Job Summary
Job Purpose:
To oversee and manage the financial operations and reporting of the company and its subsidiaries. This role involves ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of financial statements, maintaining compliance with financial reporting standards, and coordinating annual audits. The Finance Manager will provide strategic financial insights, manage tax and treasury functions, and support the company's financial decision-making process
Role and Responsibilities
- Oversee financial accounting and financial reporting.
- Provide detailed analysis of monthly financial and operational reports for all project companies.
- Review monthly management accounts, cash flow reports, and statutory and tax filings.
- Manage financial operations for holding companies.
- Handle treasury and banking operations for the company and holding companies.
- Oversee tax management for the company and holding companies.
- Manage payroll, ensuring timely processing and payment of statutory deductions.
- Coordinate and manage the annual external audit for the company and the group.
- Prepare accurate and timely quarterly, half-yearly, and annual group consolidated financial statements, along with management and board commentary.
- Review operating companies' quarterly, half-yearly, and annual financial statements to ensure completeness and accuracy before consolidation.
- Provide IFRS/Tax technical accounting support to project companies.
- Review reports for directors and holding companies.
- Communicate and explain accounting issues and evolving standards to management.
- Maintain ledger accounts and prepare annual financial statements for investment holding entities managed by the company, overseeing their year-end audit process.
- Ensure timely completion and submission of statutory returns as per regulatory authorities for the investment holding companies managed by the company.
- Process head office payroll and ensure payment of all statutory deductions within required timelines.
- Track compliance and progress across group companies using the company’s excellence system template.
Required Skills
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Experience required for this Role
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- Bachelors’ degree preferable a business degree
- MBA will be an added advantage
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant
- 10 years of professional experience.
- Experience in external audit will be an added advantage.
- Experience and working knowledge of ERP’s
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Competencies required for this Role
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- Delivering results and exceeding stakeholders’ expectations
- Team player and responsive to others
- Problem solving and dealing with complexity and ambiguity
- Accountable and acts with a clear sense of ownership
- Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
- Communication skills
- Analytical skills
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