Job Description
Responsible for managing and the reporting of financial information for the assigned country whilst ensuring the accuracy of financial records throughout the year and compliance with financial reporting and other standard accounting procedures. Drives continuous improvement initiatives within the Finance department that improves productivity, process efficiency and service excellence standards.
Responsibilities
Finance Operations & Compliance
- Perform bank reconciliation against general ledger entries; investigate and close off open items with respective teams.
- Review expenses submitted by employees; monitor and highlight non-adherence to company policies; analyze employee expenditures.
- Monitor daily cashflows and work closely with Treasury team to ensure a healthy cashflow; plan and manage payments according to company's financial health.
- Responsible for the accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and yearly closing of accounts for the country; includes generating financial reports, data analysis;
- Balance Sheet accounts reconciliations etc.
- Reconcile sub-ledger to general ledger account balances.
- Spot errors and suggest ways to improve efficiency and spending.
- Conduct monthly and quarterly accounts reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.
- Review all intercompany transactions and ensure eliminations are performed correctly.
- Review CAPEX reconciliations and tracking performed by the Fixed Assets team; work closely with the team to resolve outstanding issues or discrepancies.
- Prepare budget, forecasts and support Country MD, Country Commercial, Country Ops and Region Finance in annual budgeting exercise for review by Management.
- Prepare tax computations, tax returns and process tax payments; work closely with Global Tax team to resolve outstanding issues.
- Lead both internal and external audits; close out all outstanding items with auditors and various teams.
Financial Information Systems & Continuous Improvements
- Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures.
- Work with IT team to execute recommended changes; roll out changes and trainings to the Finance team.
- Assess internal controls, including risk assessments and reviews of risk areas.
- Participate in financial standards setting; develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
Experience
- Substantial comprehensive job related experience in own area of expertise to fully competent level (Over 6 to 10 years).
- Experience of supervising and directing people and other resources to achieve specific end results within limited timeframes.
- Sound knowledge of risks and internal controls in an organisation
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting
