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Deloitte

Audits companies and advises on tax and technology

Director – Industry and Private Sector

Corporate StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeAbuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria$128.5k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A master's degree or equivalent in science and engineering, business management or administration, technology management, finance, banking, or a related field from a recognized university.
  • Twelve years of professional experience, including five years in management roles.
  • Good knowledge of the regional framework for industrial development, governance, and cooperation in West Africa, including WACIP 2010–2030, ECOQUAL, and ECOSHAM.
  • Strong understanding of macroeconomic and development issues in West Africa, with technical competence to design and implement a comprehensive policy framework governing private-sector activities in member states and develop strategies for small and medium-sized enterprises.
  • Expertise in establishing and managing incubators, technical support and technology transfer centres, special economic zones, industrial parks, and vocational training centres; demonstrated ability to design, develop, and lead programmes and projects focused on institutional capacity-building and business services.
  • Professional qualification is an added advantage.
  • Extensive leadership experience establishing strategic partnerships, collaborating, and building consensus with multiple internal and external stakeholders on complex issues in a multidisciplinary governmental or international organization.
  • Knowledge of ECOWAS's mandate and strategic priorities and of economic, political, and social conditions and trends in member states relevant to the role.
  • Demonstrated consistency, ethical conduct, confidentiality, and commitment to organizational values, principles, expectations, and results.
  • Ability to build and maintain working relationships with institutional heads, elected representatives, and statutory officials to support compliance, engagement, conflict resolution, and change.
  • Ability to promote staff accountability for results and provide leadership, management, and technical supervision of project and programme activities in accordance with ECOWAS legal and administrative standards.
  • Willingness to conduct periodic staff performance evaluations, coach and motivate staff, encourage engagement, and develop teamwork capabilities.
  • Ability to oversee project management, internal controls, and financial-resource management, and to make impartial decisions when addressing problems.
  • Initiative and resourcefulness in meeting stakeholder needs, handling multiple assignments, and achieving results.
  • Ability to build synergies with client groups and other stakeholders to define and monitor service standards and indicators.
  • Knowledge of customer-service best practices and ability to encourage their adoption.
  • Ability to identify and improve services and client interactions through appropriate networks and develop accountable and transparent ways of responding.
  • Knowledge of the regulatory environment concerning discrimination and human-rights violations, and ability to promote inclusive, culturally respectful, gender-balanced workplaces free from harassment and discrimination.
  • Cultural awareness and sensitivity to differences among West African communities, gender issues, and culturally responsive policy development.
  • Willingness to foster an interactive, diverse, and inclusive workplace that brings together different ideas and experiences to address problems and improve outcomes.
  • Ability to integrate gender perspectives and ensure equitable participation of women and men in all areas of work.
  • Objectivity in managing conflicts across cultural and gender differences, and ability to help staff overcome related biases and differences.
  • Thorough understanding of ECOWAS's organizational structure, culture, and workplace dynamics.
  • Ability to apply knowledge of ECOWAS's legal framework, strategic priorities, and operating standards to develop or update policies and programmes and implement them sustainably and effectively.
  • Strong commercial, social, and political awareness and commitment to ECOWAS's vision and mandate.
  • Ability to make policy and strategy decisions that support ECOWAS's mandate and improve outcomes for member states.
  • Ability to draft and analyze reports, identify potential obstacles, and develop solutions or alternatives to achieve strategic and operational priorities.
  • Ability to anticipate and interpret the effects of social, economic, and political changes and formulate recommendations.
  • Ability to identify strengths and weaknesses, stimulate creativity, reduce resistance to change, and improve achievement of strategic objectives.
  • Ability to make prudent decisions concerning human, financial, and material resources.
  • Ability to listen to and understand others' perspectives to inform statements, decisions, and recommendations.
  • Ability to establish external collaborative relationships and networks, identify key issues and stakeholders, and use well-designed communication and management plans to support strategic and operational objectives.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively and deliver presentations that promote new knowledge, ideas, perspectives, and understanding of issues and challenges.
  • Listening skills that support team communication, demonstrate care for colleagues, and encourage employee engagement across institutions and agencies.
  • Negotiation and conflict-management skills, and ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships.
  • Proficiency in information and communications technologies.
  • Fluency in speaking and writing in one of ECOWAS's three official languages: English, French, or Portuguese.
  • Strong planning skills, ability to set clear expectations, monitor performance-management practices, and ensure objectives and standards are met.
  • Ability to set objectives, achieve expected results, manage change, and remain resilient and composed in uncertain and difficult environments.
  • Ability to develop organizational and individual talent while implementing strategic, operational, programme, project, and individual plans.
  • Ability to implement plans, engage colleagues, identify success factors, mitigate risks, monitor indicators and feedback, take corrective action, and build capacity for sustainability.
  • Ability to establish rigorous monitoring and evaluation practices and apply lessons from failures and errors to support continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Promote and implement ECOWAS's vision and objectives for industrialization and private-sector development in the region, including through WACIP and related policies and initiatives.
  • Coordinate implementation of the West African Common Industrial Policy (WACIP 2010–2030) and its strategic framework.
  • Communicate and coordinate the implementation of the sector vision with staff, other directors, and the wider ecosystem.
  • Establish a support platform for regional private-sector organizations.
  • Create a structured dialogue mechanism between the private sector and policymakers.
  • Promote a business climate that attracts regional and international investment.
  • Establish a mechanism linking regional and national private sectors with investment organizations.
  • Monitor relevant regional and international developments and propose responses affecting investment and private-sector promotion in the region.
  • Maintain a regional and international network of specialist peers, professionals, and policymakers to support smooth implementation of ECOWAS programmes, under the general supervision of the Commissioner.
  • Plan annual programmes by defining goals, objectives, activities, and budgets; measure and monitor progress; and negotiate necessary adjustments to objectives and budgets.
  • Implement performance-based budgeting in the department.
  • Organize the department effectively with clear reporting lines and appropriate delegation of authority.
  • Liaise with Human Resources to ensure effective and efficient recruitment, performance management, promotions, and personnel administration.
  • Set work standards and establish staff and results-monitoring mechanisms to ensure compliance with standards, quality, and deadlines.
  • Manage individual performance planning and standards through the department's planning and evaluation system.
  • Promote and strengthen quality, standardization, metrology, certification, and accreditation structures nationally and regionally in accordance with ECOQUAL and ECOSHAM.
  • Facilitate harmonization of industrial-policy measures, strategies, and regulatory frameworks to promote industrial development and growth.
  • Collaborate with member states and development partners to strengthen capacities and institutional frameworks that support industrial development.
  • Build and maintain relationships with industrial-sector stakeholders and development partners to support regional industrialization.
  • Promote the development and use of local raw materials by industry and encourage extractive-industry development within ECOWAS.
  • Support industrial technology-transfer and research-and-development programmes, and the establishment of small- and medium-sized enterprise technical support centres, business incubators, special economic zones, and industrial parks.
  • Collaborate with national, regional, continental, and international institutions to develop intellectual-property rights and access to knowledge.
  • Promote industrial competitiveness and performance monitoring through an ECOWAS industrial database.
  • Cooperate with development partners to promote industrial restructuring and modernization programmes.
  • Facilitate resource mobilization for industrial-development programmes and projects and support financing for quality infrastructure.
  • Communicate, coordinate, and implement the ECOWAS Commission Directorate's industrialization guidance in collaboration with staff.
  • Organize the Directorate efficiently to ensure strong performance and service delivery.
  • Ensure efficient management with clear reporting lines, minimal bureaucracy, and appropriate delegation of responsibilities.
  • Plan and implement an annual performance-based programme budget.
  • Monitor and evaluate implementation of Commission programmes and projects and ensure objectives and targets are achieved.
  • Perform other duties assigned by the Commissioner.

Desired Qualifications

  • Practical working knowledge of one of the other two ECOWAS official languages, in addition to the one in which the candidate is fluent.

About the Company

Deloitte

Audits companies and advises on tax and technology

Deloitte audits companies and advises businesses and governments on tax, technology, and risk, and it is one of the Big Four, the world's four largest accounting firms. In 1849 its founder became the first independent auditor of a public company, Britain's Great Western Railway. Its auditors check companies' financial reports for errors and fraud before investors rely on them, while its consultants design strategy, install business software, and defend clients against cyberattacks. Clients pay fees for each audit or project, and each country's Deloitte firm is a separate business owned by its local partners. Deloitte was founded in London in 1845 and is based in New York.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Late Stage VC
Total funding
$17.1M
Headquarters
New York, NY
Founded
1845

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