Finance Manager
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About the Company:
The Finance Manager is responsible for all finance related topics concerning our joint venture entity. This person will manage a team of 4 and work very closely with the Sales & Marketing teams of the Brands. She/He will be the key contact for local and regional management.
Responsibilities:
COMPLIANCE
- Ensure legal & statutory frame is adequate, notably:
- Make sure financial statements are prepared on time and do not imply audit adjustment
- Drive relation with auditors
- Ensure that tax is properly calculated and reported to authorities
- Drive relation with Tax agent/ Tax officers
- Guarantee that corporate governance documentation is always in line with reality
- Formalize internal control and ensure the implementation
- Prepare/maintain SOPs describing in detail the key financial processes of the company
ACCOUNTING / CLOSING / REPORTING
- Organize and review Accounting & Financial reporting, notably:
- Ensure accounting records are in accordance with the local standards; manage any local GAAPs
- Work closely to resolve any ambiguity between on financial elements with concerned teams
- Hold regular meetings to streamline processes and seek improvements
- Review all schedules and key accounting documents
BUSINESS CONTROLLING
- Ensure delivery of financial targets, notably via:
- Analyse profitability by brand / customer / point of sales
- Identify business risks and prepare action plans for target achievement
- Check financials both from an operational and financial perspective
- Monitor charges against budget to ensure no invoices/accruals are missing
- Highlight discrepancies and ask for adjustments when needed
- Prepare reports and answer to requests coming from Regional and Management
- Provide analytical support to cross-function initiatives and ad hoc projects
FORECASTS (BUDGET, REVISION, LANDING, STRATEGIC PLAN)
- Prepare figures with brand managers and challenge them
- Build assumptions related to COGS and G&A
- Complete packages requested by headquarters
- Make sure that the reporting of the final data is properly done in financial systems
TREASURY
- Forecast and track cash flow
- Follow-up on working capital needs
- Monitor and improve credit control
- Verify and approve payments
- Liaise with banks for any topic needed (credit facilities / ebanking / …)
IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
- Lead projects to increase automation and reliability of the reporting as well as the quality of business analyses, notably:
- Systems optimization and roll-out
- Excel tools implementation
- Retrieves creation and adaptation
- Continually seek to improve processing efficiency and capabilities
Qualifications:
EXPERIENCE
- 10 years of experience in finance with exposure to controlling & treasury
- Degree in Accounting/ACCA
- Preferably with MNC experience
- Preferably from retail industry
SYSTEM SKILLS
- SAP/ SAP FC - Financial Consolidation (BO-FC), Hyperion, Syrus
- Advanced Excel
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