Manage timely and accurate financial, statutory and tax accounting processes and financial compliance for the company.
Full accountability of local statutory, company reporting and tax books: – Sustain high standards on verification of assets and liabilities in the balance sheets, review and approve financial tax & statutory accounting schedules, ensure compliance to standardised accounting, reporting and financialsystems as well as policies and procedures.
To ensure governance models are working and related processes are fully compliant with company and local policies / regulations
Financial Compliance, ensuring a good internal controls framework & ultimately accountable for following through on all relevant compliance issues;
Accountable to coordinate Tax audits and external audits. Facilitating role for internal audits and incase of findings accountable to ensure corrective actions are taken.
Supporting the functions budgeting exercise – creating scenarios and modelling KPIs
Responsible to create and maintain effective control on costs.
Qualifications
Critical success factors & key challenges
Meet all local statutory and tax requirements
No significant external and tax audit issues
Effective governance model in place facilitating effective company and local compliance
Strong communication and relation with local management and other stakeholders
Knowledge, experience & capabilities
Critical knowledge
Good understanding of local Generally Accepted Accounting Policies
Good understanding of legal entity governance framework
Good understanding of business end to end processes and internal controls necessary to safeguardthe Company’s assets.
Local tax rules
Experience in working in multi-national organizations (ideally with matrix structure) with emphasis oncommunicating and decision making with demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
Critical experience
Qualified Accountant i.e. CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent
Minimum 4 years experience in relevant roles
Keen demonstrated strengths in unquestionable integrity and trustworthiness.
Experience in working in multi national organizations with emphasis on communicating and decisionmaking with demonstrated ability to work under pressure. Must be motivated by interdependency.
Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities
Credible with local senior management and comfortable with expressing his views or putting alternatepoint of view in a constructive way.
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Have a good sense for business – Understanding business
Critical leadership capabilities
Manages team for Performance while ensuring high standards
Service Mindset
Ability to communicate with diverse senior stakeholders
Creating effective network inside and outside of the company