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We are looking for a reliable Financial Manager that will analyze every day financial activities and subsequently provide advice and guidance to upper management on future financial plans. The goal is to enable the company’s leaders to make sound business decisions and meet the company’s objectives.

Job Responsibilities include:

• Provide financial reports and interpret financial information to managerial staff while recommending further courses of action.
• Advise on investment activities and provide strategies that the company should take
• Maintain the financial health of the organization.
• Analyze costs, pricing, variable contributions, sales results and the company’s actual performance compared to the business plans.
• Develop trends and projections for the firm’s finances.
• Conduct reviews and evaluations for cost-reduction opportunities.
• Oversee operations of the finance department, set goals and objectives, and design a framework for these to be met.
• Manage the preparation of the company’s budget.
• Liaise with auditors to ensure appropriate monitoring of company finances is maintained.
• Correspond with various other departments, discussing company plans and agreeing on future paths to be taken.
• Liaising with accountant teams
• Ensuring the business meets all its statutory and compliance obligations, including statutory accounting and tax issues.
• Keeping track of market trends.
• Work with data source providers and technology teams to ensure that key decision data is accurate, automated and timely.
• Recommend, develop and implement policies and programs that guide the organization in maintaining and improving its competitive position and profitability
• Proven expertise managing, evaluation, analyzing quickly and creating meaningful business reporting
• Manage others, develop exceptional talent, and encourage your team to challenge assumptions
• Partner with your team and develop all weekly and monthly financial close activities, all planning, forecasting, and reporting models while overseeing their continuous innovation and communication to both your operations & other business partners
• Work with data source providers and technology teams to ensure that key decision data is accurate, automated and timely.
• Manage and participate in finance and accounting activities across several locations.
• Promote recruiting efforts across the network to continually hire and develop the best
• Recommend, develop, and implement policies and programs that guide the organization in maintaining and improving its competitive position and profitability
• Create a “learn by doing” environment by engaging with on-the-floor associates and managers to promote and encourage continued customer focus

Requirements

·        Proven experience as a Financial Manager

·        Extensive understanding of financial trends both within the company and general market patterns

·        Proficient user of finance software

·        Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

·        Able to manage, guide and lead employees to ensure appropriate financial processes are being used

·        A solid understanding of financial statistics and accounting principles

·        Working knowledge of all statutory legislation and regulations

·        Professional qualification such as CFA/CPA or similar will be considered a plus

·        5+ years’ relevant experience as Finance Leader/Manager, or MBA, Master's and equivalent experience in a Finance role

·        5+ Years' in Finance roles that require analysis, reporting financial results, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and data interpretation of business impact and results.

·        Proven expertise managing, evaluating, analyzing quickly and creating meaningful business reporting

·        Proven ability to develop strategic relationships with your business partners – you influence the decisions. You can root cause issues quickly and uncover core issues using data, then assist, consult with, and teach the business how decisions affect costs in their sites and create new mechanisms as they are needed

·        Proven ability to manage a team with competing priorities & provide level-headed guidance during unexpected events.

·        Management experience with demonstrated leadership skills with proven ability to take on and create new assignments

·        Advanced problem solving and root cause analysis combined with proven ability to communicate those analysis

·        Highly analytical, detail oriented and strong business sense; proven ability to manage new ideas and creative solutions

·        Manage and prioritize workload and achieve effective results in a fast-paced, growing and ambiguous environment

·        Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools