- The Business Administrator will work closely with Executive Management to ensure that business objectives are translated into measurable performance, financial discipline and effective execution.
- The role requires an individual who can confidently work with numbers, people, processes and performance, while providing leadership across business functions.
Key Responsibilities
Financial & Commercial Management:
- Support budgeting, cash-flow planning, revenue tracking and cost control.
- Monitor income, expenditure, receivables and payables.
- Track project revenue, profitability, invoicing and collections.
- Prepare financial and commercial analysis for management decision-making.
- Identify cost-reduction and business-efficiency opportunities.
- Work closely with Finance to strengthen financial controls and reporting.
Business Performance Management:
- Translate strategic objectives into measurable KPIs and targets.
- Monitor departmental and individual performance.
- Maintain business performance dashboards and management reports.
- Track sales pipeline, contracts, projects, revenue and business-development performance.
- Identify performance gaps and coordinate corrective actions.
- Provide regular performance insights to Executive Management.
- Coordinate relationships between management, clients, consultants, contractors, vendors and internal teams.
- PR & Corporate Partnerships
- Support client relationship management and service-delivery follow-up.
- Track commitments, actions and deliverables.
- Ensure effective communication and timely escalation of issues.
Business Operations & Administration:
- Coordinate day-to-day business operations and administrative processes.
- Ensure timely implementation of management decisions.
- Support procurement, contracts and vendor management.
- Maintain accurate business records and documentation.
- Drive process discipline, compliance and continuous improvement.
Leadership & Team Coordination:
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver business priorities.
- Promote accountability, ownership and a performance-driven culture.
- Provide direction and support to administrative and operational personnel.
- Identify and escalate operational, financial and performance risks.
- Support organisational change and implementation of improved business processes.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Success in this role will be measured through:
- Financial discipline and cost optimisation
- Revenue and cash-flow visibility
- Improved receivables and collections
- Achievement of business and departmental KPIs
- Quality and timeliness of management reporting
- Stakeholder satisfaction and responsiveness
- Operational efficiency and process compliance
- Timely execution of management actions
- Improved accountability and performance culture
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Management or a related discipline.
- 5 - 8 years' relevant experience in business administration, business operations, finance, commercial management or performance management.
- Strong practical understanding of financial and business management.
- Demonstrable experience managing stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- Strong leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, business management/ERP systems and performance dashboards.
- Professional qualification in Accounting, Finance, Business Management or a related discipline will be an advantage.
The Ideal Candidate:
We are looking for someone who is:
- Commercially minded | Financially astute | Analytical | Organised | Accountable | Strategic | Assertive | Collaborative | Results-driven
- Most importantly, you must be able to connect the numbers to the business understanding how financial decisions, people, client relationships, operational efficiency and performance contribute to SCSP's growth and sustainability.
Salary
N3,000,000 - N3,600,000 annually.
- This is an opportunity to take on a high-impact business management and leadership role within a growing African technical and engineering organisation.
- The successful candidate will work closely with Executive Management and have an opportunity to influence business performance, systems, commercial growth and organisational development.
- If you can manage numbers, people, performance and stakeholders we want to hear from you.