Finance Manager

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Establish operational processes, controls and procedures for expenditure discipline, budgetary controls and cost efficiency across all operational activities within the organization.
• Responsible for Controllership environment, including policy development and adherence, accounting, process management, operational and financial reporting, compliance with IFRS, accounts receivable and payable management, pricing and controlled self-assessments to ensure more improving efficiencies and creating cost control across business.
• Direct oversight of monthly transaction and financial close activities, Corporate Accounting policies and IFRS
• Preparation, interpretation & presentation of financial reports to Executive Management for review
• Drive the budgeting process, consolidation and expenditure control with respect to budget.
• Support and participation in strategic planning efforts and addressing continuous improvement through business demands both internal and external.
• Identify and drive recommendations to strategically enhance the financial and operational performance and external vendor partners
• Directly develop and manage the team & provide cross-functional direction and support to ensure compliance with statutory laws and financial regulations and drive income generation.
• Partner with Executives and functional heads to identify and report upon key financial and operational metrics to improve the business and establish/monitor internal control measures.
• Extensive support of Financial and car rental application system development, including user acceptance testing and implementation of enhancements in JD Edwards and front-end systems.
• Strong partnership and collaboration with Group CFO on accounting, policy, control, operational, audit and process matter across the Group
• Responsible for Key Account Management & conducting P&L for Commercial deals
• Streamlining accounting functions and operations & developing plans for financial growth by evaluating and applying risk mitigation.
• Define an optimum organization structure for the function, so that resources are properly utilized, and communications can be executed in an efficient manner.

Skills And Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant with 10+ years of post-qualification and experience as head of Finance in a Large/Medium size professionally managed organization for 3+ years.
• Strong financial and accounting background, including an understanding of profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow management and general finance and budgeting.
• Excellent financial / accounting software user and administration skills (JD Edwards Knowledge, and Power BI preferred)
• Demonstrated track record of process improvement and improving controls with strong sense of accountability & ownership.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication abilities.
• Should have handled roles of Finance Manager in the past for better fitment in the role
• Experience in conducting month-end and year-end closing, cost allocation, revenue recognition, budget creation and management, cash management and management of restricted grants.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to extract meaning from numbers and present analysis clearly and concisely to people with widely varying degrees of financial knowledge.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise with Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.