The Chrysalis Advisors
Consulting · 11-50 employees
Chrysalis Advisors is a Lagos-based finance advisory firm. We work with startups and growth-stage businesses across Africa as their CFO advisory and fundraising partner. We help founders build strong finance functions, raise capital, report to their boards and make better decisions with their numbers. We’re a team of operators and investors. Our vision is to be the gateway for high-growth, early-stage companies in frontier markets to scale across the continent and beyond. We believe businesses can be both highly profitable and highly impactful, and our work sits where those two meet.
Financial Controller
- Experience
- Mid-Senior
- Work type
- Hybrid
- Location
- Lagos, Nigeria
Qoray Mobility & Energies Limited (QMEL) is a clean energy and sustainable mobility company building solutions across electric vehicles, charging and battery-swapping infrastructure, renewable energy and mobility services. Originally incubated within Sterling Bank, Qoray has now spun out as an independent business and is at an important stage of building the systems, processes and infrastructure required to support its next phase of growth. This means operating with the ambition and pace of a high-growth business while building the structures required to scale sustainably. As Financial Controller, you will play a critical role in strengthening Qoray’s finance function — owning the numbers, establishing robust financial controls and reporting, and giving leadership the financial visibility and insight needed to make sound decisions as the business grows.
Your Mission
- 01Own monthly close and deliver accurate management accounts on a tight calendar
- 02Build and maintain a live cash flow forecast and working capital dashboard
- 03Establish inventory, asset and cost controls across vehicles, batteries and equipment
- 04Model unit economics and profitability across our client's mobility and energy business lines
- 05Partner with Operations, Commercial and Procurement to embed financial discipline
- 06Prepare financial reporting and analysis for investors, lenders and leadership
What You Bring
Must-have
End-to-end financial controlMonthly close and management accountsCash flow forecasting and working capital managementFinancial modellingBudgeting and variance analysisInventory and asset controlsTax and statutory complianceUnit economics and profitability analysis
Nice-to-have
Asset or fleet financingFX and cross-border transactionsFundraising and financial due diligence supportMulti-business-line financial reporting
Tools:Microsoft Dynamics
The Non-Negotiables
- Lacks professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent)
Culture
The Purpose of This Role
You will be joining at a pivotal stage in the client's growth, with the opportunity to help build the financial infrastructure behind an emerging African clean mobility and energy business.
You will be joining at a pivotal stage in the client's growth, with the opportunity to help build the financial infrastructure behind an emerging African clean mobility and energy business.
If this speaks to you…
The Chrysalis Advisors
Consulting · 11-50 employees
Chrysalis Advisors is a Lagos-based finance advisory firm. We work with startups and growth-stage businesses across Africa as their CFO advisory and fundraising partner. We help founders build strong finance functions, raise capital, report to their boards and make better decisions with their numbers. We’re a team of operators and investors. Our vision is to be the gateway for high-growth, early-stage companies in frontier markets to scale across the continent and beyond. We believe businesses can be both highly profitable and highly impactful, and our work sits where those two meet.
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Financial Controller
- Experience
- Mid-Senior
- Work type
- Hybrid
- Location
- Lagos, Nigeria
Qoray Mobility & Energies Limited (QMEL) is a clean energy and sustainable mobility company building solutions across electric vehicles, charging and battery-swapping infrastructure, renewable energy and mobility services. Originally incubated within Sterling Bank, Qoray has now spun out as an independent business and is at an important stage of building the systems, processes and infrastructure required to support its next phase of growth. This means operating with the ambition and pace of a high-growth business while building the structures required to scale sustainably. As Financial Controller, you will play a critical role in strengthening Qoray’s finance function — owning the numbers, establishing robust financial controls and reporting, and giving leadership the financial visibility and insight needed to make sound decisions as the business grows.
Your Mission
- 01Own monthly close and deliver accurate management accounts on a tight calendar
- 02Build and maintain a live cash flow forecast and working capital dashboard
- 03Establish inventory, asset and cost controls across vehicles, batteries and equipment
- 04Model unit economics and profitability across our client's mobility and energy business lines
- 05Partner with Operations, Commercial and Procurement to embed financial discipline
- 06Prepare financial reporting and analysis for investors, lenders and leadership
What You Bring
Must-have
End-to-end financial controlMonthly close and management accountsCash flow forecasting and working capital managementFinancial modellingBudgeting and variance analysisInventory and asset controlsTax and statutory complianceUnit economics and profitability analysis
Nice-to-have
Asset or fleet financingFX and cross-border transactionsFundraising and financial due diligence supportMulti-business-line financial reporting
Tools:Microsoft Dynamics
The Non-Negotiables
- Lacks professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent)
Culture
The Purpose of This Role
You will be joining at a pivotal stage in the client's growth, with the opportunity to help build the financial infrastructure behind an emerging African clean mobility and energy business.
You will be joining at a pivotal stage in the client's growth, with the opportunity to help build the financial infrastructure behind an emerging African clean mobility and energy business.
If this speaks to you…
Financial Controller