Job Description
Role - Manager Finance
Qualification - Qualified CA
Summary:
This position is responsible for month-end closing and reporting financial results at both the BU/Division and legal entity levels. It involves reviewing and analyzing general ledger information, as well as managing month-end activities and preparing entity-level reports.
Additionally, the role assists in finalizing financial data before it is submitted to Group Finance, Business Partners, and Business Units
- Review and analyse information from the general ledger and other accounting records to ensure accuracy and completeness, taking corrective action as necessary.
- Manage compliance with R2R accounting standards across the group.
- Identify gaps in finance processes that may have been overlooked, mitigating potential material reporting issues.
- Challenge and hold senior finance managers and staff accountable in instances where inappropriate accounting is detected.
- Lead and support the team, providing guidance to help members achieve established goals and KPIs.
- Consistently adhere to all deadlines.
- Prepare and review balance sheet analyses and reconciliations, review profit and loss statements, and implement required adjustments.
- Support the Corporate function in the consolidation and reporting of BU/Division financial results.
- Has finance responsibility for fixing any issues with SAP by working with the FICO (IT) team
- Perform general accounting tasks and participate in month-end close activities.
- Generate month-end reports, prepare entity-level management accounts, and liaise with business units to obtain variance commentary.
- Support group financial report preparation.
- Advise the business on effective project structuring to optimise on-system management reporting.
- Address audit enquiries and investigations as required.
- Conduct fixed asset processing to facilitate reporting and capital expenditure management.
- Roles may evolve to include support for business planning and forecasting initiatives.
- Develop and maintain strong professional relationships with colleagues, business staff, and management, building trust and deepening business understanding.
- Demonstrate proactivity in issue resolution, provide feedback, and contribute ideas for continuous improvement.
- Participate in relevant training activities and ongoing professional development.
- Maintain confidentiality and strictly comply with data protection regulations.
- Complete regulatory submissions and act as a point of contact for regulatory bodies.
Additional Job Description
- Effectively communicate financial performance and impact to operational colleagues
- Comfortable with autonomous working and handling issues alone
- Attention to detail and good analytical skills
- Ability to work unsupervised and deliver high quality work to tight deadlines
- Good influencing skills
- Strong understanding of IFRS and latest technical developments.
- Experience in process improvement and systems change.
- Strong team player with a desire to develop people.
- Effective communication skills with an ability to build strong networks.
- Ability to prioritize a variety of demands under time pressure and work flexibly to meet deadlines.
- Proactive in identifying and resolving issues.
