Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Leading Edible Oils & Agro-Industrial Group

Requirements

The ideal candidate will co-own the Group's strategic and business plans with the Group MD/CEO, ensuring financial rigour underpins growth, capacity expansion, and diversification decisions.

• Lead the development of the Group's medium- and long-term financial strategy, including capital structure, funding mix, and dividend policy.
• Advise the Board and Executive Committee on capital allocation, investment appraisal, pricing strategy, and margin management across the product portfolio.
• Evaluate and lead mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, and strategic partnerships, including due diligence, valuation, and post-transaction integration.

Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis

• Oversee annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial planning across the Group and its subsidiaries.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and IFRS-compliant consolidated financial statements and management accounts for the Board, shareholders, and regulators.
• Drive commercial and manufacturing cost analytics, including cost-of-goods and input-cost sensitivity (palm oil, soybean, energy), to protect and improve margins.
• Deliver Board-ready reporting packs, KPI dashboards, and variance analysis that translate financial performance into actionable business insights.

Treasury, Funding & Capital Markets

• Manage the Group's liquidity, banking relationships, working capital, and cash flow, with particular attention to foreign exchange (FX) exposure given the Group's reliance on imported raw materials and equipment.
• Structure and negotiate debt facilities, trade finance, and supply-chain financing to support operations and expansion at competitive costs.
• Lead engagement with banks, development financial institutions (DFIs), rating agencies, and, where relevant, capital markets, positioning the Group for future financing rounds or a potential public listing.
• Own the Group's hedging strategy for commodity price and currency risk.

Risk, Controls, Tax & Compliance

• Establish and continuously strengthen the internal control framework, segregation of duties, and financial governance across all Group entities.
• Ensure full compliance with Nigerian tax legislation (FIRS, LIRS), statutory filings, and regulatory requirements from bodies including NAFDAC, SON, and NESREA insofar as they carry financial or reporting implications.
• Oversee enterprise risk management, insurance strategy, and business continuity planning from a financial perspective.
• Manage the external audit relationship and ensure timely resolution of audit findings and management letter points.

Organisational & People Leadership

• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing finance organization across reporting, treasury, tax, FP&A, and internal control.
• Champion the adoption of modern enterprise resource planning (ERP), financial systems, and automation to improve the speed, accuracy, and integrity of financial data.
• Instil a culture of financial discipline, accountability, and commercial ownership across the wider business, not only within the finance function.
• Represent the Group in engagements with shareholders, lenders, regulators, and other external stakeholders.

Must-have skills:

• International experience