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Country Finance Controller (Nigeria)

Date:  8 May 2026

Country:  Nigeria

Location: 

Iganmu Office, NG

Function:  Finance

Olam Food Ingredients (“ofi”) is a global leader at the forefront of food & beverage consumer trends. Through its complementary portfolio of cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices ofi delivers sustainable, natural, and plant-based ingredients & solutions to its global and diversified customer base. 

ofi has 18,000+ employees globally, is located in 48 countries with 100+ manufacturing plants, 4 Customer Solution Centres (CSC) supplying food and raw materials procured from 2.6 million farmers to over 8,000 global customers. Formed in early 2020, ofi was carved out post strategic reorganisation of Olam International and is preparing for a potential listing on the UK stock exchange in future.
We are driven by our purpose be the change for good food and a healthy future which includes sourcing, growing and producing sustainable food ingredients that are good for consumers, farmers and the world around us. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable and transparent supply. 

Country: Nigeria
Main business models: Domestic trading, processing & exports, direct indent sales and commodity futures.  Aim is to grow these businesses, especially domestic trading, significantly and add more businesses of import & redistribution and origination.

Tasks/KRAs
Key Performance Matrices include: 
•    Budgeting & planning: Actively participate in the preparation of the annual budgets, comparison of actual performance against the budget, identifying and analyzing variance devise and monitor the implementation of necessary actions.
•    Timely & accurate Financial Reporting: Timely financial and audit pack reporting as per Corporate Financial Consolidation Group timelines. Also ensuring local statutory reporting requirements & timelines are met. Interfacing with local & group statutory auditors.
•    Timely and accurate Group Management Reporting: Monthly MIS and BRM reporting as per Corporate Management Consolidation Group timelines. Interfacing with group Internal Auditor and Risk Office teams and driving compliance with group policies.
•    Financial planning & analytics: Ensuring a robust & effective management reporting framework with insightful analytics to aid business planning & performance & to support organizational improvement projects.
•    Financial & business controls: Establishing a framework for review & implementation of effective financial and business controls across various businesses in order to prevent controllable losses.
•    Efficient management of the treasury function including projection of future cash flows, arranging adequate funds to meet day to day requirements and ensure that the disbursements are within the approved operational cash flows. This includes liaising with banks, monitoring of daily cash balances and submission of cash flow statements. Ensuring compliance with all relevant local statutes and adherence to all covenants in banking relationships.
•    Tax administration: Laying down processes and policies to drive direct & indirect tax compliance; identifying tax optimization opportunities; ensuring robust transfer pricing policies & compliance.
•    Smooth operation of the MIS and computerized accounting system and take necessary actions for systems upgrading to cope with the changing requirements.
•    To initiate, review, assess and implement programs to continuously improve the productivity of all processes and systems within the organization and to advise and guide the operational managers in carrying out work flow analysis and other techniques for systems improvement and cost management.
•    Value creation: To proactively seek out opportunities for adding value to the organization through improvements in Fixed and Working Capital productivity and STF.

Requirements:

•    Charted accountant (or equivalent) with experience of 12 to 15 years.
•    Prior experience in agri commodity is desirable
•    Key strengths would be team management, problem solving, decision making and value orientation

ofi is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to racial or ethnic origin, color, age, religion or belief, sex, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. 

Applicants are requested to complete all required steps in the application process including providing a resume/CV in order to be considered for open roles.