Description
**Senior Finance Manager – Maghreb Cluster**
Reports into the MEA Finance Director & the General Manager covering Maghreb Cluster
**Accountabilities**
+ Selects, trains, coordinates and coaches’ adequate staff with capability to perform required assignments
+ Manages preparation of forecasts and budgets
+ Provides recommendations to BU based on analysis of deviations from budgets
+ Provides leadership, consultancy and financial support to various company functions, teams and departments
+ Acts as link between Finance and Business Units
+ Ensures data integrity between Business Units, Finance and Supply Chain
+ Manages the reporting processes (analytical management)
**Responsibilities**
+ Leads business planning and decision-making processes; ensures all required financial analysis, modelling of “what if” scenarios is provided
+ Ensures timely production of monthly forecasts of sales trends in coordination with business analysts; supports production planning
+ Oversees monitoring of actual and forecasted cost and revenues (on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis). Tracks activity based OPEX.
+ Coordinates and consolidates budget, latest estimate and variance analysis
+ Leads long-term planning support activities
+ Ensures there is no overdue receivables working with Customer Finance.
+ Ensures all company data is collected, derived and consolidated data from all departments to produce reliable forecasting and plans.
+ Ensures efficient processes and procedures are in place to monitor contracts (insurances, leasing, rents, etc.)
+ Leads FP&A projects locally and may participate in MEA / ICON projects
+ Communicates and provides direction to BU Managers about financial trends and their business implications
+ Provides decision support to various stakeholders (BU’s, project teams, functions). Analyses and prepares reports to support management.
+ Ensures data integrity across platforms (Hyperion, Anaplan, Budget/LE decks)
+ Ensure implementation and adherence to corporate and local guidelines
+ Coach and mentor Finance department staff
+ Response to Audits/Controls from internal/external entities
+ Ensure Finance Review of Payments SOP and Shipping Guidelines SOP are followed.
**Qualifications**
**Minimum Requirements**
+ Degree in Economics or Business Administration or Finance
+ Experience of more than 6 years’ work in similar position in an international environment
+ Experience in accounting, budgeting and planning
+ Fluency in English, French is a pre-requisite both in written and oral communication
+ Arabic language skills would be highly preferred
+ Excellent user of Office Programs as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
**Preferred Requirements**
+ Studies specialized in Finance (financial analysis, controlling, accounting, consolidating)
+ MBA would be an advantage
+ Experience in various areas of finance and accounting
+ Experience of 2 to 3 years in a Management position within an international finance department would be an asset
+ Industry knowledge
+ Basic know-how of applicable laws concerning business admin, taxes (esp. VAT), accounting and consolidation
+ Basic knowledge of US GAAP
+ Experience with SAP FI/CO
+ Experience with BI systems (Power BI, Tableau etc.)
**Competencies**
+ Demonstrates advanced communication skills and abilities
+ Regularly represents the company andfunction internally and externally
+ Collaborates, negotiates and persuades others, both internally and externally
+ Demonstrates a strong customer focus in all activities
+ Analyses complex problems; integrates disciplinary and business strategy knowledge to develop recommendations
+ Demonstrates strong project management and planning skills
+ Learns quickly; motivates other to adapt quickly tonew systems, processes and tools
+ Demonstrates strong leadership and coaching skills
+ Demonstrates strong management and delegation skills
+ Serves as a role model for Amgen Values
