Financial Director

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Financial Director is responsible for the overall financial performance of the business. This includes: driving profitability, growth and cash generation; ensuring compliance with Group, legal and regulatory requirements; identifying and managing of risk; contributing to efficient business processes. Additionally, to carry out other non-financial and non-core activities as may be necessary due to organisational requirements or as determined by the specific skills of the individual in the role

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

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Performance Managem

• entEnsure business and financial plans being create
• d. To create KPIs for profitability, growth and liquidi
• ty.Monitor (financial) performance of the business against the plans and histo
• ry.Identify divergence from plans and ensure remedial actions are in place in a timely mann
• er.Provide short and medium term performance forecasts as requir
• ed.Identify risks and opportunities to the business performance and risk assessment of planned activities and ensure structures are in place to mitigate/exploit th
• em.Provide financial insight into the effects of the business plans to the manageme
• nt.Review and own all significant investments in the business including acquisitions, new centre opening, centre closure, expansions, contractions and all significant refurbishments, ensuring that Group ROI targets are met.Drive cost reductions through inter alia, procurement, elimination, efficien
• cy.Ensure the cash resources are managed efficiently and in compliance with PPG polici
• es.Generally, the oversight of local legal projects / advice will also be part of this ro

le.
Governance & Compli

• anceGovernance and compliance activities are to be carried out in conjunction with company functions such as Group Finance and Group Treas
• ury.Ensure compliance with all company policies including (inter alia) accounting policies, treasury policies, Legal and business ethics polic
• ies.Ensure compliance with all relevant local legal and regulatory requirements including accounting, tax (direct and indirect), and other relevant local legislation (e.g. customs and excise, building regulations e
• tc).Ensure processes are in place to make local management and employees are aware of and comply with Group policies as relevant to their r
• ole.Monitor and assess the impact of all changes (actual and prospective) to local legal and regulatory requiremen
• ts. Ensure relevant Group functions are aware of changes in a timely man
• ner.The primary owner of relationships with local regulatory entities including accountants, auditors, tax and other government agenc
• ies.Working with the local management and company functions, proactively monitor all actual or potential areas of business risk includ

1. ing:
   Litigation thr
2. eats.Customer risk including customer solvency, bad debts, large customer risk, reputational
3. risk.Supplier risk including large supplier dependence, supplier solv
4. ency.Tax r
5. isks.Currency and exchange
6. risk.Fraud and business ethics r
7. isks.Health & Sa

• fety.
  Ensure all actual and potential risks identified are communicated to the relevant Group functions (e.g. internal audit, legal, group finance, tax etc). Ensure risk mitigation strategies are in
• place.Ensure compliance with all Group risk mitigation strategies including Internal Audit reviews; Business Operating Model (BOM) compliance; Treasury and cash policies including guarantees, deposits (customer and supplier), loans/overdrafts, intercompany invoice processes, dividends and cash manag

ement.
Business process eff

• iciencyContribute to business process efficiency through proper planning and sound lead
• ership.Ensuring compliance with Group organisation and pro
• cesses.Identifying process issues and efficiency opportunities and communicating to the relevant business
• owners.Contributing to all Group efficiency pr

ograms.
Non-Core responsi

• bilitiesFinancial Director to take ownership, responsibilities and activities that would not normally fall within their cor
• e role. Such activities may

1. include:
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2. ocurementContract negotiation including lease renewal ne
3. gotiationRelationship management e.g. landlords, suppliers, key
4. customersT
5. ax adviceEmployee issues (terminations, performance ma
6. nagement)Insurance claims and r
7. ecoveriesL
8. itigationDebt c

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JOB REQU

• IREMENTS:-
  Good business acumen and commercia
• l mindsets.Possess strong analytical, organisational, problem-solving and decision-mak
• ing skills.Good communication and interperso
• nal skills.Chartered Accountant and have an Accountancy Degree with at least 15 years of relevant
• experience.Good understanding of IFRS and local/regional compliance