Assistant Finance Manager

Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.

Olam Agri is at the heart of global food and agri-trade flows with more than 40 million MT in volume traded annually. Focused on transforming food, feed and fiber for a more sustainable future, it aims at creating value for customers, enabling farming communities to prosper sustainably, and strive for a food-secure future.
We are  recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Assistant Finance Manager

Location: Warri, Delta
Job type: Full-time
Department: Finance
Business: Integrated Feed & Protein
Job Description

• Manage and oversee financial operations, planning, and controls to ensure accurate reporting, regulatory compliance, and strong financial performance in support of business objectives
  Responsibilities
  Project Finance & Capex Management (Pre-Commissioning):
• Maintain the project capex tracker and monitor all project expenditures.
• Review spending against approved budgets and provide variance analysis.
• Track commitments, purchase orders, advances, and actual costs across project workstreams.
• Partner with Engineering, Procurement, and Project teams to ensure accurate project cost reporting.
• Ensure compliance with approval limits, Delegation of Authority (DOA), and capitalization policies.
• Prepare project finance dashboards and capex utilization reports for management review.
• Monitor Capital Work-in-Progress (CWIP) and support timely capitalization of completed assets.
• Support project close-out activities, asset creation, and transition to operations.
  Plant Finance Leadership (Post-Commissioning):
• Manage plant accounting activities and ensure accurate recording of financial transactions.
• Lead month-end close and prepare timely MIS reports.
• Monitor manufacturing costs and perform variance analysis to support operational performance.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, SOPs, and statutory requirements.
  Inventory, Assets & Governance:
• Lead inventory counts, reconciliations, variance reviews, and corrective action plans.
• Monitor inventory controls and analyse ageing, slow-moving, and obsolete stock.
• Ensure timely capitalization of completed assets and projects.
• Coordinate asset tagging, physical verification, transfers, and disposals.
• Ensure compliance with capitalization and depreciation policies.
  Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent
• Qualified member of ICAN (Chartered Accountant, Nigeria).
• Post-qualification experience of 5 – 8 years.
  Experience:
• Experience in a Greenfield/Brownfield project environment.
• Experience in manufacturing, FMCG, agribusiness, or industrial operations.
• Hands-on experience in Capex Monitoring, Asset Capitalization, and Plant Accounting.
• Key Skills Required:
• Financial Accounting & Reporting.
• Project Accounting & Capex Tracking.
• Fixed Asset Accounting & Capitalization.
• Plant Accounting & Manufacturing Finance.
• SAP S/4HANA (FI, CO, MM, Asset Accounting).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel & MIS Reporting.
• Inventory Controls & Governance.
  Application Closing Date
  Not Specified.
  How to Apply
  Interested and qualified candidates should:
  Click here to apply online