolidates and communicates financial performance updates and comments to the Executive Team, lenders, shareholders and other stakeholders.
• Collaborates with the management team to optimize operational costs and improve performance closely tracked by key metrics and performance indicators.
• Collaborate with the IT department to ensure the enterprise is supported with appropriate business intelligence and empowering systems customized to suite GVEs longterm operational strategies.
• Investors relationship management.
Support new business development, resource mobilization, diversifying revenue growth, program quality and impact agenda.

Qualifications:

• Financial Planning and Financial Statements skills
• Finance and Analytical Skills
• Financial Reporting knowledge
• >10year track record in financial leadership positions driving a business through organic growth with hands on experience in investment financing, fundraising and investor relationship management (Preferably in Renewable Energy Sector but not mandatory).
• Strong leadership and decision-making abilities
• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
CPA, CFA, or other relevant professional certification is a plus

What we offer:

• Competitive executive emolument; commensurate with experience and education.
• Strong performance-based annual bonus.
• Participation in long-term incentive plan.
• Full benefits package that includes medical insurance, paid vacation etc.
• Amazing work life balance.
Being a member of a dynamic team of professionals driving global revolutionary change.

Qualified and interested? If youre a motivated and experienced finance professional looking to join a trailblazing solar energy company in Nigeria, please email your resume to careers@gve-group.com using “ Chief Financial Officer Application ” as the email subject. <