About this role
ROLE PURPOSE To provide financial and commercial support to the local management teams, to facilitate the achievement of business goals within budgeted resource levels and to enhance local decision-making processes through the proactive provision of financial analysis and interpretation. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES • Responsible for the full spectrum of day-to-day accounting activities (AP, AR, GL, Inventory and Fixed Assets), working as individual contributor and together with external consultants. • Ensure all statutory accounting and taxation are up to date, including all balance sheets clearly reconciled every month and any differences resolved. • Lead month end; Review and approve monthly journal entries, review account reconciliations, prepare and review monthly reporting packs, KPIs, cashflow and ad-hoc financial information • Ensure compliance with internal control systems and statutory financial regulations. • Partner with the operations team to close out any outstanding internal audit actions. • Monitor revenue and overheads and, where appropriate, propose corrective action in relation to deviations against budget. • Review any ad-hoc pricing queries, challenging the sales team to maintain margins and profitability, and if necessary, get sign-off through bid reviews. • Evaluate new market introductions, analyse product margins, ROI and the impact of commercial discussions and pricing negotiations. • Lead the preparation of strategic plans, the annual budget, and monthly and quarterly financial forecasts, helping to drive forecast accuracy. • Provide the Management Leadership team with business insights, analysis and recommendations. • Drive improvements in the Annual Budget process and ensure that budgets are consistent. • Understand and support the overall business strategic initiatives. • Finance lead on key projects and change management initiatives • Manage and oversee work of office admin staff on matters relating to office administration, logistics etc. • Any other duties as assigned by country head or finance director