Job Description
Job Description
- Finance is a contemporary and forward-looking function that is driving value by being a world-class partner to our business.
- As a Finance Controller you will partner with the business unit in the country (Business Head, Sales & Functional leads) to ensure P&L transparency & accuracy and to drive the business towards targets & operational KPIs achievement.
- As successful candidate you will be able to demonstrate ability to link business decisions to financial impacts
Key Deliverables
The key attributes would Include: -
- Controllership: You are a controller that ensures accurate, efficient and timely delivery of relevant reports, while ensuring hygiene of accounting, book-keeping, various systems and processes.
- Performance Officer: You help us to be on track with robust and timely performance tracking. You will ensure budgetary process improvements and achieve better predictability on outcomes - Value Manager: You also ensure & support value maximization initiatives (interest, Trade Finance, currency management, etc.)
- Co-Strategist: You are our strategist, you help in value-added decision support through superior data analytics and help us drive special projects to growth. Ensure and support value maximization initiatives (Interest, Trade Finance etc.)
Impact Areas for a Finance Controller
- Business Financial Insights – Your in-depth knowledge on financial/management accounting principles will help us to accurately reflect the business performance. o Business/ Country Economics & Regulations o Financial Impact on Strategy Execution o Financial Planning & Analysis o Financial & Management Accounting
- Controls, Compliance & Assurance – Your ability to evaluate risks and determining their impact on the management audit, developing and/or modifying audit procedures as required. You ensure compliances to legal and secretarial requirements as well as functioning within the norms of statutory audit regulations respective to country/ business. o Internal Controls o Compliance Measures o Measure & Assurance
- Reporting & process efficiencies – The finance controller demonstrates conceptual ability to ideate and implement robust systems & processes suited to business/ country. You also display accuracy and efficiency in MIS reporting, budgeting.
- Capability Building: Build capability in finance function, growing finance leadership pipeline and ensuring effective knowledge & expertise transfer for effective execution of finance strategies o Personal Credibility & Thought Leadership o Building Functional Capability
Requirements
- You should possess strong team and analytical skills, strategic thinking & leadership abilities
- An enthusiasm to work in an unstructured environment will always add value
- Your ability to communicate effectively will be an enhancer for this role especially as part of a team o You should be able to understand business issues outside of one’s area of expertise
- A qualified chartered accountant with 8-12 years of experience in finance