Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development, preparation & presentation of strategic plans, budgets & forecasts
- Review the operations of the businesses, making necessary analysis & recommendations to local management to enable delivery of Financial targets.
- Provide insightful financial and business input to decision making and evaluation of strategic options to optimize resource allocation
- Provide key counsel to the General Manager on business issues.
- Lead & manage the preparation of monthly, interim & annual accounts so that they are complaint with local & corporate statutory guidelines.
- Manage credit control policies & working capital to maximize cash flow generated from operations
- Lead development of 5 year plans for the business
- Provides product analysis /profitability for sales /marketing decisionsComply with country tax regulations and statutory requirements and pursue lawful tax savings opportunities in collaboration with Corporate Tax.
- Comply with reporting and qualification requirements for tax exemptions, reliefs, or concessions.
- Ensure corporate tax filings, transfer pricing documentations, and other filing requirements are prepared accurately and filed on timely basis. Implement necessary checks and validation.
- With respect to accounting for taxes, ensures
- Tax expense provisions are made in compliance with approved tax provisioning methodology.
- Upon finalization of tax returns, the tax payable is promptly reconciled to the balance sheet provision and any over/under provisions are adjusted immediately in the P&L.
- In case of tax controversies, significant positions should be supported by professional tax advice.
- Tax receivables, including advance taxes, VAT or GST, must be properly reconciled to filing / returns. Refunds of tax recoverable must be pursued as soon as possible.
- Proposes necessary actions to manage expenses
- Key communication link with Regional FinanceMaintain a system of internal controls that ensures
- All assets are safeguarded and access to assets is only permitted when authorized by management.
- Transactions are executed according to management authorization and business requirements.
- Retention of financial records in accordance with statutory requirements.
- Transactions are recorded accounts and prepare financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
- Incompatible duties are adequately segregated.
- Maintain an efficient and effective transaction processing system for goods delivery and customer invoicing, accounts receivables and collection, accounts payables processing and cash disbursements.
- Work with relevant functions to ensure sound controls over business processes that impact financial statements, including procurement, goods receipt/deliveries, payroll and petty cash.
Basic Qualifications
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
- Min bachelor degree
- Min 10 years of experience
- Experience in financial management and accounting theory & practices
- Business-established network highly desirable.
- Demonstrated resiliency & adaptability to lead the finance function in a complex, marketing driven environment.
- Proven team builder, ability to motivate, coach & develop people
- Unquestioned integrity
- Leverage accounting knowledge to assist attainment of business objectives
- Benchmark efficiency against other operations & recommend strategies
