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The Position location is Lagos, Nigeria. The successful candidate will report to the Principal, Corporate Finance. This is a full-time role and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities is highly preferred. The required experience Level is not specified.

For more details and to apply click the link below:

https://earlycareer.org/associate-grants-at-babban-gona-nigeria/


Babban Gona (“Great Farm”), an award-winning organisation transforming agriculture in Africa aims to serve 1,000,000 smallholder farmers by 2025. The organisation provides smallholder farmers with increased financial access, training on best agronomy practices, and other value-added services such storage and marketing while providing jobs to the youth.



Responsibilities

Grant Research and Management

Managing and supporting the grants requirement and implementation for the organization
Identify and develop strategies to optimize the grants administration process
Perform relevant research to identify available grant opportunities and evaluate the results
Directly involve in grant writing by coordinating with grant writers or coordinators
Research for effective and authentic funding opportunities having a lawful registration and proven track record
Oversee if the grants are implemented according to the operational and financial needs of the organization
Supervise the fundraising team to ensure proper coordination of work
Keep the relevant staff informed about upcoming deadlines and deliverables, thereby ensuring smooth completion of work responsibilities
Oversee if other grant staff (coordinators, writers and administrators) is complying with their job responsibilities
Oversee the job of invoicing, accounting, reporting, and other administrative functions to ensure successful execution of grant process
Prepare financial or budget plans and allocation along with the planning and finance department in accordance with each requirement
Analyze the budget trends and make recommendations for cost control and reduction for various grants
Provide detailed reports to the funders and the board of directors with respect to the organization’s progress
Monitor paperwork and other related documents connected with grant-funded programs
Maintain records of all payments and receivables and prepare monthly records for all grant-related activities
Provide training to the new staff on grants management and reporting requirements
Designing grant programs and determining funding needs.
Preparing and monitoring budgets, and managing timelines and deliverables.
Be involved in all relevant 3rd party relationships including investors, banking relationships, auditors etc.

Methodical and Strategic thinking

Devise a plan of action that will make the grants raising easy and feasible.
Identify potential grant support from government agencies, foundations, and corporations to meet the financial and operational needs of the organization.

Grants and Budgeting experience

Ability to perform grant research, grant writing, grant program design and implementation, compliance and grant reporting.
Excellent project management skills with experience in managing and supervising administrative projects
Excellent organizational skills and strong command over written and verbal communication
Good understanding of the organization’s overall business and its objectives
Possess good knowledge of planning and strategizing financial and budgeting issues
Ability to work within a team and provide support to the junior staff
Ability to perform in cross-functional team approach and job responsibilities
Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
Experience with basic financial management skills including developing and monitoring budgets and financial reporting
Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and produce quality results on time with attention to detail.
Proficient in using computers with related knowledge of software programs and Internet

The position location is Lagos, Nigeria



The successful candidate will report to the Principal, Corporate Finance. The candidate is expected to have profound know-how in advanced financial analysis and investment banking. This is a full-time role and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities is highly preferred. Candidate is expected to have extensive experience and passion for coaching mentoring a team, leading a complex organization, have an eye for details and problem-solving.

The required experience Level is not specified.

For details on how to apply

https://earlycareer.org/associate-corporate-finance-at-babban-gona-nigeria/




Babban Gona (“Great Farm”), an award-winning organisation transforming agriculture in Africa aims to serve 1,000,000 smallholder farmers by 2025. The organisation provides smallholder farmers with increased financial access, training on best agronomy practices, and other value-added services such storage and marketing while providing jobs to the youths.



Job Responsibilities

Develop schedule for investment transactions and analyze efficiency, trends, revenues and financial commitment to project future revenues and expenses.
Manage and organize operational data to determine costs of operations and establish standard costs.
Provide creative solutions to reduce costs and improve financial performance
Conduct financial processes and procedures, prepare reports and supporting documents and provide regular updates to Finance Team.
Consult with the Corporate Finance team to guide and influence long term strategic thinking.
Review monthly expenses to ensure that expenses are booked correctly and work with the finance team to make any necessary reclassification.
Demonstrate appropriate understanding/working knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls, and apply them.
Advise on how to meet targets and create investment capital, and generate finance from shares and loans.
Gather, analyse and interpret complicated numerical information.
Assess and predict financial risks and returns; use financial modelling to predict outcomes.
Negotiate and structure financial details; provide investment advice, tactics and recommendations
Assist in preparation and analysis of annual budgets and long-range plans.
Prepare consolidated forecasts and analyze trends in revenue, expense, capital expenditures and other related areas.
Conduct complex business analysis including ROI, NPV and IRR, making recommendations to management on new products, features, pricing, marketing promotions, based on historical financial data.
Research, analyze and synthesize data from multiple sources into business information as directed and by self-identification of business information needs.
Work with management and business units to determine strategic objectives and identify opportunities to meet these goals.
Prepare financial and business-related analysis and research in such areas as financial and expense performance, rate of return, depreciation, working capital, and investments.
Assist with compilation and analysis of consolidated budgets and long-range plans.



Required Experience

Profound know-how in advanced financial analysis and investment banking

Leadership experience in financial analysis coupled with relevant accounting experience.
Proficient in Excel Spreadsheets, MS Office and Financial Software applications.
Bear strong analytical skills.
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Banking, Business or Economics (Master’s degree in finance and/or MBA preferred)
Strong financial analysis skills and quantitative analysis planning
Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as technology and Learning organization.
Excellent communication skills: Fluent oral and written English.

Greenlight Planet is owned and operated by engineers, sales force experts, and operations gurus who love to solve difficult problems that change our customers’ lives before our eyes. Our offices across the world are cultural melting pots of technological and grass-roots innovation. Greenlight Planet is a for-profit social business that designs, distributes, and finances solar home energy with an under-served population in mind: the 1.3 billion global consumers for whom the old-fashioned electrical grid is unavailable or too expensive. Since its founding in 2009, the company has become a leading global provider of solar-energy products to over 27 million rural consumers in more than 60 countries.

From its wide range of trusted Sun King™ solar lamps and home energy systems, to its innovative distribution partnerships, to its flexible EasyBuy™ pay-as-you-go financing model, Greenlight Planet continuously strives to meet the evolving needs of the off-grid market.

Position: Regional Customer Loyalty Executive

Job Location: Akure, Ondo State

Reporting to: Regional Business Manager, West East

The Role:

We are looking for a hungry, hard-working, well organized, highly analytical individual to join our Risk department as a Customer Loyalty Executive. The Employee will be responsible in leading the efforts and processes related to collections of our PAYG products in the field. He will also be responsible for giving advice and suggestions on how to improve customer payments and satisfaction while ensuring that the company offer matches end-users expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

Analyzing regional portfolio and repayment trends and laying down daily, weekly, monthly strategies to drive better collection rates from delinquent customers;
Conducting mystery market visits to confirm the quality of sales and obtain different insights from different areas to enhance strategic direction to mitigate the challenges of disabled lamps and repayments;
Providing a weekly update to Sales and Risk Leadership teams on-field interventions performed and results achieved, along with customer insights;
Designing, piloting and operationalizing collection processes necessary for ensuring better repayments and customer satisfaction;
Working with Area Business Managers and Energy Officers to repossess products from delinquent customers on cases where direct intervention is required;
Reporting any cases of product tampering observed in the field through the process and mechanism established by the Risk team;
Facilitating reporting and actions to be taken against those perpetrating fraudulent practices in the field, such as product tampering, misinformed sales done by agents, etc., as per the processes laid out by the Risk function;
Training Agents (Energy Officers) on dealing with repossessions and difficult customer collection issues;
Driving operating rhythm to follow-up with Agents (Field Officers) to ensure they are completing their collection calls and repossession tasks on time;
Recruiting cash collection centers and set up for the key collection area.

Key Result Areas:

Intervening in the field wherever the collection scores is
Ensuring voluntary repossessions become standard practice in the field with spontaneous repossession and assisted repossessions reduced to the most difficult cases of tampering;
Ensuring Zero First Pay Default rates (First Pay Defaults, are customers who make only the down-payment and never make any further payments);
Updating area/regional leadership on collection exposures, weekly through follow-up payments aligns to targets set for each region;

Role Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree/Higher Diploma related to Finance, Community Development, Communication, Credit Risk Management or related fields;
At least 2 years of work experience in a similar position with field experience and working with rural customers;
Passionate about working in the field to drive collections, resolving issues and enhancing the customer experience;
Strong experience from Microfinance/banking underground on Credit Collections is preferred;
Must have good analytical, communication & interpersonal skills;

Desired Characteristics:

Excellent interpersonal skills;
Clear and straight to the point communication skills with fluency in English;
Clear thinking/problem-solving ability;
Passionate about working with rural customers & resolve customer issues;
Excellent attention to details;
Excellent issue-tracking and resolution skills;
Able to handle multiple tasks at the same time diligently and accurately;
Work with multiple sales teams and cross-functional teams seamlessly;

Apply by following the link below:

https://www.greenlightplanet.com/job-posting/?fbclid=IwAR3KBrJ_IagKjWvzuULdQWbOc1Ib2kgfKRSfi8X7Ym-OTeoGG-Ptu-hSqe0#op-398041-regional-customer-loyalty-executive-

Greenlight Planet is owned and operated by engineers, sales force experts, and operations gurus who love to solve difficult problems that change our customers’ lives before our eyes. Our offices across the world are cultural melting pots of technological and grass-roots innovation. Greenlight Planet is a for-profit social business that designs, distributes, and finances solar home energy with an under-served population in mind: the 1.3 billion global consumers for whom the old-fashioned electrical grid is unavailable or too expensive. Since its founding in 2009, the company has become a leading global provider of solar-energy products to over 27 million rural consumers in more than 60 countries.

From its wide range of trusted Sun King™ solar lamps and home energy systems, to its innovative distribution partnerships, to its flexible EasyBuy™ pay-as-you-go financing model, Greenlight Planet continuously strives to meet the evolving needs of the off-grid market.

Stock Management Associate, West Region
Location: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Full-time

Position: Stock Management Associate, West Region

Job Location: Ibadan, Oyo State

Reporting to: Country Store Manager

The Role:

Greenlight Planet is looking for a Stock Management Associate to be responsible will ensure that the overall performance targets of the Sun King Stores in Nigeria are met. The role will be critical in inculcating best of class inventory management practices including receiving, storage, issuance, tracking, reporting across the region.

Key Responsibilities;

Undertaking inventory issuance audits to ensure that it is being issued in the prescribed manner and to authorized personnel;
Conducting periodic inventory audits in shops within the assigned region including physical verifications and on the different systems;
Preparing regular inventory variance reports as may be prescribed from time to time;
Following up on variances, theft, and losses to ensure resolution, including obtaining police reports where necessary;
Preparing weekly stock levels across all shops within the assigned region;
Training Sun King Store Executives (SSE’s) on new and existing inventory management interventions;
Reviewing weekly shop inventory and marketing reports for all the shops for the assigned region;
Sharing regional weekly shop inventory and marketing reports with the Country Store Manager;
Conducting regular process audits within the region and escalating any identified gaps for resolution;
Escalating promptly inventory shortage, theft, loss within the region assigned;
Conducting regular audits across the shops to ascertain compliance with local and national legal requirements;
Carrying regular audit’s on adherence to laid down health and safety, etiquette and cleanliness guidelines;

The ideal candidate:

Has a Bachelor’s degree or Higher Diploma in Supply Chain Management, or related discipline from a recognized institution;
A minimum of two (2) years’ progressive work experience in procurement and supply or inventory management in a multinational organization;
Is honest, trustworthy and possesses a high degree of personal integrity and professionalism;
Demonstrates sound judgment, excellent analytical, interpersonal, communication, presentation, and reporting;
Is results-oriented with the ability to multitask and meet strict timelines;
Is a team player and can demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships among various stakeholders;
Has advanced computer skills in Microsoft Excel application;
Has experience working in ERP System and other inventory management application;

We are looking for someone who is driven, passionate, and excited about the opportunity to bring honest, affordable energy to homes in Africa and Asia. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Apply using the link:
https://www.greenlightplanet.com/job-posting/?fbclid=IwAR3KBrJ_IagKjWvzuULdQWbOc1Ib2kgfKRSfi8X7Ym-OTeoGG-Ptu-hSqe0#op-398090