RegCharles Finance and Capital Limited - The company is a Social and Impact Investment company as well as commercial investment company that combines a mixture of debt, equity, quasi-equity, micro-credit/lending and micro-equity models in financing MSMEs. The company is noted for providing start up and growth finance, with a proven track record for growing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria and Sub-saharan Africa. As a real financier and advisor to MSMEs, we are at the forefront of helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses into sustainable and successful businesses that make a profit year on year. We invest in the future value and potential of entrepreneurs who own businesses at any stage of development, across all sectors. We offer business finance and support, expertise and guidance to businesses for the duration of their relationship with us. The Company strives to be the leading micro, small and medium enterprise financier, the one that everyone wants to work for, do business with or refer to as a result of our best-in-sector performance.

We are recruiting on behalf of its client, a Furniture company to fill the position of:

Job Title: Chief Operating Officer

Location: Lagos

Job Description

  • Through a respectful, constructive and energetic style, guided by the objectives of the organisation, the COO provides the leadership, management and vision necessary to ensure that the company has the proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and people systems in place to effectively grow the organization and to ensure financial strength and operating efficiency.
  • The COO oversees all customer facing positions (customer care, and professional services) as well as quality assurance, software development activities, and product management in the organisation. Central to this role is building positive and lasting relationships between the organisation and its customers.


Responsibilities


  • Strategic planning; the COO is heavily involved in developing strategic management initiatives. This can include offering input on decisions regarding expansion, acquisitions, cost-containment, debt reduction, staff downsizing or the consolidation of multiple locations.
  • This work is done as part of an executive management team. The COO will meet with department heads to discuss the feasibility of the executive team's strategic initiatives and report back to the team.
  • Management planning; working with department heads,
  • The COO will review individual department plans for the upcoming year, including sales or production goals, budgets, staffing and any structural changes to a department. Department heads develop and submit their quotas, goals and budgets to the COO.
  • They also meet one-on-one with the COO to discuss, modify and finalize their plans.
  • The COO must ensure that each department's goals and spending fit in with the company's overall plans and budget.
  • Oversight; after a business sets its strategic goals and its department heads create their plans to help achieve these goals, the COO is responsible for monitoring and tracking the progress of all areas of the business. This is done through weekly department head meetings or reports and through reviews of sales, production and financial reports.
  • A COO will also work closely with a Finance department to understand the company's financial position at all times. The two will review a variety of documents -- including budgets, cash flow statements, balance sheets, debt information, receivables aging reports and income statements - to determine how best to use the company's resources.


Qualification and Requirements


  • Minimum qualification of a degree in any discipline.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Good looking and suitable carriage internally and externally.
  • Ability to take initiative.
  • Minimum of 5-7 years experience.


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Application Deadline: 7th February, 2014.