Job Details

• 10+ year of professional experience with proven ability to direct and supervise a large team.

• Prior finance shared service experience that focussed on performance measurements and with on/offshore presence is a plus

• Proven knowledge of IFRS and other local GAAP accounting principles, practices, standards, laws and regulations

• Experience of working in fast paced / Global finance department

• High attention to detail and accuracy

• Proven ability to drive continuous improvement agenda to improve quality and reduce costs

• Provides thought leadership to shape future decisions

• Focuses on creating value for the business

• Adapts to changing objectives and priorities to deliver results

• Clearly communicates the company missions and values

• Self-disciplined with ability to work independently and under stress and pressure, target and result driven, energetic and driven with a real hands on approach to the job

• Manage a team of controllers and managers (approx. headcount 70) that:
• Delivers the daily, monthly and end year close process to meet both group and external reporting deadlines
• Contract administration to ensure 3rd party payments and reporting requirements are made timely and accurately; i.e. rents, commissions, rebates and joint venture
• Responsible for the balance sheets for all entities under their remit and ensures all accounts are reconciled timely and in accordance with company policy
• Completes the annual group and statutory audits per standards and agreed upon due dates
• Develops and manages a robust process and control environment that ensures all key controls are completed in accordance with policies and on time
• Manages the daily transactional reconciliations of cash and product movement and ensures aged items are actioned upon timely to minimize the risk of financial loss to the company
• Measure and deliver activities against agreed upon service levels standards for both internal and external customers
• Should have managed transitions of 30+ FTE in the past
• Maintain a record of Finance activities and the split of responsibilities between business, shared services and RSA/other Finance teams, and recommend improvements to drive a streamlined and standardized roles / responsibilities to ensure clarity over across all teams
• Ensure their team operates within an internal control and compliance framework and that sufficient controls are maintained to mitigate risk by:
• Adhering to Group mandated accounting standards, policy and procedures
• Creating, documenting and maintaining and following standardised processes
• Ensure all processes operate in accordance with the internal control framework
• Maintain close relationships with internal and external customer/stakeholder groups that ensure a responsiveness to their needs and escalation to resolution of performance problems
• Lead, identify, participate in and support process improvement initiatives to drive efficiency, standardization and cost savings across the team.This includes assigning team members to ensure quality and timely delivery
• Define the internal control environment and key controls, and ensure compliance with in team
• Proactively come up recommendations to improve systems and procedures, and initiate corrective actions
• Work on projects and/or assign projects and direct staff to ensure quality and timely delivery

Communication

• Responsible for pro-active and regular communication with other areas of Finance and the business in relation to customer billing

• Actively communicate and seek feedback from colleagues and customers

• Communicate daily and weekly delivery performance levels to your team

• Ensure feedback to line manager outlining general activities of role and ‘how we are doing’